Originally submitted at Timbuk2 Used in all current Classic and Graphic Messenger bags. Cross Strap with Clips Thanks Timbuk2! Stupid Beer! By Stegel the Commuter from Hartford, CT on 7/16/2010   5out of 5 Pros: Improves Backpack Function Best Uses: Commuting Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Lost my stinking cross [...]

Originally submitted at Sierra Trading Post Closeouts . Giordana Corsa cycling shorts go all out when it comes to comfort and performance. 3D OmniForm cycling pad is a seamless, one-piece insert that is lightweight, flexible and designed to adapt to the contours of the body in motion. Comfortable stretch waist Breathable mesh leg panels… Giordana [...]

Click to Play Steve Krug is a thought-leader for doing usability “on the cheap.” This presentation at the Business of Software 2008 is a nice overview on the “least you can do about usability” He posits that anyone can do usability just, “not as well as me”An intere This video was originally shared on blip.tv [...]

I haven’t spoken to Brett since Thanksgiving and finally tonight we hung out again. Brett mind you, is one of my very best friends, since I was a short, fat little nerd, running around in coke bottle glasses. Tonight we did our holiday shopping for the important people in our lives and caught up…BIG TIME. [...]

I can’t sleep….why, I am not really sure.. But the ridiculous truth is, the one thing running through my mind is the lack of a good Jewish Education provided for me (at no fault to my parents, they did a wonderful job raising me as a conservative Jewish in America). No, this is a commentary [...]

Snacks and Slacker chillin’ at Misquamicut Beach Festival Posted by Picasa

Here it is, the end of 2004 fast approaching. Within 4 days it will be a new year, with new opportunities and new chances for change and growth. A lot has developed so far in the past year as I continue to figure out life and plan what I want to do with it. After [...]

It has obviously been a really long time since I have added a post to my blog here. Things have really been crazy with going back to school and everything, and I haven’t had time to focus my thoughts to put anything down here. Now I am sitting back where I was for six months [...]

Almost four in the afternoon on Columbus Day, and I am still wishing I was in D.C. What an absolutely amazing city to be in. The people are interesting, the sites beautiful, the adventures fun, and the opportunities ripe. Maybe it was just the company I was with, but I couldn’t have asked for a [...]

Dr. Ellen Cannon, a professor of Women’s Studies and Political Science at Northeastern Illinois University, spoke at Greater Hartford JCC (here) on September 22nd. I took over 8 pages of written notes. I tried to compile my thoughts into this outline. Comment on your thoughts, I want to eventually summarize this lecture. About Dr. Cannon [...]