January 2005
5 posts
9 years, 4 websites later
Yesterday at work was a historic day. We launched our new website. Over a year in the making, it finally saw the light of day and graced the Internet with its presence. Our old website had been designed in late 1998 and we’d never done the big update. It was outdated, didn’t reflect the company well, and was over 6 years old. That’s 90 web years old, given most companies redesign...
missing mallorca
A few weeks ago I posted some of my Mallorca 2003 photos on Flickr. It was a great trip where we did nothing but eat, sleep and ride bikes for 2 weeks in January/February. Must admit, after reading articles like this one from PezCyclingnews.com about the Team Phonak training camp now on, I’m drooling on my keyboard. I think I recognize that climb in the picture too.
Mallorca was described...
why bother with starbucks?
Chantico? The latest hot chocolate drink / melted down chocolate bar in a cup from Starbucks? Why not just make your own with Nutella! [link courtesy of Lawrence].
a short history of progress
And now for something a little more serious.
I just finished reading the first of a large stack of books, sitting awaiting my attention, the CBC Massey Lecture Series book, A Short History of Progress, by Ronald Wright. I’m a fan of the Massey Lectures as a series, having been introduced to it while in university. They’re typically short in form (5 chapters long), pack a lot of...
pro cycling 101
You’ve got questions. Daily Peloton has the answers — well some of the answers, and some nice pictures too.
Just what is pro cycling?
Exactly what it sounds like: these guys get paid for riding their bikes. They race against each other and the fastest wins. Sort of like we all did when we were kids, except, as I said, these guys get paid. The most famous of these races is the Tour de...