Hand Solo: Cable Stretchers for Single-Handed Bike Repair

The Park Tool Cable Stretcher is a uni-tasker, but its single job appears to be so helpful that we’ll let it through. The stretcher is a one handed (once set up) device with which to fit and adjust gear and...

The Park Tool Cable Stretcher is a uni-tasker, but its single job appears to be so helpful that we’ll let it through.

The stretcher is a one handed (once set up) device with which to fit and adjust gear and brake cables on… Continue reading

My First Album [Listening Test]

Besides some Spanish groups most of you won't know—Radio Futura—David Bowie's Hunky Dory was the first album I ever remember getting. I've been listening to music through my telescopic nipple antennas since then.

I was 17. About to finish high school, drop the girlfriend who later became my first wife—yeah, first: There are more—and I couldn't stop listening to one song: Changes.

So I got Hunky Dory and discovered one of the most amazing albums I've ever listened to. From top to bottom, it's weird and wonderful and perfect.

1. Changes… Continue reading

Verizon’s FiOS TV expansions: August 30, 2008

Filed under: Fiber

It has been a pretty quiet week for Verizon on the FiOS TV front, and while a slew of new places were treated to FiOS high-speed internet, just a few locales picked up notices of incoming TV service. Nevertheless, Snohomish County, Washington granted the provider a video franchise, as did the village of Fishkill, New York. Glocester and Smithfield, Rhode Island residents, on the other hand, can place their orders right now should their home be within the service area. We'll see… Continue reading