Long Strange Trip

  • Tis the season to install your winter bike tires

    Tis the season to install your winter bike tires

    So I got caught out yesterday, we got a bunch of snow, and I still had the summer tires on the bike. Here it is this am w/ the snows loaded on the back to get installed. The ride home was much grippier! You may remember these tires from last year, “I am the new…

  • Goodby Mr Loser? We get a new projector

    Goodby Mr Loser? We get a new projector

    Today arrived our projector. A 4K Ultra-Short-Throw Laser. With 7000 lumens. Its amazing. Even more amazing, I ordered it Friday, it shipped from Hong Kong, and arrived Monday. Now, as you might expect from a device intended for the domestic China market, the localisation into traditional Canadian English is a bit spotty. But, its gonna…

  • Tis the season to keep wikipedia running

    Like information? Love information without ads or overt bias? Love wikipedia? Well, it takes our cash to run it. If you want to not become the product Wikipedia sells to operate, head on over and donate.  

  • The ridiculous futility of winter-proofing the bike has begun: bear paws

    The ridiculous futility of winter-proofing the bike has begun: bear paws

    Oh yeah, you know you want to look as cool as me driving around w/ these handlebar-mount bear paws on. I gave them a trial-run today. They are a solid 6/10 on the effectiveness, and a 2/10 on the fashion sense. But… you knew there was a gadget twist… I have a couple of metres…

  • 2-Factor Authentication: The great switch to Authy from Google Authenticator

    After 2 years my Pixel 2 XL took a bit of a spill the other day. Its still fine, but the glass is cracked. I’m hoping to find someone who can change just the glass… but… I bought a Pixel 4 XL. The saddest part about this is I was literally just thinking I would…