Slow bike.

I'm almost done sanding my frame. And of course, what's remaining is the worst part. Getting all the nitty-gritty paint that's leftover in the grooves and corners. I could use a dremel tool for this, but Will can't find his dremel since

Slow foodie.

I've been on a Michael Pollan kick lately, having just finished reading The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food. I love his guide to eating:  01  Pay more, eat less. Good food is not cheap. Like most other things, you get what you pay for.

Dirty hands.

Those of you who know me moderately well have heard me talk about building my fixed-gear bike. Now that I have a bike stand and the weather's (FINALLY – !!) nice, I've been stripping and sanding the frame, taking it down to the bare metal. This is a

Marilyn, revisited.

Browsing through nymag.com yielded this fascinating slideshow: Lindsay Lohan does Marilyn. I remember hearing about it when it first came out, but it just now really caught my interest.  It's fascinating to see variations of the female form. As design objects, each element of a woman'

The demise of form following function?

Well, maybe so, as this New York Times article asserts, but not in the case of my new shoes. The Vibram Five Fingers. I first read about the benefits of going barefoot in a New York Magazine article and have been intrigued ever since. Then I saw this woman walking

Design made you do it.

"Changing people’s behaviour through design has never been easy—consumer behaviour maybe, but not necessarily people’s day to day life. In some respects it’s like trying to convert someone to a different religion or turn a beef eater into a vegetarian. If people don’t want

Lens.

If you're into photography, notably photojournalism, you should definitely check out the New York Times new blog, Lens. I love it.  NPR also has a photo blog, too, and they post some really interesting slideshows. But to me, it's just not as pleasurable a user experience.

Eh bien, quoi?

As those of you who know me well are aware, I like to curse a lot. The "F" word is one of my favorite in the English language due to its amazing grammatical versatility and universality. However, I'd like to get to the point where I

I ♥ DIN.

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Commuting and the International Typographic Style.

Gently rocked back and forth, I am mesmerized to work every morning in a big steel cradle. The hypnotic whir of the train's wheels as they glide along the silver rails lulls me to sleep, my eyelids heavy with the sleep still left in them. By the time