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Local Bicycle Resources
https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/~mcchris/Local+Bicycle+Resources
maintained by mcchris
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How to preheat your pan
http://www.houseboateats.com/2009/12/on-properly-heating-your-pan.html
The physics of pan-frying.
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No One Knows What the F*** They're Doing
http://jangosteve.com/post/380926251/no-one-knows-what-theyre-doing
So true for me as a translator
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Where was my bike made?
http://allanti.com/articles/where-was-my-bike-made-pg328.htm
Short answer: If it was inexpensive, China; if it was expensive, probably Taiwan
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GreenFax - Internet Faxing / Virtual Fax
http://greenfax.com/
Pay-as-you-go service. Good for me, especially since I just quit J2.
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Shorter Joe Stack
http://rimbosity.com/writings/joe-stack-translated.html
Much scholarship and weirdness
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Panoramic photos from Burning Man 2009
http://www.panomatics.com/nextgen/muc/burningman/
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Japanese public signage symbols
http://www.ecomo.or.jp/barrierfree/pictogram/picto_top.html
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A literary appreciation of the Olson/Zoneinfo/tz database
http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/10/23/a-literary-appreciation-of-the-olsonzoneinfotz-database/
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Trooperina
http://www.hotchickswithstormtroopers.com/2009/08/femtrooper-friday-82809.html
from the "Hot Chicks with Stormtroopers" blog
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10 Alternatives To Mininova
http://torrentfreak.com/10-alternatives-to-mininova-091126/
Just the thing for a living-room computer
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Handheld keyboard/touchpad
http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=1219
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Analytic Cycling
http://www.analyticcycling.com/
very clever. Write CSS-like code and expand it into the HTML it describes.
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Zen Coding: A Speedy Way To Write HTML/CSS Code
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/11/21/zen-coding-a-new-way-to-write-html-code/#more-16072
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Yarchive-Bike
http://yarchive.net/bike/
A hand-compiled and sorted list of useful Usenet discussions about bikes, mostly involving Jobst Brandt debunking folly
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Soma Ta-Bo Saddle
http://store.somafab.com/somatabosaddle.html
Overpriced knockoff of my favorite old saddle, the Selle Italia Turbo.
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Xtranormal | Text-to-Movie
http://www.xtranormal.com/index
Looks stupid but fun. Takes text and does text-to-speech, plus simple 3D animation.
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i-gotU GPS logger
http://global.mobileaction.com/product/product_i-gotU_BT.jsp#
seems like this could have lots of interesting uses. No Mac software, but apparently there's a hack out there.
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Jtek Engineering Shiftmate
http://jtekengineering.com/shiftmate.htm
Adapter allows hybrid campy/shimano drivetrains to work correctly
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Bike drivetrain compatibility checker
http://www.wheelworks.co.nz/drivetrain.php?ST=C2&FD=C2&RD=S1&CN=C2&CS=S2&CR=C2
input your setup and it tells you what parts will work and what won't
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Naga Jolokia pepper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhut_jolokia
Also known as the bhut jolokia or ghost pepper. Hottest pepper known. Used as elephant repellant.