So yesterday after a really rough day at work (my main reservation system was down all day, ALL DAY, and I had to stick around waiting until a tech IMed me at the end of the day) David took me to our local bike shop. And look what followed us home! We’re keepin’ em! My bike is a Specialized Crossroads Sport Step-thru (that’s what they call women’s bikes now) and David’s is a Specialized Allez Elite. He’s serious about road riding, I’m just getting back in the saddle (heh). I still have a mountain bike that I haven’t ridden in…
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Okay, I've updated the Google+Blog plugin, missed the announcement about the bugfix, and it had stopped working when I last upgraded WordPress. Now to figure out if my Google+ posts will eventually update to my blog, or if I'll have to send them by hand. https://plus.google.com/103697821787469756035/posts Daniel Treadwell View this post on Google+
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My friend Ellen in Germany saw a recent story about getting 3D printed action figures on her blog recently (see Creativ Zeit) However, my brother-in-law Mitch and I had already conspired together to produce this masterpiece: This came about because Mitch found a website that with a few photos could generate a Star Trek action figure of your choice with your head or the head of a loved one on it. He also found a website that could generate .OBJ files, which can be opened in Blender. So I told David I was working on a weird “art project” for…
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Listening to KUNC on the Internets and caught a bit of this on the Ted Radio Hour. Embedded Link Cameron Russell: Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model. | Video on TED.com Cameron Russell admits she won “a genetic lotteryâ€: she’s tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don’t judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry look at the industry that had her looking highly seductive at barely 16-years-old. (Filmed at TEDxMidAtlantic.) Google+: View post on Google+
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I sort of met Mari on Sunday when I took her picture at the Chicagoland Tour de Cure – she is an amazing advocate for healthy living and exercising with diabetes. UPDATE: Mari was found alive and is recovering from her experience. Check out the Team Mari Facebook group to follow her progress.
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A whole hour for lunch today, fortunately there's a great little Thai place nearby. 2013-06-06 Watching #TheHero. Interesting reality/competition concept, with physical AND ethical challenges. 2013-06-06 Waching the Hero, remembering the early saesons of Amazing Race. Wonder what @nprmonkeysee might think of this show? 2013-06-06 My Champion with a Mission: David raised more than $2600 (actually closer to $5400) #fb 2013-06-08 Heading over with @fallingrock for breakfast before the early-riders start #ChiTdC 2013-06-09 They're off! The long distance riders took off at 7am: @fallingrock @SteveLevinthal and Marty Acks #ChiTdC #TeamRED 2013-06-09 If you raised $600 or more, you get SWAG!…
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Reshared post from +Les Jenkins Now that's a fucking clever idea. Google+: View post on Google+
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Turns out I didnt miss Episode 1 of Neverwhere! They're repeating it, but DRAT, I may have dinner plans. If you have a Second Life account, you can listen at the linked location, or via any internet radio service (easy to find on TuneIn). Embedded Link Riel Theatre presents: Neverwhere (Episode 1) Trying again after last week’s technical failure. Tonight Riel Theatre presents the BBC Radio production of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, adapted by Dirk Maggs. When Richard Mayhew stumbles across a ho… Google+: View post on Google+
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One of the Second Life blogs I read occasionally pointed me at something I hadn’t noticed in the golly-whillikers inducing change in the look of Flickr. They’ve gotten rid of Pro accounts, and once the paid subscriptions I have for myself, my church, and my Second Life accounts run out, I’m pretty sure I’m not going to renew all of them. Why should I, with prices like these just to avoid ads? Well, at least I’m grandfathered in as a current Pro member, I can renew for another two years for the current cost of a one year “Ad Free”…