Finally, a nice day and a Saturday without plans coincide.  And I’m off for the first bike ride (northern bike ride) of the year, and I kept it local today, stretching my legs out on the Ernst Trail.  However, Google Maps’ recent addition of bicycle directions inspired me to address the following flaw in my [...]

USA Today had an interesting article today about Google taking its street view off-road and recording bike trails.  I’m not a huge fan of street view for privacy reasons, but I’ve been known to scout out a hotel on street view just to get a sense of the neighborhood, particularly industry or railroad tracks nearby.  [...]

I have a twenty-month old boy, which makes it hard to bike as much as I’d like to. This afternoon might be a good day to try biking with him… I haven’t tried that in a year. (The last time went badly… I think he was a little young, and he was [...]