Donations down as increased riding sparks hoarding. (1)
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Giant Manufacturing On your bike Sep 18th 2008 | TAICHUNG, TAIWAN From The Economist print edition Obesity and high oil prices are good news for the world’s biggest bikemaker THESE are tough times for carmakers, many of which are labouring under high oil prices, slowing demand and financial weakness. For makers of human-powered, two-wheeled vehicles, by contrast, business is booming. Giant Manufacturing, the world’s largest bicycle-maker, sold a record 460,000 units last month and is ...
Commuting 101: Carrying Your Laptop (1)
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I’ve often noticed that many of the people I see commuting by bike are technical or business folks, working in IT or other white-collar positions. I, like many of them, have to carry a laptop to and from work. This usually brings up questions. On my personal blog, the question was asked again: “[Do you] just shove it in your panniers and pray?” On days I can get away with not toting it around, I ...
Usability 101: How not to conduct a poll (CNN) (1)
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Just a fun little example of how even the big guys can still screw things up royally. This morning, CNN posted a little widget that displayed various grades for both Biden and Palin from the Vice Presidential Debate last night. At the bottom of the widget was an area for you to select your own grade for a particular candidate and a “Next” button to submit and view the results. Seems simple enough. The problem ...
