Here is a weekend round-up of stuff I’ve been meaning to blog about for a while. Hope you find it interesting.

Ever wanted to buy or at least ride a Segway? If you don’t want to ride one across the United States like these guys, maybe you should consider building one yourself. Some [...]

Here are a few notes and links from this week…

I think I’m an 80%’er. From Simple Bits:
[...] I mentioned a fantastic book: Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard. Yvon founded the expensive-but-awesome clothing company, Patagonia.
[...] The book covers the history of the company, Yvon’s philosophy on design, and being a reluctant business [...]

Ever since his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, I’ve been a fan of Barack Obama. Even before that famous speech I had known about him, given the chaos and mess of the 2004 Illinois Senate election. He had won the Democratic nomination, a bit of a surprise if I remember right, [...]

I spent three years on the USS Hartford (SSN-768). It was a fantastic experience, though I always talk about it in Dickensian terms…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…
- A Tale of Two Cities
I recently saw a video that reminded me of some of my more fond memories of [...]

This is a hilarious advert; as soon as I saw it I knew I had to find it on YouTube and blog it!

This guy is both inspirational and a total nutter…
At least he gets to work outside in the fresh air!

This is hilarious… h/t to Fred Wilson:

I was recently reminded of the Terry Tate adverts when I was back in the States. They’re absolutely hilarious!
Terry’s World
This one is my favourite. When he starts the “Pain Train” with the “Woo-Woo” train whistle while his victim frantically digs in the rubbish, I nearly cried laughing.

Draft Day

Office Athlete of the Century

Vacation

Super Bowl [...]