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There are a few drawbacks to riding a bicycle 12-14 hours a week. Of course… right now, I’d gladly accept them all. None of them are quite as frustrating as being trapped by the dull ache accented by the occasional stabs of roaring pain in my right ankle. When you spend a lot of that bike time riding with other people, it can get even worse. They tend to take...
I’ll admit it. I was a texting holdout — but only because the people I interacted with were Instant Messaging junkies. My half dozen or so confidants can or could be found on Google Talk or equivalent most of the day. We shoot back and forth with jokes, snide remarks, photos, banter, cool websites, news and what have you. So, I knew the benefits of text… But why on earth would...
I woke up this morning around 5:30. It was dark. Very dark. I hesitated to even check the time on my phone. But, I did. I somehow managed to get back to sleep and managed to stay in bed until nearly 8:00! We managed to not be the first downstairs. That’s a lot harder than it used to be. Now that there aren’t any “family” horses in the barn, Fitzallen no longer...
Wickett.org 1.0: the early years Wickett.org came to life in 1997. Changes in ISP’s resulted in our e-mail addresses changing 6 times in 7 months. It was time for stability. And since we had a domain name, we might as well put up a website. The first incarnation was static HTML living on a FrontPage enabled server. Groovy! So groovy, in fact, that it still lives. Wickett.org 2.0: the pMachine years...
Over $100,000 in 3 days. Team Fatty rules. Elden is the master fundraiser. Hopefully he doesn’t crash out the entire Team Shack on the training ride on Sunday. Here’s how this all started.
Faxes on some days are the bane of my existence. Texas eFiling for courts has helped, but our small firm still sees over 300 pages a day of faxes. Fortunately, most of these faxes never see paper thanks to my new friend Hylafax running on our Asterisk-based PBX. It took a lot of tries to reach a cost effective and reliable solution for inbound faxing – remember, the budget for technology...
We started the weekend on Friday evening the way we start most weekends. Stuffing our faces. This time, we’d ventured over to Aparicio’s at 18th and Avenue K for some Mexier Tex-mex. They did not disappoint. We hung out longer than usual and eventually wandered over to Braum’s for ice cream. Nothing like a little frozen dairy to warm you up on a cold Texas Friday night. My original Saturday...
Please support me in my efforts to raise $2,500 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation in the coming months. If you’re in Austin next October 25 to cheer me on when I cross the finish line that’s all the better! To donate online, visit: http://austin09.livestrong.org/tc Or contact me via e-mail or phone (214-912-9261) for other donation options. Thank you all so much for your support over the last few years as I’ve...
We took a little jaunt to Carolina last week so that Amanda could spend some time with her dad during his first week of radiation and chemo. They had a great time together in Durham and managed to consume more barbecue than I did. I’m going to have to work harder on that part in a few weeks when we head back up for Christmas. I did manage to spend some...
I’ll chalk it up to the cold, as we got off to a slow start, with both of our ride leaders claiming mechanicals in the first 5 miles. While Kent just suffered a chain drop, Alan had to fight with a flat and a loose cassette that continued to nag him the rest of the ride. I’ve e-mailed him the link to the Stein Hypercracker so that he’ll never have a...
Canis Wickettis
c. 1992-2011
You will be missed.