Monthly Archives: April 2007

A stupid idea, stupidly done

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

In amongst my podcasts, iTunes downloaded three “PDFcasts”, two from Make Magazine and one from PilotCast. Of all the ways that people on the Internet have found to re-implement the same basic idea as Usenet, this has got to be … Continue reading →

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The nagging-est highway

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

I-79 between Pittsburgh and Eire has a stretch where every few minutes you encounter large signs with black letters on a bright yellow background. They’re full of advice, mostly about wearing your seat belts (the best one was “Seat belts … Continue reading →

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Another of those “better to be down here” experiences

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

There is an old pilot’s expression: “It’s better to be down here wishing you were up there, than to be up there wishing you were down here”. In other words, it’s better to be disappointed than to be in trouble.

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The Good, The Bad, and The (Plane) Weird

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

It’s time for pilot bloggers to think back and reflect on the highlights (and lowlights) of their flying “careers”, even for those of us for whom it is an avocation rather than a vocation. The Good There have been so … Continue reading →

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The worst and the best of cycle racing

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

I finally got around to watching the TiVo’ed coverage of last weekend’s “Amstel Gold”, one of the “Spring Classics” pro bike races. Unusually for them, the weather was beatiful – probably too hot for the tastes of the riders, but … Continue reading →

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