The Halloween Post: Costume Ideas for the Cyclist

Halloween is definitely the best day of the year. If you're going to be stumbling from party to party, keep your hands off the car keys damnit! Instead, think about incorporating your bike into your costume. Riding is the best mode of transportation, might as well make it part of ...

Man, Voice-Operated Phone Menus are No Good

I guess this is an Interaction Design thing. Have you ever called a company, let's say...Orbitz...to have a customer service issue sorted out? And once you hit their phone's menu system, you are prompted to say a number of choices outloud? I can see the value of this in certain ...

Gravatars on Fixpert Comments?

Ok, now that you guys solved the question of changing the background color on my comments after posts, I was wondering if I should also add gravatars to the comments? Do you guys have gravatars? Just curious if you use them, like 'em, etc. Thanks again guys!

Using DOM Scripting for Fixpert Comments

I want to be all spiffy and change the background color on my comments on Fixpert so that when I'm scanning the comments on a post, it's easier for me to skip over what I said. Seems like it will be helpful for my readers too, I don't expect that ...

Awesome Bike Cargo Gallery

Here's a gallery of interesting and crazy cargo on bikes and motorcycles. This is my favorite:

Group Photo from Carson Velodrome

Here's the group shot from the Ladies Track Day at the ADT Event Center -- velodrome in Carson, CA. We're standing in the apron, the flat-bottom of the track. This gives you a sense of the height of the banks. And at James' request, here's me going 'round the track!

Cici and Rookie Me

Cici was this guy from Congo that I worked with at Breakaway Courier in Manhattan. He was always really nice to me, even when I first started out. Anytime he'd see me on the street, he'd ask how I was doing -- he called me Miss. He knew the city ...

Pencil Sketch: My “Room” in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

I had a twin sheet safety pinned across a string that I hung up. I was sharing a 1 bedroom apartment with two other people -- one of them my recently ex'd-boyfriend. I used a closet door on some milk crates to make a drawing table for myself. This sketch ...

New About Fixpert Section

I finally created an About Fixpert area of this site. Check it out and let me know if you have any feedback on it. Just leave a comment here on this post, since the About section doesn't have comments. I've been tweaking the site this weekend. I'm still working out some ...

My First Velodrome Ride!

This morning I went to Ladies Track Day at the ADT Event Center Velodrome in Carson, CA. It's an indoor velodrome, made from wood (Siberian Pine to be exact) with 45° banked turns. It's the first and only permanent indoor cycling track of international standard in North America. You can ...

Andrew’s Track Stand

I drew this sometime in 2003. This is a guy Andrew that I took a printmaking class with in college.

Obligatory “Where Have I Been?” and SoCal Seasons

Alright, let's make this quick so I can get back to posting regularly. Here's a quick catch-up list of what I've been doing for the last 3 weeks: Amazing trip to Maui for friends' wedding Drawing a LOT Playing guitar a LOT Struggling to adjust to the lack of seasons in SoCal (more about ...