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The Bike Kind
Posted in: BikesWhat type of riding do you do? It’s a common ice-breaker between cyclists who first meet. It’s a base from which conversation can grow. It’s easy, it’s comfortable. I don’t know that I ever have answered – or will answer – the question the same twice. “Do you ride road?”“Been known to yea, but at…
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Why Do Meta – And Others – Get a Pass?
Posted in: The Internet & MediaAn interesting sociological situation with all that is going on with Elon Musk and his X platform and our desire to curtail our use of US products and services, that we are all still using Meta apps as well as others. Meta was founded in the US and continues to be headquartered and run from…
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Even AI Calls It ‘Freddy Beach’
Posted in: Science & TechnologyI asked ChatGPT a question about bike shops in Fredericton and it replied with the answer and added: ChatGPT: If you need the inside scoop on trails, gear, or where to score the best post-ride coffee in Freddy Beach, just say the word. Kind of surprised that it used the nickname ‘Freddy Beach’, partly because…
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Service Announcement
RE: Career/Life Housekeeping Greetings! For the past 15 years I have worked at Kiers Marketing, a small marketing agency in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Starting there as a graphic designer, I worked my way up to the position of Creative Director. Recently circumstances came about where the Universe seemed to be saying it was time…
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Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times
Neil Peart, 2004 I am an unabashed Rush geek, but perhaps even more so, as a lapsed drummer and a lover of books and thought, a fully-formed Neil Peart geek – which sorts me into an even more obscure niche of weirdness. I’d read most of his books, but had missed a few and the…
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Faith, Hope and Carnage
Posted in: Books & ReadingNick Cave & Seán O’Hagan, 2022 My introduction to Nick Cave was 1997’s The Boatman’s Call with his band The Bad Seeds and I dug it but never really listened to much of his other stuff. I’d heard him name dropped here and there and I think I maybe caught some of the press surrounding…