3 posts from September 2007

Nnnneeeeeerrrrrrrrrrds!!!
Originally uploaded by Mat Honan

Harper and I went swimming together this morning at Aquatic Park. It's our seventh anniversary today. she had never swum the Bay before, and it was a glorious way to start the day off.

As we swam, I looked back on shore, and saw this group go Segging by. I didn't really know what was up, but it made me chuckle. After we finished swimming, we were changing in the parking lot when they Segged past again, this time right by the car. It was some sort of tour group--the woman in front was speaking over a walkie talkie that broadcast over each Segway. They each wore a safety vest and helmet--because, as everyone knows, riding along on the sidewalk at three miles per hour can be quite dangerous.

It was, quite possibly, the nerdiest thing I've ever seen in my life. And not in a good way.

Did I write any of the entries for Wired magazine's special Geekipedia issue (it will arrive with your October issue) you ask? Why, yes. Yes I did. And if you have a little time to kill today, I invite you to peruse at your pleasure:

Angels
Ajax
API
Carbon offsets
Cleantech
Cloudware
Crossovers -   (Ask a Ninja only in Crossovers)
Download Services
Hedge Funds
iPhone
Peak Oil
Podcasting
RSS
Twitter
Venture Capital 

Lace up your kicks and queue up a power song, voxers, because I've got another challenge going. (Somehow, I never manage to start them on the 1st of the month. Steph and Jenni were neck and neck  last month, with Steph pulling it off at the end.

But this month I'm writing a review for Runner's World, so I'm going to be stomping across the planet on a daily basis. Which means I'm going to destroy you. Or, maybe not. One way to find out: Join up.

If you ran last month, I already sent you an invite. Otherwise, you should be able to join the challenge via the NikePlus site (which, by the way, is quite awful; a real dog) I think you can just click through the challenge widget below. But if you have any problems, holla at me in the comments with your nike plus screen name and I'll send an invite.