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Return to Earth looks great. Enjoy! Time is either spent wisely. Or it is just spent. Second after second; moment after moment… they’re all there for the taking. Return to Earth is a cinematic journey into the simple act of living completely in those moments by riding bikes. TICKETS- https://returntoearth.movie/tickets/ The world premiere of Return... Continue Reading →
Growing up and living in Colorado I've always been drawn to high elevation experiences. Climbing all of Colorado's fourteeners, riding my bike to the top of Mount Evans, and driving up twisting alpine passes are all experiences I wouldn't trade for the world. The higher you go, the thinner the air gets and the closer you... Continue Reading →
There's a lot of talk in the news this week about the number of people defaulting on student loans. We're told that the student loan crises is due almost entirely to students taking out loans to go to liberal arts schools to learn "useless" things like literature or sociology. We're also told that the loan... Continue Reading →
Whether you’re shopping for someone else or building your wish list, I hope this curated collection of the year’s best gadgets, gear, books, tools and toys meets your holiday needs. There’s a lot of stuff here, gifts for cyclists, fitness nuts and some of my recommended reading for the year kicks off the list. All... Continue Reading →
James Bridle is a writer and artist based London who has noticed that something is wrong on the internet. Well, there's a lot wrong on the internet. But, more specifically, Birdle documents how algorithmically selected and, in many cases, produced content is taking over the internet. Most concerning, is that this content is what our young... Continue Reading →
Paul Lewis had a pretty jarring and ominous article in this weekend’s Guardian about the qualms some of Silicon Valleys most prominent inventors are feeling over their creations. Facebook, Twitter and Google alumna worry that the products they designed and marketed to users are having dire side effects; a society composed of compulsive, easily manipulated screen addicts. Lewis describes... Continue Reading →
I highly recommend you take a moment today and read Scott Galloway's take on Amazon acquiring Whole Foods Market. I've been very surprised by how little chatter the acquisition has earned in this week's news cycle. Amazon is poised to completely disrupt (god I hate that word) how people get their groceries in a very short... Continue Reading →
Every morning, industrial designer Clément Dauchy rides his bike to work in San Francisco. On rare occasions, he would hit all the traffic lights on green and breeze to work. Mostly, though, he'd get stuck at red light after red light. When cycling up the city's many hills getting stuck at a light meant wasting... Continue Reading →
The Fitbit is an extraordinarily simple piece of fitness technology with a ton of hidden potential. The Fitbit supplied software for tracking your data is nice enough but for those interested in taking their Fitbit to the next level there is a wide world of cool new things your Fitbit can do, especially when it’s connected... Continue Reading →
GPS is great, great until the battery runs out. If you're really planning to get lost in the backcountry, figuratively not literally, you absolutely must have a good map of the area and a compass on hand. National Geographic‘s new service, makes every United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic map easily searchable, downloadable, and printable. And... Continue Reading →
The driverless car has long been the stuff of dreams, but it is now becoming a reality. It's going to be a big change, and it's likely the leading edge of a wider movement of robots automating just about every aspect of our lives. Google has a tiny, adorable prototype that has got a lot of... Continue Reading →
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