Yeah, it's a vanity web page. But look around, you might find some interesting stuff.
And no, the banner at top is not an accidental misquote of Julius Caesar's famed message to the Roman senate. Quite the contrary, it's a deliberate play on it. Dig out your dusty Latin dictionary and see if you can figure out what it means. A subtle hint: it's related to motorcycle touring.
"Scientia potentia est." "Knowledge is power."
-Sir Francis Bacon -Schoolhouse Rocky
I am an information junkie. I enjoy knowing and understanding things - especially technical or science-related things - and when I don't, sometimes I develop an obsession for digging up the truth, and sharing my revelations with other curious folks.
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Should you spend your hard-earned cash to get your tires filled with nitrogen? The short answer is no; the long answer is here. |
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If you enjoy reading stories of motorcycle trips, here's one I wrote about a 12-day trip from Michigan to Utah in May 2007. The first two days cover the crossing of the Great Plains; the riding and the photos get more interesting on day 3. |
"Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (maybe)
It started with my disgust at the high price a vendor wanted for their tire changer. I ended up making my own for far less, showed it to my friends, and pretty soon the world was beating a path to my door.
Want to start changing your own motorcycle tires, but don't want to shell out $650 to have a super-deluxe tire-changing stand delivered to your door? Truth is, you can start changing your own tires the easy way for just over $200:
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The Mojolever. If you're tired of paying $400 to have your dealer install a set of motorcycle tires for you, you really should check it out. |
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Mojoblocks. Now you can use Harbor Freight's low-cost tire-changing stand without scratching your rims. |
Stuff I've Made
"We recognize that we cannot survive on meditation, poems and sunsets. We are restless. We have an irresistible urge to dip our hands into the stuff of the earth and do something with it."
-Samuel Florman, "The Existential Pleasures of Engineering," 1976
When I make something, sometimes it's because it's more fun than buying it from the store, sometimes it's because it's cheaper than buying it from the store, and sometimes you just can't find what you want in the store. It started with a ninth-grade woodworking class - 23 years later, I still have the cedar-lined pine chest I made back then - and in grad school I got real familiar with metalworking. My current job has given me even more experience in the machine shop, and the Mojolevers continued the creative streak, as I learned welding and powdercoating on my own.
A few categories, including plenty of pics:
| Around the house |
| In the workshop |
| On the bike |
Places I go on the web when I want to waste inordinate amounts of time, along with descriptions so you can decide whether you want to waste time there, too. Some funny, some serious, some thought-provoking - all very interesting.