http://www.gsevans.com/blog Many things interest, irritate or amuse me. Here's your chance to read all about them! Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:49:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just don't understand how we, as a society, came to view driving a car as some sort of God-given right. Early in the morning of Sunday, August 1, Rebecca Thompson, a 42 year old mother of three and her dog were struck and killed while walking in Harrison Township. The ... http://www.gsevans.com/blog/2010/08/drivers-with-10-15-license-suspensions-%e2%80%98not-unusual%e2%80%99.html Like anyone with an email address, I get my fair share of spam. Most of it is simply annoying but every now and then I get a gem like this, brilliant in its awkward absurdity: Attn;My Dear, This is to bring you notice that i have register your ATM VISA CARD ... http://www.gsevans.com/blog/2010/06/hilarious-spam.html It seems that two geniuses were spotlighting deer one night back in January. They managed to get the pick-up they were shooting from stuck in a farmer's field as they tried to retrieve one of the downed deer. They then asked the landowner to pull their truck out. He refused ... http://www.gsevans.com/blog/2010/06/poachers-illegally-take-7-deer-get-off-far-too-lightly.html Tuesday I was checking Twitter, like I do (shut up, the fact that you're reading this disqualifies you from calling me a dork) and I saw the following "tweet" from Conan O'Brien: Yesterday was the longest day of the year, unless you count the time I interviewed Lance Armstrong. I got a ... http://www.gsevans.com/blog/2010/06/comical-twitter-exchange.html A few years ago when the folks at Sturmey-Archer announced that they were developing a 3 speed fixed gear hub, I was super-excited. This was tempered, however, with the worry that it would never see production due to it being something of a niche product. Then, back in March of ... http://www.gsevans.com/blog/2010/06/sturmey-archer-s3x-3-speed-fixed-gear-hub.html I've been thinking about building a PC for use in the car for ages (most likely running some flavor of Linux). Gradually the market is catching up with my desires and it looks as if soon I may be able to buy exactly what I want "off the rack". Here's ... http://www.gsevans.com/blog/2010/06/what-i-want-in-a-car-entertainment-system.html In a 5-1 decision Wednesday, Ohio's Supreme Court upheld a speeding ticket based solely upon how fast a driver appeared to be moving. You read that right, an officer’s educated guess is now sufficient to overcome the state’s burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Justice Maureen O’Connor (who's running for ... http://www.gsevans.com/blog/2010/06/apparently-it-is-now-impossible-to-beat-a-speeding-ticket-in-ohio.html Click to embiggen. Here's a photo of my iPod and the stylus I made for it out of “surplus Russian aerospace titanium tubing”. How cool am I? The next step will be deciding if I want a brushed or highly polished finish (I'm leaning toward polished) and finishing it accordingly. http://www.gsevans.com/blog/2010/05/464.html