Month: April 2009

  • Spring Cleaning

    Spring Cleaning

    I was cleaning the Eriksen and things got out of hand. This was the result. On the bright side, I now know the weight of the frame. The weight including headset cups/bearings, seatpost collar, custom head badge and derailleur hanger is 3 lbs. 12 oz. The weight of the headset cups/bearings is approximately 77g or…

  • Depreciation

    Depreciation

    We recently sold our 2003 Accord. While this wasn’t the best time to be selling a car, we didn’t need this one anymore, and soon one with the steering wheel on the other side will be a lot more useful. Anyway, the depreciation on the Accord seemed a little high to me, so I compared…

  • New Apples

    New Apples

    I couldn’t resist. I saw that shiny Apple store in one of those new Microsoft commercials and had to get another Mac. I chose a the base model Mac Mini, and added some upgrades. These new Mac Minis are a departure from the previous generations in that the base model is identical to the more…