Get ready for Stroker Poker!

Thank you, Mr. Jobs. (Not you, Russell – the other one.)

The new iPods came out this week, and they are indeed awesome. So, no Creative Zen for me. Even awesomer, though, was the $200 reduction in the price of the iPhone. I’d been jonesing for one since they were first announced, and I resisted as well as I could for as long as I could. So, on Tuesday, I walked calmly (with effort) into the Apple store and got me one.

I’ve had it for four days now, and I can confidently attest to its awesomeness. It’s not perfect – the camera could use a flash, and the battery gets tired after a full day of constant nerding around – but it is utterly wonderful. Expect to see lots more picture posts from me going forward.

Sent from my iPhone. (Not really, but it could have been!)

New old bike

I’ve had this ugly old Peugot townie bike for a few years, but I’ve been too embarrassed to ride it, onaccounta its ugliness. It was white with these “festive” splashes of pink, purple, and green. ‘Nuff said. Today, I finally got around to giving it the manly Krylon touch. As you can see, it’s a metallic bronze now, with a classic “chrome” drive-side chainstay. I did the fork in silver initially, but the paint went on too thick, and it ended up with a weird, distorted look. Sounds cool, but it wasn’t. Once it dried, I did it over in the same bronze as the frame. I’m going to re-build my rugged new steed with a bullhorn bar as soon as Quality delivers me some cheap-o Tektro brake levers. The rest of the running gear will be Shimano Exage – 6sp freewheel and down-tube shifters, baybee. Oh, and fenders. Rawk.