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The Giro Trixter full-finger glove costs $20. That's no way to start a review, because it's just a piece of information instead of an evaluative judgement, but cycling, as a…

When I was a young shop rat, the sort of college kid so full of opinions it was hard to learn anything new, there was one thing my more experienced co-workers did impress…

The theatrical release, in 1994, of the film Speed marked the arrival of Sandra Bullock as a Hollywood lead actress and began Keanu Reeves' career as an action star. Sadly,…

This piece set out to be about front center, and then I realized if you care about front center, I've probably already got you in my contacts. We nerds stick together. Put…

Yesterday, my wife and I celebrated 30 years of continuous companionship. She has, quite literally, shepherded me from my awkward and troubled late adolescence into this…

As a listener to musics both loud and chaotic, I particularly enjoy the names 45NRTH gives to its products. They're like a Norwegian black metal label, except they make…

In the financial crisis of 2008, I was lucky. I kept my job and my home and my savings. In the aftermath, my wife and I asked ourselves what small things we could do to keep…

Before I say anything else, I want you to know that I love you just as you are. I am not sure how, as a society, we go about establishing impossible standards by which we…

Look, I know this is not my thing, giving useful information, pimping products, sharing my experience sincerely, but Padraig and I discuss products (sometimes) on the…

I put things together, and I take them apart. Both processes are fraught with peril. The first, because I'm not a great put-things-togetherer, and the subsequent function and…