Geek Habitat

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’m a geek and I found this TEDTalk absolutely fascinating -> Ed Ulbrich shows how Benjamin Button got his face

If you’re not familiar with TED Talks, they are public talks focused on “ideas worth spreading” and cover the gamut of topics from Technology, Entertainment, Design (T.E.D.) and more. They are shared online and have featured some of the greatest minds and talents of our time from every discipline and culture who have just two things in common: they seek a deeper understanding of the world, and they hope to turn that understanding into a better future for us all.

Really a site worth delving into when you’ve got some time. Enjoy!

First off, Justin was in a bicycle wreck this morning — thankfully no motor vehicles or other people were involved. Like a good dad & husband, he had all the requisite safety gear on and it did its job. He’ll describe what happened when he has a chance. It was a wet morning but the wet weather wasn’t the primary cause. He was thankfully very close to USAA when it happened so he was able to bicycle to work and, indeed, he put in a full day at work today after visiting their aid station briefly to get checked out.

My sincere thanks once again to Jack and Jerry for being our rescue squad — first the ER trip the week before last, and no rescuing him & his banged up bike from work, and getting him to the bike shop for bike repairs. My thanks also to my parents for offering their assistance, including plans to squeeze Justin’s bike into my Mom’s Chevy Camaro.

Justin is OK — bruised, cut and battered a bit but okay, all things considered. I’ll let him update everyone more thoroughly when he has a chance but just wanted to send a quick note that he’s home, limping but thanking his guardian angels for flying faster than he bicycles.

Love to all,

- Shan

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Latest (blog post by Justin) -> http://bike-geek.blogspot.com/2009/02/crash-on-commute-this-morning.html

On Sunday, I managed to get two rides in: a pre-dawn 6.31 mile indoor bike trainer ride and an afternoon 20.77 mile road bike ride with Justin and brother-in-law, David.

I posted some pics from the road bike ride on Flickr for your amusement/enjoyment.

Keep an eye on the “Building a Fitter Geek” sidebar over on the right to keep track of my latest rides — indoors AND outdoors.

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It’s becoming a broken record, but no, I still haven’t picked a ride I’ll be participating in. It’s looking more and more like it won’t be a charity fund-raising ride as my first organized ride, just because so many of them are either coming up a lot sooner than I’ll be ready (April, etc.!) or they’re longer (multi-day) than I’m ready to commit to, due to never having left Sara in anyone’s care overnight, and not having any particular desire to start that now.

So we’re just working me up gradually to longer rides and, as I handle those better (they’re getting a little easier every ride), Justin will start throwing in more challenging distances and terrain (HILLS…my nemesis) at me to get me ready for the ride we choose.