Sustainability is the new black when it comes to catch-phrases. And rightly so. But, are we serious about paying more than lip-service to the concept? We’ll get a better idea of how much commitment local governments have to the idea in March, when transportation consultant Richard Gilbert’s guidelines for sustainable
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Betty Got My Ballot
Threw away my vote today. If you think that voting on principle, rather than probability of victory, is wasting your ballot. It felt grand. Tossed it aside the same way a cigarette smoker casually grinds out their butt and walks away from that tiny tube of non-biodegradable whatever that cigarette
The Montreal Mistake: Jack Layton’s Grand Prix Gaffe
NDP leader Jack Layton says he’ll throw taxpayer money at the Montreal Grand Prix in the hopes of keeping the event alive. Bad, bad idea. So, I wrote a letter to tell him so (see below). This image was shot at 3:30am in January 2008 a half block from my
So Very Opted Out!
You may recall I mentioned ioptout.ca in my post about the do not call list last week. Today I received an email from the service outlining just which companies are now forbidden to call me. This is a level of service the gov’t list isn’t offering. Further, if I review the
The Commuter Bike Shopper’s Checklist
I’ve created a shopping checklist that one can use to estimate the cost to upgrade a current bike to an all-weather, year-round commuting machine, or compare costs to equip a new bike for the same purpose. Email me at info@chriskeam.com for a printer-friendly pdf version that you can take with
(DO NOT) Call Me Anytime
My apologies to Debbie Harry, but some headlines write themselves! Canada’s National Do Not Call Registry went into effect September 30th. But registering only with the government’s registry doesn’t mean you can get through dinner without the annoyance of telemarketers calling just yet. Unfortunately, the legislation that made the registry
Riding In America
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly My Sony laptop died on the 20th, hence the long break between posts. One would think technology might last longer than three weeks (the time between purchase and watching the screen go black… never to work again). Yes, one would think that… and
Whittingham Sets New Record
Sam Whittingham, the Canadian cyclist and bike builder who has dominated the sport of HPV racing for nearly a decade, pedaled his Varna Diablo III recumbent bike to a new world record speed of 82.3 mph (132 kph) late Thursday, under conditions that veterans of the World Human Powered Speed
Fast Tuesday
Wednesday, Sept. 17/08 Battle Mountain NV Speeds continue to creep upwards at the Human Powered Speed Challenge, but so did the wind velocity during the Tuesday evening runs, wreaking havoc on expectations for the most speed-friendly weather of the week. Sam Whittingham and Fred Markham are still the two fastest
Day One Delivers!
Sept. 16, Battle Mountain NV Good conditions prevailed on Monday, during Day One of competition at the 2008 World Human Powered Speed Challenge, with riders posting very respectable times and looking forward to even higher speeds today. Once again the Varna machines have proven themselves – Georgi Georgiev designed bikes