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one laptop per child - laptop starts to look a lot better...
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bike to work pants.
dave proudly wears bike to work pants.
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leave a chalk trail from your bike tyre to remind motorists that bikes ride on the road, and to encourage other cyclists to ride.
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messages to TSA through metal plates in your baggage. that's just asking for a cavity search.
would you name your kid nokia?.
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ironbike 09 · Sep 14, 08:13 pm
had another great ride through the mountains this year – 240km over 2 mountain passes.
i had a great support team this year – on and off the bike and managed to peddle the entire distance.
thanks to all my supporters and to everyone who wished me safe thoughts.
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$11 house · Oct 23, 09:22 pm
one of the best things i’ve seen in a while is the $11 house website. my friend david has poured his last 2 years into renovating a house to bring it from a condemned wreck up to a luxuriously livable space.
hearing about some of the fantastic qualities of this abode i would be delighted to live there.
you can win this house if you pay the $11 entry fee and write a compelling essay about why you should be the winner.
i love this idea because it involves an essay – and it’s so affordable.
i know david has spent 2 years of his life (and his family’s) making this a wonderful place to live – so even if you want to support this idea – enter to win.
it just might be you.
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monday i go to bolivia · Oct 18, 04:04 pm
so in a few days i’m jumping on a plane and heading off to bolivia. i think i’m spending 17 hours in travel. i fly to toronto, then to santa cruz, brazil (300ft above sea level) then to cochabamba (6000 ft above sea level) then over the two weeks i’m in bolivia we’ll travel up to potosi (14,000ft) then down to la paz (12,000ft) to fly back to toronto.
i’ll keep a ‘nose bleed’ tally.
while i’m there we’ll be meeting the people of bolivia and building relationships so we can provide support once we’re back in canada.
stay tuned for more updates.
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jasper to lake louise · Sep 8, 08:00 am
starting about now i’ll be hefting myself up onto the saddle and pointing my bike towards lake louise. starting in jasper.
my goal is to ride 220km in one day with 2 mountain passes between me and my destination.
the terrain
this image shows the trip in the opposite direction. this trip also breaks it up into a sane 7 day trip.
i’ll take some snaps as i ride and post them so you can see how it all went.
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tour de young life · Sep 6, 10:00 am
this weekend i’ll be riding my bike from jasper to lake louise in one day to raise money for young life – and darb erickson in particular.
i’ll be riding 220km with 2 mountain passes, so hopefully my training will put me in good stead.
if you want to support the cause and my fundraising goal – head over here and you can donate online.
for more info on the event you can head to ironbike.ca
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