Tumblr (3.0; @fixpert)http://blog.fixpert.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e3e9e6266b31622563d153e191e15ebb/tumblr_mkp18oKwdZ1qz5zvoo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/47039727731http://blog.fixpert.com/post/47039727731Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:10:00 -0400laughs<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/fixpert/47033215556/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_47033215556" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="194" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Co-founding <a href="http://pinocc.io" title="Pinoccio" target="_blank">a tech startup</a> feels like this.</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/47033215556http://blog.fixpert.com/post/47033215556Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:26:43 -0400startup life<p>We&#8217;re already getting backers! <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/pinoccio">Visit the IndieGogo campaign</a> and check out our awesome whiteboard animation.</p> <p><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/pinoccio" title="Pinoccio - A tiny wireless microcontroller - IndieGogo campaign"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/c5fd26b1393e5bb1312d85e400f9894b/tumblr_inline_mgbm4j0RUe1qz5zvo.jpg"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/pinoccio" title="Pinoccio is a tiny wireless microcontroller for making the Internet of Things"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/11b4b711e40670ea67961e3acc780cc8/tumblr_inline_mgbm5iyWJ41qz5zvo.jpg"/></a></p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/40026225942http://blog.fixpert.com/post/40026225942Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:01:55 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pX8zZdLw7cs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This perfectly captures everything that I (deeply) believe about bicycles, their place in the city, in society.</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/37189588095http://blog.fixpert.com/post/37189588095Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:29:06 -0500bike lane<p><a href="http://pinocc.io/how-to-build-a-kickstarter-projection-for-your-product/" title="Free spreadsheet template for planning your Kickstarter campaign"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjqwhBARu1qz5zvo.png"/></a></p> <p>Here&#8217;s a <a href="http://pinocc.io/how-to-build-a-kickstarter-projection-for-your-product/" title="KickStarter campaign projections - free spreadsheet for estimating">free spreadsheet to use for your KickStarter project</a> - how to make financial projections for your campaign.</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/35791154703http://blog.fixpert.com/post/35791154703Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:43:56 -0500technologykickstarter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdg0k9eVen1qz5zvoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><a href="http://pinocc.io/sally-learns-arduino-part-4/" title="Learning Arduino - A blog series about Sally learning Arduino">Part 4 in my “Sally Learns Arduino”</a> blog series is up.</span></p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/35651067700http://blog.fixpert.com/post/35651067700Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:21:45 -0500technologymakers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc3w3dD4es1qz5zvoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’m gonna blog about learning Arduino and hacking on electronics. First post is up on the Pinoccio blog:</p> <p><a href="http://pinocc.io/sally-learns-arduino-part-1/" title="Learning Arduino">Sally Learns Arduino - Part 1: My History with Making</a></p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/33852321220http://blog.fixpert.com/post/33852321220Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:40:25 -0400arduinomakemakerspinoccio<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb9q9epPlU1qz5zvoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Demons. (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/32734507716http://blog.fixpert.com/post/32734507716Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:46:26 -0400<p>Only invites strangers to argue with you and is totally not worth it. Complete waste of time, my mistake.</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/31349152393http://blog.fixpert.com/post/31349152393Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:49:32 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9bhxgjEBD1qz5zvoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>true…</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/30174062514http://blog.fixpert.com/post/30174062514Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:34:28 -0400laughs<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://runningastartup.tumblr.com/post/23130261206/when-im-alone-in-the-office-with-the-music-blaring">runningastartup</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img src="http://i.minus.com/ihwGV8t9zbFBT.gif"/></p> </blockquote> <p>Truuuue.</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/29002920001http://blog.fixpert.com/post/29002920001Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:07:37 -0400laughs<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7oaia4c3n1qz5zvo.png"/></p> <p>Last night, I went to the theater for the <a href="http://www.startrek.com/article/tng-25th-anniversary-event-in-theaters-july-23">Star Trek TNG 25 year anniversary special</a>. Ahem. Anyway, there was some behind-the-scenes footage, some outtakes, interviews, and the like. Then, we watched 2 full-length episodes from Season 1. </p> <p>During the climactic moment of S1 E6, &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_No_One_Has_Gone_Before">Where No One Has Gone Before</a>,&#8221; this dude (above) appears momentarily in the background wearing a mini-dress. The entire theater cracks up laughing. I don&#8217;t recall ever seeing a man in a dress again in subsequent Star Trek episodes.</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/27913920877http://blog.fixpert.com/post/27913920877Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:20:21 -0400star treklaughs<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9RzgOt4eppQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is the best song on Earth. Thanks to <a href="http://joemoc.com/">Joe</a> for the reminder.</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/27360563936http://blog.fixpert.com/post/27360563936Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:19:51 -0400<p><a href="http://blog.fixpert.com/post/27264842093/mash-tour-de-france-chris-horner-stage-11" title="Mash dudes show California flag to Chris Horner during stage 11 Tour de France 2012"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m79gxgz10Q1qz5zvo.png"/></a></p> <p>Quick follow-up to <a href="http://blog.fixpert.com/post/27264842093/mash-tour-de-france-chris-horner-stage-11" title="Mash Chris Horner Tour de France stage 11 California flag">the video of this that I posted yesterday</a>.</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/27359443332http://blog.fixpert.com/post/27359443332Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:03:35 -0400bike lane<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/45789991" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Watching stage 11 on the Tour de France I noticed a couple of <a href="http://mashsf.com/">dudes in Mash kits</a> running alongside Chris Horner with the California flag. They steamroll a pedestrian, then get a shout-out from Phil! YES! </p> <p><a href="http://tourdefrance.nbcsports.com/player/Player.html?vid=5524">Direct link to NBC streaming footage</a> of Stage 11 (if you have paid access) it’s at 3:12:00. </p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/27264842093http://blog.fixpert.com/post/27264842093Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:31:16 -0400bike lane<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6y3a9WOKs1qz5zvo.png"/></p> <p>This morning I logged in to my Bank of America checking account to find ads all up in my account activity. These ads were inline on my Account Activity page, nestled next to actual debit charges.</p> <h3>When I had a meal at a local veg-friendly fine dining establishment, I got this ad:</h3> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6y2shI7sH1qz5zvo.png"/></p> <h3>When I bought some groceries at the food co-op:</h3> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6y2sowEcd1qz5zvo.png"/></p> <h3>When I bought some bike components from the local bike shop:</h3> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6y2ssuCeU1qz5zvo.png"/></p> <p>I was already in the process of slowly moving my accounts over to the local credit union, but this will make me hurry up and cancel all of my Bank of America stuff for good.</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/26901017215http://blog.fixpert.com/post/26901017215Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:44:06 -0400culturelaughs<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6jh2kAjlQ1qz5zvo.png"/> </p> <p>I&#8217;m on Day 3 / Stage 2 of <a href="http://tourdefrance.nbcsports.com/" title="Watch the Tour de France online">NBC Sports online coverage of the 2012 Tour de France</a>, and in case any other cycling fans were curious, I think it&#8217;s a good deal and works well. I paid the $30 for an all access pass. I can watch the stages live, or I can watch the full 3+ hour long stage footage later. The video quality is really good, this is way better than buying full satellite cable for 1 month just to watch the Tour, then canceling again (which I have done).</p> <p>Our old pals from OLN are there too. Bob Roll (shown above) in &#8230;a suit?? And it seems that NBC has given him instruction to be less goofy, but I say let the good times Roll! And good ol&#8217; Phil Liggett is there too. </p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/26348509513http://blog.fixpert.com/post/26348509513Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:19:51 -0400bike lane<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/fixpert/26072838060/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_26072838060" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="220" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>from <a href="http://blog.drawn.ca/post/26000673705/this-is-a-satire-on-the-northern-gateway-oil">Drawn</a>  ( <em>I ripped my own copy of it in case it gets pulled from YouTube </em>)</p> <blockquote> <p>This is a satire on the Northern Gateway oil pipeline by <a href="http://blogs.theprovince.com/tag/dan-murphy/">Dan Murphy</a>, political cartoonist for a Vancouver BC newspaper. According to news reports, he is <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/06/26/bc-cartoonist-enbridge-spoof.html">speaking out</a> because he has been pressured to pull it, due to oil corporation Enbridge allegedly threatening to withdraw its advertising from the newspaper if he doesn’t.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/26072838060http://blog.fixpert.com/post/26072838060Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:10:20 -0400laughsculture<p><a href="http://comics.fixpert.com/comics/tips-for-tabling.html" title="Tips for tabling at comic book conventions"><img height="568" src="http://comics.fixpert.com/storage/tabling-at-cake.jpg" width="844"/></a></p> <p>Read it on the Fixpert Comics process blog: <a href="http://comics.fixpert.com/comics/tips-for-tabling.html" title="Tips for having a table at a comic expo">Tips for Tabling at Comics Shows</a></p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/25601007449http://blog.fixpert.com/post/25601007449Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:54:12 -0400comics<p><a href="http://comics.fixpert.com/comics/the-skids-1-debuts-at-cake-this-weekend.html" title="The Skids - An autobiographical comic about bicycle messengers in New York City after 9/11"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mizmL3M21qz5zvo.png"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://comics.fixpert.com/comics/the-skids-1-debuts-at-cake-this-weekend.html" title="The Skids - auto-bio comic by Sally Carson ex-NYC bicycle messenger">Check out a preview on my comics blog</a>.</p>http://blog.fixpert.com/post/25109295753http://blog.fixpert.com/post/25109295753Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:18:13 -0400comics