What are you reading?
01-24-06 | 08:07 PM
#26
ganbatte!
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From: nyc
Bikes: '06 Vanilla touring, '09 Vanilla cx, Zanconato cx, Moots Psychlo-X RSL prototype, Nagasawa track, Kalavinka track, Black Cat 29er, Cannondale Rize 2 26er, Serotta CRL Legend
just finished...
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3RENSHO SRA | CO-MOTION CROSS | SAMSON | KALAVINKA | DE ROSA | DE ROSA PRO | CANNONDALE SIX13 | CO-MOTION NOR'WESTER
many many bikey photos
3RENSHO SRA | CO-MOTION CROSS | SAMSON | KALAVINKA | DE ROSA | DE ROSA PRO | CANNONDALE SIX13 | CO-MOTION NOR'WESTER
many many bikey photos
01-24-06 | 08:23 PM
#29
MADE IN HONG KONG
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From: Washington DC
Bikes: some but not enough
reread "into thin air", john krakauer - interestingly, just before leading a bunch of out of towners thru dc during the "latenight frostbite" alley cat. WHERE WERE YOU BURRITO ?
starting on "guns, germs and steel", jared diamond - this should be interesting
starting on "guns, germs and steel", jared diamond - this should be interesting
01-24-06 | 08:27 PM
#30
Beausage is Beautiful
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From: Saitama, Japan
Bikes: Nabiis Alchemy
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01-24-06 | 08:28 PM
#32
Beausage is Beautiful
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From: Saitama, Japan
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Originally Posted by skelly
bike messenger cyberpunk
I'm in the middle of all of these. plus various buddhist texts, theoretical physics books, and other things that make people call me a "nerd"
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01-24-06 | 08:34 PM
#33
SERENITY NOW!!!
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Snowcrash. Reading it again. Cyberpunk fiction at it's most middle-of-the-road.
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01-24-06 | 08:35 PM
#34
Heh - Tufte lovers unite! I have all three of his books -- the trilogy I guess. Courtesy of my old dot com job.
I just finished back to back, "The Tippping Point" and "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell. very thoughtful, interesting and easy to read. Quite engaging and incidentally related to a lot of things going on in my little world.
Currently getting into Hackers by Stephen Levy, a gift from a friend. It's quite interesting -- deals with a lot of computer history with lots of good storytelling.
And delving into a gorgeous coffee table book, a kind and generous gift from chimblysweep:
The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles
I just finished back to back, "The Tippping Point" and "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell. very thoughtful, interesting and easy to read. Quite engaging and incidentally related to a lot of things going on in my little world.
Currently getting into Hackers by Stephen Levy, a gift from a friend. It's quite interesting -- deals with a lot of computer history with lots of good storytelling.
And delving into a gorgeous coffee table book, a kind and generous gift from chimblysweep:
The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles
01-24-06 | 08:53 PM
#35
anarchy burger
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Tufte is coming out with a new book soon, keep your eye out.
Also, regarding hackers, check out the Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll. It's the author's non-fiction account of his tracking down and catching a hacker at Berkely in the 80s.
Also, regarding hackers, check out the Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll. It's the author's non-fiction account of his tracking down and catching a hacker at Berkely in the 80s.
01-24-06 | 08:54 PM
#36
aka mattio
Joined: May 2005
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Bikes: yes
recent fav's include Godspeed (about a queer bike messenger!), Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (harry potter for grown-ups), and Wicked (re-telling the wicked witch of the west). currently reading pynchon, foucault, and butler. dearie me.
01-24-06 | 09:01 PM
#37
blacksheep the blemish
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Portland/Greendale
Bikes: 1973 Schwinn World Voyageur (manufactured by panasonic), Italvega Super Speciale (fixed, primary ride now), Kona 2004 JTS 10 spd
Word up on need for the bike, I dug that book.
Current reads:
Major Problems in Enviromental History (holy christ, this **** is thick)
Discrete Math (and other stuff) <- no seriously, that's the title, it was written by my prof
Differential Equations
and for fun:
Beyond the 100th Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
honorable mention past reads:
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell.
Current reads:
Major Problems in Enviromental History (holy christ, this **** is thick)
Discrete Math (and other stuff) <- no seriously, that's the title, it was written by my prof
Differential Equations
and for fun:
Beyond the 100th Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
honorable mention past reads:
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell.
01-24-06 | 09:15 PM
#38
no one wants an alien
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From: Brooklyn
Bikes: grandis track bike, cesare track bike, bianchi road bike
this book just finished melting my brain:
i also liked this:
and i just started this:
i also liked this:
and i just started this:
01-24-06 | 09:34 PM
#41
no one wants an alien
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Originally Posted by marqueemoon
Pretty cool short essays. If it weren't a library book it would have a place of honor next to the shi!tter.
01-24-06 | 09:40 PM
#42
bagged cereal wins
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From: nc
Right now Im messing around with Conversations with God vol III.. Neale Donald Walsch.
It's got some rather outlandish things in it, well if you are used to the god that most of society worships, then yeah outlandish.. but if you are sincere about helping this world get better, most I've read seems good on that.
before some of ya assume it's a christian book.. I'll just go on and let you know, it's very far from that. This is the anti religion lol..
It's got some rather outlandish things in it, well if you are used to the god that most of society worships, then yeah outlandish.. but if you are sincere about helping this world get better, most I've read seems good on that.
before some of ya assume it's a christian book.. I'll just go on and let you know, it's very far from that. This is the anti religion lol..
01-24-06 | 09:55 PM
#43
Ferrous wheel
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: New Orleans
Bikes: 2004 Gunnar Rock Hound MTB; 1988 Gitane Team Pro road bike; 1986-ish Raleigh USA Grand Prix; mid-'80s Univega Gran Tourismo with Xtracycle Free Radical
Originally Posted by FixednotBroken
and i just started this:
01-24-06 | 10:06 PM
#44
I'm Carbon Curious
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Originally Posted by mcatano
Consider this an adjunct to the music thread, I guess. Colour me curious.
01-24-06 | 10:27 PM
#45
poopncow, you'll have to tell me how you like Guns, Germs and Steel. I'm in the middle of Salt: A World History. Absolutely fascinating.
01-24-06 | 10:31 PM
#46
So it goes.
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From: MD/DC
Bikes: late 80's Pinarello Track, 1988 Proteus Yamaguchi road, 1970's Nishiki fg conversion (stolen and returned!)
The World According to Garp - John Irving
Anything Vonnegut or Nick Hornby.
All the Shah's Men - Kinzer (non-fiction, really good explanation of middle east conflict in Iran)
The Guitar Amp Handbook - pretty good if your an amateur tube-amp tech.
Anything Vonnegut or Nick Hornby.
All the Shah's Men - Kinzer (non-fiction, really good explanation of middle east conflict in Iran)
The Guitar Amp Handbook - pretty good if your an amateur tube-amp tech.
01-24-06 | 10:39 PM
#47
...leaving skid marks
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From: NYC (chinatown, w.vill, morningside)
Bikes: fuji track se ('02) | independent fabrication crown jewel ('04)
great minds read alike it seems! 
in addition to periodicals like harpers, new yorker, paris review.. currently catching up on oldies but goodies from my faves:
alongside this guy's fkn brilliant illustrated companion to gravity's rainbow:
https://www.themodernword.com/pynchon...mith/title.htm
in addition to periodicals like harpers, new yorker, paris review.. currently catching up on oldies but goodies from my faves:
alongside this guy's fkn brilliant illustrated companion to gravity's rainbow:
https://www.themodernword.com/pynchon...mith/title.htm
01-24-06 | 10:40 PM
#48
cxmagazine dot com
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From: WI
Bikes: Titus road, Fort CX
Originally Posted by Phil B
ishmael - daniel quinn
beowulf
beowulf
Beowulf - I will be presenting a mini-unit on this.
I just finished reading Romeo and Juliet and I would like to say that anyone who officially hates Shakespeare since his/her terrible high school experience, go back and read this play. Now that I am not required to read it (well, I am going to be teaching it), I found out how much I really like it. I used to be all about Billy's histories...but this is still one of the best.
Other things I am reading currently:
Teacher Man - F. McCourt
You Shall Know Our Velocity - D. Eggers
The Masque of the Red Death - E. Poe
The Minister's Black Veil - N. Hawthorne
Self-Reliance - R. Emerson
Walden - W. Thoreau
The Crucible - A. Miller
yeah - student teaching is a total blast with information overload and a boatlaod of planning. I cannot wait until it is "real" teaching.
addendum*
I love Wind-Up Bird...that well, damn that well. I CAN RELATE.
01-24-06 | 11:36 PM
#49
Car magnet
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From: Savannah, Georgia
Bikes: 80's Hoffy track frame 49x15, 80's guerciotti track 47x15(destroyd by a car), '78 ross conversion(RIP, died of old age), '06 fuji track(RIP, hit by a trolley), '75 Alan Aluminum(in the works)
Originally Posted by humancongereel
that looks cool...i'll look it up sometime.
how's that kurt vonnegut book, metallo? i've wanted to read it for a while now, but haven't gotten my hands on a copy.
how's that kurt vonnegut book, metallo? i've wanted to read it for a while now, but haven't gotten my hands on a copy.
01-24-06 | 11:37 PM
#50
Car magnet
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From: Savannah, Georgia
Bikes: 80's Hoffy track frame 49x15, 80's guerciotti track 47x15(destroyd by a car), '78 ross conversion(RIP, died of old age), '06 fuji track(RIP, hit by a trolley), '75 Alan Aluminum(in the works)
Originally Posted by soyboy
i saw a girl reading this on a plane a month or so ago, she was really pretty but i thought the cover was interesting so i was trying to read the title, i think she thought i was staring at her, she smiled at me and i could feel myself turning red, i shouldn't be so easily embaressed but you know how it is