Ever since I got my /5, I have wanted to dress it up for Halloween. It has a rack behind the seat that would be perfect for  jack-o-lantern. Unfortunately until 2008, I have either been out of town, or teh bike has been broken. So, this year – the bike was working fine. I hooked […]

It’s the time of the year to stock up for winter. A poor season and ethanol subsidies kept the price of corn high for a long time. Finally it dropped to 5/$1.00. So, we grabbed/shucked/cooked/de-kenneled a hundred ears. Would have prefered 10/$1 :)

There are some tremendous grape vines growing on the south side of my house. The vines were planted years ago by my landlord and each year we get buckets of concord, himrod, and canadice grapes. Usually, we make a little juice or jelly and let the rest go to the birds. This year, Jamie and […]

DragonSlayer (super easy mini mash) recipe: Slightly modified version of Greydragon’s recipe. Ingredients (for approximately 12 gallons) 6 lbs – Wheat Malt (grain – we used 5.5lb white +1/2lb “special-b” for flavor) 6 lbs – Amber Unhopped Malt Extract (liquid) 6 lbs – Light Dry Malt Extract (dry) 3 oz – Boiling hops (Hallertau) 1 […]

My talented friend Jamie has started building Bakfiets (dutch style cargo bikes). The cycles feature  a large box for hauling groceries, kids, concrete, whatever and are popular in Europe and South America, but hard to come by in the US. The bike you see here is one of his working prototypes and was recently featured […]

I am usually not much of a football fan, but we got free tickets to last nights Ducks vs. Bruins homecoming game in Eugene. The seats turned out to be fantastic (box seats) and the game had the requisite amount of excitement (bad calls, major injuries, ect…) Sam is looking over my sholder and bugging […]

Ripe tomatillos = salsa verde time!

As the days get shorter, I find myself riding in the dark more and more. Wanting to improve my visibility, I tracked down the components listed in the Daylight Visible Bike Light instructable. However, I gave the project a twist by embedding the light (plus circuit + batteries) in my helmet. The thing is really […]

It was BK’s birtyhday. I decided to try my hand at fondant (the stuff that makes wedding cakes look so perfect).

The berries ae ripe. Blueberries are good, as are raspberries – but they both cost big $ (even in season). Blackberries on the other hand, only cost the time and effort to pick. We went out to the 1000 acre park where the berries were plump and plentiful. Here is Samantha drying out part of […]