I woke up this morning to find a bustle in the blogosphere’s hedgerow. It seemed that the Wall Street Journal was leading off today with news that Google had been trying to cut deals with cable and Internet providers to give it a “fast lane” for delivering its services to users. In...

Getting tired of googling the same old chicks? Yeah, us too. Which is why we were so psyched to see the release of Rolling Stone’s “Hot List 2008.” We highly recommend you check out the whole article, which hightlights the upcoming trends of the new year. But to make things easier ...

After two years of riding my bike I figured it was high time I entered a competitive cycling event. Since I’m still not super confident riding closely in a peloton, it was decided that my ideal premiere would be an individual time trial. On my own going as fast as I can for a specific duration...

David Rose's Gaza Bombshell is getting a lot of play in the media and deservedly so. It is an investigative piece that uncovered secret and not so secret government documents authenticating a State Department plot to engineer what Elliot Abrams at the time called a "hard coup" against Hamas in the a...

Last week, most of the world’s top pro cyclists made a rare visit to the United States, including current world champion Paolo Bettini, and former world champions Mario Cipollini and (my favorite) Tom Boonen (pictured here taking a stage 3 win with “Cipo” in his wake). They rode 65...

The beautiful Ana (she recently became a new mommy) tagged me to complete a 20-item questionnaire designed to help you reflect on last year and plan ahead for this one. The hitch: Toss one question and replace it with your own, then tag a handful of friends to participate. My beloved blogroll buddie...

“I hate those fags on bikes. Every time I see one on the road I want to run them over with my truck” he said. “Oh yeah? Your wife will be on one of those bikes soon. You gonna run me over, too?” I asked. “Yep! Look, a cyclist. Thump! That used to be my wife, but now it&...

Thank you so much to all of you who blew up my phone and e-mail with birthday love. It means more to me this year than ever to know so many people who really care. Some of you haven’t even met me in person (though thanks to Blogasm that’ll be changing early next year) and yet you still p...

Took a vacation day last week to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity building homes for low-income families in the city of Fullerton, California. Somehow I had imagined we’d be painting, sanding, planting, or doing something else that required little or no actual skill, but I was way off. We w...

Over three years ago I proposed that we change our corporate name. After presenting my rationale, the board agreed. What came after was a needlessly long and painful process, because our management team severely lacks trigger-pullers. Over the course of that excruciating wait, all of our print colla...