Archive for September 30th, 2010

A couple of random notes for September 30, 2010.

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

I’m ending the “instead of content” musical series with this link that Lawrence sent me, which I rather like.

I think I’ve made it through the worst of the chaos; things should be getting back to normal over the next day or so, modulo a few outstanding bits of business.

I also wanted to throw a link Lawrence’s way for his “A Short, Incomplete, and Somewhat Random List of People Who Have Had Their Heads Impailed on a Spike on London Bridge“. This is the kind of link you don’t know you need until you need it, and once you do need it, you’re happy to have it. I find it rather unfortunate that heads on spikes have gone out of style, as I have a little list of society’s offenders who would benefit from that treatment.

Obit watch: September 30, 2010.

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Tony Curtis, for the record.

The NYT has a fascinating obit for Jure Robic, a Slovenian endurance cyclist. Robic won the Race Across America (a 3000 mile race across the United States with no rest breaks) five times.

In 2005, Robic won the race and two weeks later won Le Tour Direct, a 2,500-mile European version with a course derived from Tour de France routes that included 140,000 feet of climbing — almost the equivalent of starting at sea level and ascending Mt. Everest five times. His time was 7 days 19 hours.

Edited to add: I totally forgot that Lawrence had blogged about Robic earlier this year.