Yes, it has been forever.
Between derby and my 2 jobs, I am swamped. I’m slowly pulling myself out of the muck, so hopefully I’ll be back to regular updates shortly.
So this weekend, I had tryouts for the Rat City Rollergirls. I only started skating (as an adult) a couple months ago… Maybe 2 months tops. So I wasn’t really expecting to be picked up, let alone by the Throttle Rockets (my favorite team). So I’m pretty stoked, and trying like hell to come up with a decent name…
I’ve also got Makin’ Bacon Derby Camp going right now. Many fun new things going on this summer!
Where are we going?
I ran across this interactive map showing the trends in moving to and from major cities. It takes forever to load, so I decided to summarize it for you based on their data (as influenced by my assumptions).
Dallas: Your gateway to even hotter parts of Texas.
Seattle: Move here and you’ll never leave.
Manhattan: A destination for everyone.
Los Angeles: Only desirable to people from Manhattan.
Chicago: You’d rather live anywhere than here.
Washington: You’ll probably go back to where you came from.
Detroit: Nobody lives here anymore.
Miami: In with the old, out with the new.
Atlanta: Collecting the least-southern southerners.
It’s not a purr, it’s more like a scream…
Finally took a pic of my bike on one of the fantastically sunny days we had this weekend. The previous owner had dropped it a few times, so it’s missing the side fairings, but I think I’m liking it that way. It came with a full vance and hines exhaust which is pretty cool. It also has an adjustable rear suspension thing… I haven’t looked into it much, or its advantages.
Quirky is awesome!
I recently discovered Quirky, this which is basically crowsourcing for your product ideas. You submit an idea (which will cost you $99, so it keeps out the riff-raff), and every week through voting etc. they choose a winner to make its way into production. Not only is this awesome because I get lots of ideas for things to make, it’s also great because I get the opportunity to express my opinion about things that are wrong with products before they even make it to market.
Each product gathers “influencers” through its dev cycle, and these influencers are compensated based on their contributions. Funny enough, I found the site and was thinking of submitting that tea cup concept I came up with ages ago. Only to discover moments after I signed up, that the same idea was just enterting the production phase. Not that I’m annoyed, whatever, it was a marginally good idea. I needed a new idea to make feel better about losing out on that one though, so I came up with one. I’m doing research now, but plan on submitting it shortly (and then I’ll share!).
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