The novelty of frozen brakes

A disconcerting novelty happened to me a few weeks ago: my frontbrakes froze solid. As far as I can tell, I mean that literally; notjust that they seized up, but that they seized up because they werefrozen. As you might imagine, it was more than a bit disconcertingto squeeze the front brake lever and have it have no give at all,especially since the front brakes are the more powerful ones where you do most of yourbraking.

(This is not always the case for me


The Nikon DSLR trick with Auto ISO and Manual mode

Nikon DSLRs have a reasonably smart automatic ISO mode, where you setyour minimum shutter speed and maximum ISO and when the camera has hitthe minimum shutter speed it starts raising the ISO. They are alsofamous (or infamous in some quarters) for not turning off Auto ISOif you go into Manual mode, contrary to what you might expect.

(What happens in this semi-Manual mode is that the camera works outits idea of the correct exposure and then attempts to get there purelyby changing the ISO.


evian x Paul Smith Bottle

我擁有過的 Paul Smith 物品,除了一條領帶,就只有兩件恤衫。當然,那都是 Paul Smith 的招牌式彩色條紋設計。

第一次對他的設計為之神往,已是十多二十年前的事情,那年到倫敦一遊,去了 Paul Smith 的專門店,覺得他設計的西裝剪裁瀟灑畢挺

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New Year's Eve

I do not have New Year resolution to make. It's not that such resolution doesn't work – it does. However, why should we make resolutions simply to make ourselves feel better? Why should anyone? Does anyone? I don't, and I never did.

I turn forty next year. Come to think about it. It didn't take long for me to realize that I haven't had my baby until somewhere near the "half time" of my life. What I

Meetup with St. Louis Catholic Bloggers

Earlier today, I had lunch with a few good (mostly online) friends at Rigazzi's on the Hill (in St. Louis). The food was so-so, the company was great, and the atmosphere in the restaurant was pretty good. It's a little bit tucked away next to Kingshighway, but not too hard to find (plus there's plenty of parking in the area).

I met Snup (from Snup's view from the back pew ) for the first time



芋頭VS火雞

近日叮叮得了一個綽號「火雞」, 原因是我很喜歡摸她的肚皮, 又細又滑, 稱之為「磨砂肚」. 叮叮在暖爐前, 施出一招「釀火雞」讓她駛出渾身解數, 展現最可愛性感的一面... 我邊摸邊喊: 「火雞火雞火雞」, 而家姐擁著
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John Williams電影金曲人肉發聲版

星球大戰、奪寶奇兵、超人、大白鯊、ET外星人、侏儸紀公園等電影有何共同點?就是它們的主題曲都是出自作曲大師 John Williams 的手筆。

這位來自加拿大的朋友Corey Vidal,去年製作了這段舊曲新詞、一人分飾四聲和唱,向 John Williams 這位音樂大


Never a Year Like ’09

JibJab是美國著名的惡搞網站,經常製作些諷刺時弊的網上短片和e-Card,有點像我們港台的頭條新聞,從開業至今,惡搞搞足十年。

每年年尾最受注目的,當然莫過如JibJab的史詩式大型百老匯歌舞全年大事回顧,雖然係得啖笑,但典


Daiyel的靚聲多重唱

Daiyel是一位菲律賓裔加拿大籍的歌手,他最近被Ashton Kutcher在Twitter上Tweet過他的YouTube發表的A Cappella(無伴奏和唱)音樂短片後,紛絲人數立即大增,下面是他其中兩首精彩作品,真的聽出耳油,YouTube上實在臥虎藏龍。