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I’m testing a new browser called Flock. It’s built on Firefox and offers lots of extra features for blogging. My January Computer Link Magazine column will be about it, so I’m using it to get a feel for it. BTW, the last column, about OpenOffice 2.0, got bumped from the November issue for space reasons. It will be in the December issue instead. Computer Link is a local monthly so if you’re not in western New York and can’t pick it up on the newstands, you can read my columns here.

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Someday we’ll all look back on this, and plow right into a parked car.

Just as man evolved from four feet to two, some have evolved from four wheels to two.

Tourers and commuters are a lot alike. Both breeds usually choose a sturdy, yet no-nonsense bike, and both usually have to carry more than your usual OCP roadie. We take tips, tricks, and underground secret information from almost every other type of cyclist, chew it up, and spit out a form of cycling science that manifests itself as a fusion of both basic transportation and recreational riding all at once.—ax0n

You shouldn’t anthropomorphize bikes. They don’t like it when you do that—JustBrowsing

Somewhere on gayforums.net there’s a thread that goes “I just shaved my legs and got some tight lycra shorts. Do you think it would make look like a cyclist or not?”—From yet another “Does wearing lycra make me look gay?” thread on bikeforums.net

I don’t hate cars per se, but the lifestyle they encourage is as lethal and self-destructive as any drug.—Cosmoline

I guess for me it boiled down to a realization that a bike was the right tool for the job. Using a 3,000 pound vehicle move me and my briefcase 2.5 miles to work everyday was like using a steamroller to press my shirts—they'd be wrinkle free, but an iron would be a better choice.—chocula

Starve a terrorist—ride a bike to work. It’s not just good for the environment, it’s good for civilization.—NotAsFat

When all the gasoline runs out, the Priuses are going to be dead on the side of the road right beside the Hummers.

Who is more patriotic, the person who commutes to work on a bike, or the guy who slaps a US flag decal on his SUV that gets 12 miles per gallon?—Jim Caple (ESPN)

I’m on the odd side of now but the right side of history.—Woodog

What’s the point of a bike if you can only ride it on weekends and you can’t even carry anything with you?—madfiNch

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