edafe.org » opinion http://edafe.org edafe.org is the personal site of Edafe Knabe. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 This Dianamania is a slur on Jobs http://edafe.org/2011/10/this-dianamania-is-a-slur-on-jobs/ http://edafe.org/2011/10/this-dianamania-is-a-slur-on-jobs/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:54:34 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=6174 Continue reading →]]> “What the Jobs hyperbole means is that your world is no bigger than your media. Or your computer. There can’t be a more tragic expression of the internet’s self-absorption.” Following the media’s response to the death of Steve Jobs, Andrew Orlowski would like to keep things in perspective.
www.theregister.co.uk

Meanwhile, Richard Stallman is not sitting on anybody’s fence and declares Steve Jobs to have had a predominantly “malign influence on people’s computing”.

]]> http://edafe.org/2011/10/this-dianamania-is-a-slur-on-jobs/feed/ 0 For 10 years, we’ve lied to ourselves to avoid asking the one real question http://edafe.org/2011/09/for-10-years-weve-lied-to-ourselves-to-avoid-asking-the-one-real-question/ http://edafe.org/2011/09/for-10-years-weve-lied-to-ourselves-to-avoid-asking-the-one-real-question/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:20:31 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=6090 Continue reading →]]> “When the Israeli Prime Minister gets even the US Congress to grovel to him, the American people are not going to be told the answer to the most important and ‘sensitive’ question”. For Robert Fisk, large gaps remain in our knowledge surrounding events since 9/11.
www.independent.co.uk

]]> http://edafe.org/2011/09/for-10-years-weve-lied-to-ourselves-to-avoid-asking-the-one-real-question/feed/ 0 Carbon posts for comfort http://edafe.org/2009/04/carbon-posts-for-comfort/ http://edafe.org/2009/04/carbon-posts-for-comfort/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:42:24 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=5230 Continue reading →]]> If you are a cyclist and would like a more comfortable ride, you might want to consider switching to a seat post made from carbon fibre. At a diameter of 27.2 mm, the Easton EC90 is the most compliant seat post that I have used to date. With enough of the post exposed, it offers a much more comfortable ride. If you require a larger diameter seat post, the theoretical advantages of carbon over other materials are much less likely to be realised in practice. At a diameter of 30.9 mm or greater, I’d stick with aluminium. Use a torque wrench and carbon assembly paste.

]]> http://edafe.org/2009/04/carbon-posts-for-comfort/feed/ 0 Best cycling gloves ever? http://edafe.org/2009/01/best-cycling-gloves-ever/ http://edafe.org/2009/01/best-cycling-gloves-ever/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:36:16 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=5062 Continue reading →]]>

This is a picture of my Roeckl 3104 803 MTB gloves, which I picked up towards the end of the summer. In certain ways, these really are the best cycling gloves that I have used. Feel, grip as well as comfort are outstanding. But while I am aware that light gloves such as these cannot reasonably be expected to last forever, the amount of use I got out of this pair is disappointing at best.

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