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Summer 2026 Tick bite experience

Took 6 weeks to figure what was hampering my performance, not lyme or anaplasmosis, but babesiosis.

25 Years of LinkaGoGo: Servers Under Desks, Domain Disasters, and a Billion Bookmarks

LinkaGoGo turns 25 this month. The web has changed beyond recognition since 2001, but the problem it solves hasn't: you find something worth keeping, and you want it to still be there when you need it. Here's the full story of how it survived — floods, ransom registrars, noise complaints, and all.

CX Nationals 2025 — Fayetteville, Arkansas

The road trip, the course, the race, and the NE dinner. 📸 Snowy Mountain Photography

Rewriting LinkaGoGo - my 25 year old Online Bookmark Manager

A year ago I wrote off AI coding. Then I rebuilt LinkaGoGo with It.

Cyclocross November 2025

Races at Cycle-Smart Northampton and Shedd Park Cyclocross. Picture Cycle-Smart clinic for NOHO with coach Stephen Hyde.

Cyclocross October 2025

Races at BOSSCROSS, Keene Pumpkin Cross, Tree House CX, and Really Rad Festival. 📸 Dixon Photo, Content Factory Racing

Cyclocross September 2025

Races at Deer Farm, West Hill, and Kilowatt. 📸 Content Factory Racing

Cyclocross August 2025

New cyclocross season with races at Blunt park, and Hydra Cross. 📸 Joshua Bressem.

Use a Victron Energy Lynx Power In as a Distributor

How to convert a Victron Energy Lynx Power IN into a Distributor by adding an extra set of bolts to install mega-fuses.

NCC Thursday Hilltown Gravel series: #5

TL;DR: 10 riders: 21.17 miles, 2343ft of climbing, unpaved 31%. steepest grade 11.2%

NCC Thursday Hilltown Gravel series: #4

9 riders: 22.55 miles, 2169ft of climbing, unpaved 50%. steepest grade 12.8%

Stay warm in your Promaster; install an Eberspacher heater

My experience installing a Eberspacher Airtronic Heater in a 2023 RAM Promaster. Step by step instructions, electrical harness explanation, troubleshooting, and fixing various issues.

NCC Thursday Hilltown Gravel series: #3

11 riders: 21.18 miles, 2034ft of climbing, unpaved 21%. steepest grade 9.9% route.

NCC Thursday Hilltown Gravel series: #2

TL;DR: 7 riders: 20.3 miles, 2102ft of climbing, unpaved 51%. steepest grade 13.8%

NCC Thursday Hilltown Gravel series: #1

TL;DR: 6 riders: 18.8 miles, 2497ft of climbing, unpaved 42%. steepest grade 13.7% route