Bike repair update

I woke up early this morning and decided to use the time to mount the new tire. It went smoothly, although I'm seriously hating the Presta valve on the front tube. Adapter or no adapter, I'm thinking of just nnnnnnnnnnnninjakicking the damn thing and shelling out four bucks for a normal valve that won't annoy me.

I'm becoming aware that the front cantilever brakes, though working well enough, aren't adjusted as well as they should be. (I don't like the loose travel.) I'll try to learn more about that next.

Showered, getting dressed, then off to work where I will NOT eat the delicious leftovers, since Jodi wants me to bring them home. I'd better grab some breakfast en route or I'm doomed to doomy doom.

Podcasts I listen to

babyfishfel asked what podcasts she should listen to. As my response, here's a list of what I'm subscribed to. All links go to the RSS feeds; all descriptions are more or less from the feed.

Feeds marked with are my favorites.

Music

8Bit Mayhem PodCast: No s--t talking, just the SID talking! Obvious, not so obvious, forgotten and classic Commodore 64 scene music.

The Acapodcast: Bringing you the latest and greates from the modern A Cappella scene. We cover all styles and subgenres, and play tracks from all over the world.

Acappella U: The best of collegiate acappella music, along with discussion, interviews, listener mail, etc.

Coverville: The best cover songs, delivered to your ears two to three times a week!

Indiefeed Florida: One song per podcast, Legal. Free. Just the way your want them, plus info about the music and where to get more. Collect them all! A Business Week Online Best Pick, and.one of the oldest running music podcasts. Podcasts are available in many music genre flavors under search heading "indiefeed." www.indiefeed.com

Thing a Week: Songs, sketches, and other audio experiments. [From Jonathan Coulton (q.v.).]

Video Podcasts

Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks (video diary)

Strong Bad Emails & More!: Strong Bad answers real emails from real morons, draws his independent comic "Teen Girl Squad!" and lots freaking more!

Quiz Shows

NPR: Sunday Puzzle: NPR's weekly word game: match wits with "Weekend Edition" puzzle master Will Shortz.

NPR: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me: NPR's weekly current events quiz. Have a laugh and test your news knowledge while figuring out what's real and what we've made up.

News and Current Events

NPR: Hourly News Summary: Five minutes of NPR news, updated hourly.

Polyamory Weekly: Tales from the front of responsible non-monogamy from a pansexual, kink-friendly point of view

Penn Jillette: Weekdays 2PM - 3PM | www.penn.freefm.com [an hour of his talk show, minus commercials]

alt.NPR: Youthcast from PRX: Direct, blunt, honest, funny, emotional, real -- these are youth voices telling their stories their own way. YouthCast features a new youth-produced piece each week from Generation PRX -- a project that connects youth radio producers and brings youth voices to public radio and beyond via the Public Radio Exchange. Visit generation.prx.org to learn more.

Other Interesting Topics

Food Philosophy: Join host Jennifer Iannolo as she explores a world of sensual delights filled with flavor, aroma and texture -- and takes on "trendy food" with a heaping tablespoon of sass. Find out what some of the world's most renowned chefs think about food, philosophy and culinary swooning. Food Philosophy is a production of The Gilded Fork. www.FoodPhilosophy.com

In Our Time: In Our Time, BBC Radio 4. The big ideas which form the intellectual agenda of our age are illuminated by some of the best minds. Melvyn Bragg and three guests investigate the history of ideas and debate their application in modern life. For more information and the podcast Terms of Use go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

LightSource Studio Photography: LightSource is a lighting and photography podcast that introduces photographers to studio lighting and digital photography techniques and equipment. LightSource is the official podcast of StudioLighting.net.

A Way with Words: A Way with Words offers a humorous and instructional joy ride through the English language with authors and language experts Richard Lederer and Martha Barnette. Produced at KPBS in San Diego.