Welcome to Albania. Ismail Kadare, Albania’s most famous author, writes in what is characterized as a “lightly fictionalized,” style and I feel this is both accurate and haunting. Albania has a unique history, one that is mostly unknown to the …
Adventure: No Go
Chevy once designed a car for Latin America then decided to name said car “Nova,” which in Spanish means “No go.” Consequently, things did not go well for Chevrolet in Latin America. The only issue with this story is that …
Read: Hero
I totally forgot to post this. Michael Korda’s “Hero, The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia,” should be mandatory reading for anyone with a backbone and anyone with the will to live. If you watch TV all day or …
Read: Burn-In
If you are interested in reading a novel of the real robotic revolution–including both existing and not-to-distant-future tech–then “Burn-In” is a book for you. This is the second book in a series co-authored by P.W. Singer and August Cole. Both …
BikeLife: Redshift Bars and Stem Upgrade
Before you go hating, I rode this bike for nine years in stock form. Nine years. My trusty Salsa Fargo Ti is still alive and going strong. No cracks, no dings, just normal wear. I have replaced the chain, the …
Creative: East Jax 1&2
Richard Palo’s “East Jax,” both Volume One and Volume two, are what I would call classic, Zine-based, community journalism. This is a deep publishing well, believe it or not, and anything that carries on the tradition is good by me. …
Read: @War
Often referred to as “The Fifth Domain,” the internet, or cyberspace if you are a William Gibson fan, might just hold the keys to the next great meltdown. As Ukraine has displayed so painfully clear, warfare on land, sea, and …
