Matt
Just an average guy who has a love of all things tech. I'm a geek and proud of it. I also like to build my own streetfighter style motorcycles, and ride the ever-living daylights out of them.
Homepage: http://streetfighterblog.com
Posts by Matt
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
January 25, 2010 - 1:43 am
Posted in Motorcycles, Personal | No comments
Yeah I know this is the title of a book. Part of this post is about that, but more, this is about how motorcycling and the esthetics of “quality” have had an impact on my life.
Lets start with this: I am a full-time rider. I haven’t owned a car in years. More often than not, [...]
Fancy dinners
December 18, 2009 - 5:13 pm
Tags: cooking
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There’s something thereputic to cooking a complicated fancy dinner. The thought and care during the preparation. The careful ballance of ingredients and flavors. The aromas drifting from the oven as it all cooks together. And finally the satisfaction in savoring the meal that you’ve worked on.
You just don’t get that when eating a prepared or [...]
Steve Jobs’ Legacy Is Missing Clue to Apple Tablet
December 13, 2009 - 12:54 am
Tags: tablet
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I really like this Essay by John C. Abell. He makes an interesting argument about how Steve Jobs’ vision and track record for creating paradigm shifts in struggling industries could be the ultimate motivation for an Apple tablet.
Give the Essay a read if you have the time. Its worth it.
Essay: Steve Jobs’ Legacy Is Missing [...]
The unattainable goal
December 5, 2009 - 12:47 am
Tags: rambling
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Why is it that the goal that we have no real hope of reaching is the one we want most? I think its a unique drive that makes certain people give everything they have to try and reach that unattainable goal. If it weren’t for that drive we wouldn’t be where we are today. But [...]
Riding in December
December 2, 2009 - 5:37 pm
Tags: cold weather, riding
Posted in Motorcycles, Personal | No comments
I am fortunate that I live in Atlanta. It allows me the option of riding throughout the year. It definitely gets cold – below freezing at times – but it generally warms back up during the peak of the day. I was wondering how many others ride year-round. Myself, I don’t even own a car, [...]
Heart throb
November 20, 2009 - 9:49 pm
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I want you. Just you. The way you are; the thorns and the petals. I’d wrangle a flock of geese to get to you. You’ve made my little planet just a bit bigger.
A single smartphone can DoS federal wiretaps
November 12, 2009 - 11:42 pm
Posted in Geek Stuff | No comments
This is, in my opinion, a perfect example of why blanket monitoring policies do not and will never work. Tapping all phone communications is a violation of our civil rights and should not be tolerated for any reason.
The official protocol for providing US law enforcement with the ability to monitor and record calls in the [...]
I’m ready
September 20, 2009 - 4:10 am
Tags: ready
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I want to
I want to be someone else or I’ll explode
Floating upon this surface for the birds
The birds
The birds
You want me?
Fucking well come and find me
I’ll be waiting
With a gun and a pack of sandwiches
And nothing
Nothing
Nothing
Nothing
You want me?
Well come on and break the door down
You want me?
Fucking come on and break the door down
I’m ready
I’m [...]
Mourning the loss of a friend
September 10, 2009 - 5:30 pm
Tags: friends, loss, rides
Posted in Motorcycles, Personal | No comments
My original plan was to write about being a rider in the Atlanta metro area and the plusses and minuses of that. I am still going to write that article, but today I wanted to briefly talk about a friend of mine who recently passed away due to a motorcycle accident.
Gavin “GreenCheezeEta” Butts was an [...]
Awesome custom bike gets ridden hard
September 3, 2009 - 11:14 pm
Tags: BMW, customs, streetfighter
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The Kneeslider has a little article up about a builder I really respect. Stellan Egeland has built one of the coolest motorcycles I’ve ever seen. So what’s a guy to do once he’s built the bike of his dreams? How about take it to the track and ride the piss out of it. I knew [...]
