Hi. I took another bike ride yesterday on the Salt Creek trail. It was fun and exciting and sexy, as usual.
Like I have said before, I see deer all the time when I'm riding -- nothing exceptional. However, I promised my kids I would take some pictures if I saw anything interesting.
Sure enough, I saw a baby deer, on the trail not too far from my house.
Here ya go. Click on any pic for bigger babyishness.
*Someday* I want to do a comix week on my blog, where all the posts are drawn instead of written.
Unfortunately, I do not see that happening in the near future.
Of the several people interested in collaborating with me on some comics, SamuraiFrog was kind and awesome enough to submit a cartoon based on an idea of mine.
He sent it to me way back in November 2008, and I've been holding it back from the people of the Internet. But no longer!
People of the Internet, enjoy! (click on the pic for a larger version).
Thank you, SF. You are a good person and a wonderful cartoonist.
On the Twitter I use a URL-shortening service called Bit.ly. It takes long URLs and scrunches them. There are other websites like Tinyurl and the even slightly shorter Ow.ly, but I like using Bit.ly for some reason.
Bit.ly (and the other URL-shortening websites, I presume) use some sort of algorithm to reduce URLs to their small form. It really has nothing to do with *who* is requesting the shortened URL -- the smaller URL will be the same.
One thing neat about Bit.ly is it will show you how many clicks have gone through one of their shortened URLs.
Out of curiousity, I picked the most-viewed video of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" (over 18M views thus far) and Bit.ly'ed it.
I personally want to thank Bit.ly and the other URL-shortening services for making Rickrolling possible.
I took another early evening bike ride on the Salt Creek trail this past Friday. It had rained in the late afternoon, so the trail was a little wet. Steam rose from different parts of the trail as I rode -- neat.
I usually see a few deer on my bike rides on Salt Creek, and this ride was no different.
I saw ducks, too. Are you excited? Please tell me you are excited.
I decided to go the opposite way I usually ride. We're near the eastern end of the trail, over by Brookfield Zoo, so I normally don't go that way (I feel kinda silly doubling back at such a short distance).
However, this little stretch of trail is one of my favorite parts, because unlike the foresty parts I normally ride in (which I like), there's a small-yet-lovely section of prairie.
There is an old disused crane just off the path in this section of the trail. I like the graffiti.
Also, a mysterious pile of logs.
Who is the guy who owns that $5,000 bike? I'm the owner, and that is not a $5,000 bike.
I don't usually ride around the Salt Creek bike trail in the evening, but the kids went to bed a little early tonight, T__ got home early, and I figured I could head for a quick ride outside.
It was almost completely dark when I exited the forest preserve after a nice-yet-somewhat-buggy ride.
During my trip, I was very happy to see a bird I had previously tried to photograph, and this time I was quiet enough not to disturb it.
Anyone want to offer an ID? I think it's some kind of heron.
I rode a little further, and in another little mini-bog saw this bird, probably the same kind.
