I was pondering the other day the fact that San Francisco, more than any other city I can think of has "the" attached to the names of most of it's neighborhoods ... "the sunset, the castro, the haight, the mission, the marina"... most other cities have straightforward names - "Buckhead, SoHo, Lincoln Park, Adams Morgan, South Beach" etc... not exactly a scientific survey, but kinda interesting.

The last thing I should be doing right now is messing around with web servers, but nonetheless, that's what I did today. I finally upgrdaded this site to a new location and Moveable Type 3.1, which is pretty cool, and which means no more comments spam.

Of course to leave a comment, you must register with Typekey, which is kinda annoying. Still, over time, I think the Typekey system will turn out to be quite useful. Give it a try!

If you've spent more than 5 minutes on the internet recently you've heard about the panic over Kryptonite (and other U-shaped brands) Bike Locks. For those who havn't, it turns out you can open almost any one of them with a Bic Pen.

I happen to think bike theives should be beaten severely, then locked in a room, and forced to read and delete my spam email for the rest of their lives. Nonetheless, the impressive thing about this scandal is the speed which which it has been confronted. Within minutes of the "discovery" the word spread like wildfire and Kryponite (because they are a very cool company) is offering free upgradess to something more "pen proof".

However, i can't help but think - why is it offices and other destinations can't set aside a room for bikes behind security? It's been done in Denver. I'd happlily pay an annual fee for that instead of shelling out $80 for a lock that, even if bombproof, still leaves the bike exposed for scumbags who steal seats and components.

...and not to be outdone, I must announce another excellent site by Graham Hill (put together by me) called "Treehugger". It's a hip and hot product review focusing on environmentally responsible products for the home. Excellent stuff there, check it out!

RK and I have teamed up to bring you another fine weblogging title, this one totally related to gambling and the world of casinos, poker, betting, etc... without further ado, I present to you: Casino Hawk.