Phil on April 21st, 2009

In my quest to survive riding across Kansas without falling asleep, I’ve been looking for a set of earbuds that would provide both some lovely music on the motorcycle as well as noise reduction roughly comparable to a pair of yellow foam earplugs.
I ordered a set of of “S-Plugs” from PlugUp.com last week, seeing as [...]

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Phil on April 20th, 2009

I tried “Suh” this weekend, and it was a mixed bag.
The “fusion” aspect was kind of interesting – I had a kimchee ramen that was pretty decent – but there were some places it really needs to improve:

Price: the sashimi platter was $24 for 16 pretty skimpy pieces of fish that were not as fresh [...]

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Phil on October 29th, 2008

I updated my winter motorcycling gear this week.
I formerly used an UnderArmour balaclava to keep the wind off of my exposed neck during the cold seasons.  This gear has a couple of problems:
 

You look like a ninja.
Ninjas have a hard time getting a pair of glasses squeezed in their helmet with the little eye portal [...]

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