Monday, November 30, 2009

Any Hackintosh Builders out there?

The Windows XP OS on my beloved Acer netbook is so fried, it won't let me access anything Google (my mail, adsense, maps, wifi, etc). Would love to switch to the Mac Os. Anyone out there with experience with this? Or fixing the google problem ??


Martin Krieg
"Awake Again" Author
'79 & '86 TransCon cyclist
2010 on Eagle w/Busycle & Book
http://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGR
Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death Survivor. NBG Founding Director
HiWheel Cyclist

HiWheeler@gmail.com

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Now is all there is!

> "One day at a time - this is enough. Do not look back and grieve > over the past, for it is gone: and do not be troubled about the > future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so > beautiful that it will be worth remembering."
>
> - Ida Scott Taylor
>

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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Do what you do best ......

"The greatest crime in the world is not developing your potential. What you do best, helps not only yourself, but the world." - Roger Williams
From "Affirmations to HiWheel" the US at - http://affirmationsofnote.blogspot.com   

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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Takie Control of Your Life!!

"The most self-destructive thought that any person can have is thinking that he or she is not in total control of his or her life. That's when, 'Why me?' becomes a theme song."

- Roger Dawson

Sent from my iPhone

Martin Krieg
"Awake Again" Author
'79 & '86 TransCon cyclist
2010 on Eagle w/Busycle & Book
http://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGR
Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death Survivor. NBG Founding Director
HiWheel Cyclist

HiWheeler@gmail.com

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Friday, November 27, 2009

Diesel Mechanic Needed - SF to Boston Bus Won't Start!!

Diesel Mechanic Needed - Bus Won't Start!! Flip the switch = NOTHING!! Who can help?? Yikes #%$@ Not even the tow truck service could figure it out :( But they were not mechanics & they didn't event a voltmeter.....

And everyone agrees that this thing is a solid strong runner .......

-- 

 Perfect love drives out fear - John 4:18

 Martin Krieg "Awake Again" Author
  '79 & '86 TransAmerica Bike Rides
Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death Survivor  
2010 w/"How America Can Bike & Grow Rich"
  http://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGR
NBG Founding Director, HiWheel Cyclist

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Donald Trump on Adversity

"My policy is to learn from the past, focus on the present, and dream about the future. I'm a firm believer in learning from adversity. Often the worst of times can turn to your advantage. My life is a study of that."

- Donald Trump

From "Affirmations to HiWheel" the US at - http://affirmationsofnote.blogspot.com   

Here now as I sit with:
- A wheel broken so bad that it is in two pieces
- A bus that won't start and has three days to move or be towed
- A computer that is so badly infected I cannot access anything Google
- Repeated requests for a Powerbook or Ibook so I can work with my old files so I can make $$  that have been ignored and ignored

I winder how much lower I can sink. And so the above words are my THXgiving here on Black Friday!!

    THX 4 all of U!!  

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Here is a sample of a bus that has been covered with what is called a wrap.

Here is a sample of a bus that has been covered with what is called a wrap. So not only do we have architect, Ron Bishop, designing  the interior, but now we gotta find a graphic artist who wants to get us an idea for how we can deliver our Greenway message to those on America's roads next summer. Who wants to help us get into all the media that will result  the as we tow the Busycle and I ride the Eagle SF to Boston!! See http://www.bikeroute.com/HBGR 

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"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as ....... Oprah Winfrey

"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good."- Oprah Winfrey
From "Affirmations to HiWheel" the US at - http://affirmationsofnote.blogspot.com 

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Power of Kindness

Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao Tzu
From "Affirmations to HiWheel" the US at - http://affirmationsofnote.blogspot.com 

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. Helen Keller

Self-pity is our worst enemy
and if we yield to it,
we can never do anything wise in this world.

Helen Keller

From "Affirmations to HiWheel" the US at - http://affirmationsofnote.blogspot.com   
-- 
 Perfect love drives out fear - John 4:18

 Martin Krieg "Awake Again" Author
  '79 & '86 TransAmerica Bike Rides
Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death Survivor  
2010 w/"How America Can Bike & Grow Rich"
  http://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGR
NBG Founding Director, HiWheel Cyclist

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Friday, November 13, 2009

HiWheel Man on the Moon

This image is just too kewl not to share.

Brett Garret the owner and sysop for the local Internet Sv Provider yohost.com, is a full on recumbent cyclist who has helped our National Bicycle Greenway effort with on line matters in the not to distant past. THX Brett!! If U R tired of your ISP, do get a look at YOHOST !! And get genuine personal service from a genuine internet wizard..

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Stanford Bike Activist/TransCon Vet & Artist Draws the Eagle


I was stopped at the Stanford University fountain working my iPhone DoList yesterday when LucyAnne Richards asked me if it would be OK for her to draw my bike. Of course I said yes and as I did my work, she did hers..








I thought nothing about it until I took a look at what she created and she told me a little about herself.




Lucy, who is in a mechanical design class, was fascinated by my bike for more than just the unique angles. She rides too. And talk about female gonzo. Lucy rode from Colorado to the Atlantic not once but twice. And one of the times was all by herself!

She even went out and got a grant so she could do more with her passion for bikes. New to the campus, she wants to interview me and learn all she can about local area bike culture so she can answer why bicycles are important in creating more sustainable and healthy communities.


Hopefully we'll see more of Lucy as we here at the National Bicycle Greenway help her get the data she needs to make her grant benefactors happy.

THX 4 all of U!!



Halloween Crit Mass w-former Assemblywoman/Future Sate Senator

Rode the train from Mountain View, CA, where Sally Lieber lives, to San Francisco for the 16th Halloween Critical Mass. And the fun started in while we were still in transit. As you can see, at left here, Sally was already having a grand time well before the ride began.

Why this warranted my time and why I am blogging all of this is because Sally is an extremely popular former CA State Assemblywoman who only left public office because she has been termed out. And she is a real bullets cyclist who is genuinely interested in the rights of the transportation cyclist who goes uncelebrated because he or she does not win corporate sanctioned bicycle races. So much so that she took time away from the campaign she announced a day and a half later for state senate to do this ride.



And the train was packed with revelers and
bikes. More so than I have ever seen..









From the 4th and King end of the line, we rode 3 or so miles along the waterfront to the Ferry Building.







Where across the way, Justin Herman Plaza was filled with bikes and merry makers. Here Sally is posing with my Eagle HiWheel.



For the next almost three hours, I had all I could do to keeping the rubber side down on the Eagle. A tricky bike to ride, I had to stay very focused and very alert to anything that could upset my forward momentum. From rail tracks, to suddenly stopping bikes, to pedestrians walking in front of our slow moving bikes, etc, my eyes and senses were wide awake and open. The work, which it is, is very rewarding as people all night long asked about the bike and the National Bicycle Greenway.

Before we got on the 10:07 train, we stopped at the 4th St Whole Foods and filled our hungry tummies. The train ride home was peaceful...

What a great way to end a worthy 2009 Halloween Critical Mass Bike Ride!!

Sally Lieber for CA State Senate 2012

THX 4 all of U!!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Promotional Video for 2010 SF to Boston Ride

Finally , I have promotional video of my upcoming ride that I feel honors all the people who have helped me with it. Here is Part One:


Martin Krieg Eagle HiWheel SF to Boston for the NBG (1 of 2) from Martin Krieg on Vimeo.

And here is Part Two:

Martin Krieg Eagle HiWheel SF to Boston for the NBG (2 of 2) from Martin Krieg on Vimeo.