Tour de France 100th edition: Part one →

By Lloyd Young:

Cyclists have completed 9 of 21 stages and have already climbed through mountain passes of the Pyrenees during this years historic 100th race covering 2,115 miles around France. Five different riders have held the lead in the first week, and now Christopher Froome of Great Britain, one of the pre-race favorites, wears the leader's yellow jersey as the race heads to northwestern France to begin its second week. The race, first organized in 1903 by the French newspaper L'Auto to boost circulation, will finish in Paris on July 21.

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Mike Monteiro:

This book is dedicated to my son Henry. Sometimes when you can’t find what you need it’s just because you haven’t made it yet. Now it’s your turn.

Excerpt From: Monteiro, Mike. “Design Is a Job.” A Book Apart, 2012-03. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

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I think this is a amzing quote. Also a great book. The jist of the book is your job is hard, that's ok. You can only blame your problems on other people for so long. You will have to confront them head on sometime. Its better to it sooner than later.

Climbing Mount Everest →

Lloyd Young:

Sixty years ago today New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first confirmed ascent of the world's tallest peak which reaches 29,029 feet. Since then thousands of people have made the attempt, with many perishing. Just last week 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura became the oldest person to reach the summit for the third time, although he said that he nearly died on the descent and that this would be his last time. The 1953 expedition that took Hillary and Norgay to the top ended with a stay of just 15 minutes, with Norgay leaving chocolates in the snow and Hillary leaving a cross that was given to him by Army Colonel John Hunt, the leader of the British expedition.