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Every now and then I see something that’s just beautiful. Check out these wooden (Hardwood) bikes by Renovo. Man, I wish I had one. Great to see designers using materials in creative ways!
http://www.renovobikes.com/
“The smoothest bike you’ll ever ride, stealth quiet, light and responsive, stiff as you want. Renovo hollow wood and laminated bamboo frames will [...]

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I saw these and then remembered my father works for an airline. I wonder if he can sneak me some DC30 Aircraft Cowling? Of just put the side of a plane in his car!
We’re moving office soon so after seeing these I’ve decided I’ll put some hours in the workshop and create some cool office [...]

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I had an inspirational email come into my inbox today. Normally I delete these, but I thought this was a good one. It was written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio. Enjoy!
PS: Add some of your own life lessons to the comments below!

Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good. [...]

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It’s been a hard week at ProWorkflow. We’ve had the team working long hours to migrate all customers to the new servers in the new data center. A few teething probs but we’re now shifted and under control. We’re all tired, but received an email today that cheered us us and got us motivated again.

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Now we get a lot of CV’s across our desks each week. Some good, some bad, but I can honestly say I’m quite impressed with the entrepreneurial spirit and creativity shown in the CV below.

It’s not just that he took out a big ad in the paper, but the sheer brute honesty and positive spin that I admire. I hope someone can see past his previous business ‘flaws’ and that he stays straight.

This was in the Toronto Financial Post in Feb, 2001.

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