Alex H

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• July 14, 1999, on Stereos of the Rich and Famous:

  Hmmm. Well, this is certainly a surprise. First off, to find that Phil was interested in high-end audio at all. I've spent three months or more perusing this site off and on since getting back into photography after a seven year hiatus. Since Phillip makes almost no mention of anything related to high-end audio on any pages other than this one, I just assumed he wasn't interested. My rekindled interest in photography as a hobby coincided with me dropping the high-end audio thing for the most part from my list of obsessions. I spent most of my second semester freshman year, the summer in between (last summer), and most of my sophomore year obsessing over my system. Ever since my obsession with photography replaced my obsession with audio, suddenly, amazingly, I'm happy with my poor little system (into which I've sunk about $3000, which is a paltry sum in absoulte terms, but in terms of income percentage, it illustrates how deep the obsession is/was). This is probably a good thi...

• July 28, 1999, on Bicycles:

  From junior high school through freshman year of college, I rode a Fuji cross bike. Dad spent $400 on the bike and then I spent $200 over the life of the thing replacing rear wheels because I'm such a fat ass even a strong alloy rim can't hold my weight. About $100 of that was spent right before it was stolen. I loved the bike and was sorry to see it go... Anyway, by college I never rode any trails anymore, I just used it for getting around campus, occasional forays into Houston, and even more occasional exercise. I figured that I would completely trash a real road bike so I consigned myself to hybrids again and started looking. Unfortunately, somewhere between 1991 and 1998, hybrid bikes changed quite a bit. My Fuji had a light, aggresive frame, trigger-type Shimano rapid-fire shifters and was a joy to ride - fast, responsive. All the hybrids I tried were total duds. I hated the fact that they all had grip-shifters now. I hated the fact that many only came with those *&#@...