There is a bike trail on both sides of the Schuylkill river. You can pedal from Spruce Street in Center City all the way to Falls Bridge, cross the bridge, and return on the West Philly side, terrorizing joggers and geese all the way. At no point are you terrorized by cars. It's a seven-mile trip.

And that's nothin'. You can keep going. The ride through Manayunk is a pain, but then there's the towpath trail. And a mile of gravel, after which you come to 20 miles of gorgeous paved trail to Norristown.

And on to Valley Forge.

And on to Reading. I haven't tried that bit.

Tonight I just needed to get my ya-ya's out. I've been in the house too much this week. So I did that seven-mile loop. And I did my best to notice how lovely it is.

I'd be all agog if I discovered it while visiting a city I don't live in. Human nature is funny that way.

I wasn't entirely successful in seeing it with new eyes, but I did remember to count the cormorants hanging out on the wire just behind the dam. (There were seven.)

"Yes, yes, but what's new on One Post Wonder today?"

The coolest thing is probably this post by Anne Galvin. (OK, that was yesterday.)

Oh, you meant new features? Got those too:

• When you click someone's name, and are taken to their personal blog, you'll always see a "plus" button you can click to follow them. Even if they haven't posted yet.
• When you visit the personal blog of a mutual friend, you'll see a new "Jane Doe's Friends" button. Click that to see a list of people that Jane is following. You can visit their blogs, or just follow them on the spot.

For you alpha testers, I'm probably the most profitable person to click on right now. For a lot of people this page won't have too many names on it... yet.

I do see that some of you are inviting a person or two. Feel free, and if you run out of invites, just give me a nudge.

Next up, I think, will be an easier way to discover new comments on your posts, and posts that you've commented on.

I'm seeing folks begin to invite friends and post interesting things. Yes! IT LIVES!

Today I spoke with a client at work. She's been with us for five years. In some businesses that's no big deal. In our industry, it's a sign of an unusually healthy relationship.

We built a website for her organization in 2009 and we've performed occasional updates ever since, slowly adapting it to be the site they really needed. Which is not quite the same thing as the site they initially wanted. Or the site we initially thought they needed. Or the site they needed last year.

This morning she called to invite us to propose a new design process and a rebuild of the site.

Given how complex their business logic is, it's entirely possible we'll wind up pursuing a "refresh" rather than a rebuild, to leverage the solid work we've already done. But it's gratifying to see customers coming back steadily, as they do in industries where reputation is everything. Because sooner or later, it always is.

In other news: One Post Wonder welcomed its first alpha testers last night. Thank you so much for the feedback. I'm looking forward to reading your posts. As opposed to your every-millisecond lunch status updates.

I tackled several One Post Wonder bugs tonight:

• Make visible whether a post is public or not so commenters know
• 24 hour rule simplified: you can post again at midnight (i.e. tomorrow)
• Lovely connecting lines to show comment threads. Seriously, these puppies are laser-guided
• Cleaned up the "add photo" feature in posts
• Ability to delete posts! Yeah that is kind of a biggie.

Looking forward to more feedback, and most of all, reading more wondrous, personal posts that have nothing to do with the plumbing of One Post Wonder. I'm striving to put that first in my own posts as well.

I shall leave you with an abundance of ducks.

This morning a friend announced her box spring wasn't gonna make it up the stairs. She was given two options: cut it in half or buy a split box spring.

I smiled because I've been there. Cutting a box spring in half sounds like a pain in the ass and a dodgy move; you can buy a split box spring from 1-800-MATTRESS and they work fine. Or get an IKEA bed with wooden slats; they don't require a box spring. That's just rowhouse life.

That reminded me of my longstanding wish for a regularly updated catalog of Stuff Rowhouse Owners Need. My dream catalog would include:

Flat-pack couches you can assemble in your "almost full height" finished basement

Split box springs

Split mattress "bridges"

Smaller ovens, stoves, sinks and fridges that are of high quality

Collapsible shopping carts

Walking shoes (because you're going to)

There is, or was, a Rowhouse Magazine, which eventually became a Wordpress. It was a worthy effort, but I'd like to see resources for ordinary rowhouse owners, rather than the occasional person who lives on Elfreth's Alley and needs to know about Restoration Hardware and $30,000 high-pressure air conditioning that won't violate their historic home status.

And... it's 2014. I could do this. Who's stopping me from doing this?

Me, dammit! At least until One Post Wonder is launched!