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Its bicycle week, not officially but as far as photos go, though I may throw in a surprise.

World Naked Bike Ride

World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) is an international event in which participants plan, meet and ride together en masse on human-powered transport (the vast majority on bicycles, and fewer on skateboards, roller blades, roller skates) to "protest oil dependency and celebrate the power and individuality of our bodies".[1]

WNBR is a clothing-optional bike ride. The dress code motto is "Bare As You Dare"[2]. Full and partial (especially topfree) nudity is encouraged, but not mandatory, on all rides. Requiring partial cover-up is strictly forbidden and is a distinguishing feature of WNBR versus other cycling events.

To be obvious, that has just got to hurt.

Lest We Regret Our Digital Bread Crumbs

Writing in his blog, battellemedia.com, a couple of years ago, John Battelle, the technology journalist and "band manager" for the bloggers of BoingBoing.net, suggested that in the early days of personal computing, before the dawn of global connectivity, "we assumed the digital footprints we left behind — our clickstream exhaust, so to speak — were as ephemeral as a phone call, fleeting, passing, unrecorded."

Mr. Battelle points out that in an age when so much of our computer activity has been ported to the Internet, many of us maintain the old mindset. And yet our very activity online has become a valuable commodity — an indicator of interest and therefore something to be measured, tracked, bought, sold and archived by search magnates and data compilers.

"We are living online, but have yet to fully realize the implications of doing so," Mr. Battelle said in an e-mail message over the weekend. "One of those implications is that our tracks through the digital sand are eternal."

The article is ostensibly about hacker con-men Edwin Pena and Robert Moore who left plenty of digital footprints. Footprints that ultimately helped convict them (no illegal warrant-less searches were necessary). It also serves as a reminder to those that think the internet is so big that whatever they wrote or posted in an intemperate or brash moment will disappear or no one will ever notice.

Apple's MacBook Leaves Its Predecessors in the Dust

Like the iPod, the MacBook comes in white or black; the more striking black model costs $1,499, $150 more than a comparably configured white machine. Is it worth that much to carry around something that looks like Batman or Darth Vader's laptop? Something tells me I should expect to see folks using the black MacBook (one blogger has nicknamed it the "DarthBook") the next time I'm on a plane.

I'd probably prefer the black myself, but not $150 worth. He generally gives the MacBook a good review, but also points out another screwy feature, or I should say lack of feature - no modem for dial up. You have to buy an adapter. That is just crazy. High speed users tend to develop this tunnel where they think that the whole world has access to cable and that is just not the case. Even in places that do have it the cost over dial-up is 40 to 50 percent more. So I think MAC is discriminating against working class folks who can't afford to go with broadband. Come on Steve throw in the adapter, you can afford to from the slick profits you're making off a color choice.
Some people just have no class or respect for others or any humility.