While Jim Langley’s page was very useful it wasn’t until I talked to the guys at Cyclesmith that I learned about double-sided carpet tape.  Besides sticking quite well the carpet tape — what I ended up using — has some thickness to it which I think will keep the edges of the chromed piece away from my carbon stay.

When you are on a bike you are moving closer to the same speed as those around you and people from all walks of life are more likely to just spontaneously start communicating with you … or at least be open to you initiating contact.

I’ve found more about Tim Durrin’s particular story at http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2010/12/american-war-vet-to-cycle-for-six.html

Bullock’s Law:

Services that are free and helpful will later come at a price, add harmful features, or be shown to have been harmful all along.

No brainer?  Maybe.  Pessimistic?  No, just realistic.  No one can keep offering something for nothing even when they want to.

The Giro d’Italia has been especially meaningful for me this year with stage two ending in Parma and stage three beginning in Reggio Emilia; I cycled in both cities less than two weeks ago!

But the joy has is gone for the moment and I think it will be muted for the remaining stages of this year’s Giro. To Wouter’s friends and family: Hang on to each other. It’s going to be a tough time.

The legislation would force service providers to ensure all of their new technologies can be intercepted by police.

We need not worry however, since

… law-enforcement authorities would still need court orders to intercept communications or obtain data related to a suspect’s location from a service provider.

Backdoor details will almost certainly be discovered — either through people in the know blabbing or because they so weaken the cryptographic implementation that determined hackers can discover them — that the need for a court order shouldn’t really console us.

Rights will be trampled.  The question Canadians have to ask themselves is, “Is it worth the price?”