Long Time Waiting

Finally, the new Nateman Update... I've been for... so, so long my friends... waiting, waiting in darkness for a reason to crawl out of my hole and update the particulars of the daily ride. My "borrowed" internet has been finicky lately, and it has been a chore to simply check my email recently. Beware, rant follows...

I believe in this day and age that it is the American right to have easy access to information available from sources cheap and easily maintainable by the local officials. Towns and cities need to invest in public access to Wi-Fi networks and other means of internet access so that us "poor" people do not have to hope that we move to an apartment that has either a) technologically inept people who unwittingly share their internet to people like me, or b) nice people who willingly share internet, with bandwidth limitations of course, to all their neighbors who can reach. Just like water, waste and power are deemed necessary commodities with which the city is responsible for bringing to people within the borders, internet has become a necessary commodity that needs to become more easily available without the high cost. There are several means by which the internet can be obtained in any household, cheaply and efficiently. Google recently won a bid to establish Wireless Internet in all areas within San Francisco... Internet for free for all people with a small card on their computers everywhere within the borders of the city. This needs to be replicated across all of the United States, to all towns and cities with the means to establish such a network. The falling cost of both materials in the industry, and the increasing number of technically certified professionals, gives reason for this radical shift in what most view as a privilege to have internet. Just like the "One laptop for every child" campaign going on in other countries to help promote and establish business and overall ease of life, free internet is the next logical step in an already advanced society in which nearly all families have at least one computer, many more having two or three.

Well I must admit, the ride has not been so daily. My spring has taken me far from my New Year's resolution to ride to school every day, no matter what the cost. We have been riding on the weekends, but recently we found that the Exeter trail is closed for the "Mud Season," as they call it.

Well the light has come, my camera is here, the reason for the delay in updates has been the lack of new pictures with which to spark your interest. Now, with a new camera, and ever more possiblilities and opportunities for spectacular mountain biking, pictures will be flowing faster than the Internet Tubes can handle. I'll post a section of pics here to show off my new camera's capabilities and functions.