Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition

Gary Brustin spoke last Thursday about Bicycling and the Law, and I have to say it was a really great talk. I personally learned a lot, and I took some notes to share with folks who couldn’t make it (make sure to come next time!).

I turned off the unregistered commenting. There seems to be a flurry of spam activity coming out of Russia, and our comment queue was filling up and making it difficult to find legit comments. So, for the moment it will be off.

If I hear that some folks really, really want to comment without registering an account on the site, then I will consider setting up something like reCAPTCHA.

For those of you who want to subscribe to RSS feeds and are not using a feed aware web browser, I just put up a page that contains the useful feeds on the site.

http://bikesiliconvalley.org/syndication

As it says there, those aren't the only feeds on the site. Whenever there is a list of posts somewhere a feed is generated. You can find those feeds by looking for the orange RSS button at the bottom of the navigation bar.

A friend told me about this alleycat race presented by the Bike Kitchen: Tour de Cupcake!

I know we have a lot of health nuts conscious folks in the cycling community, and cupcakes may not be the best impetus to join... but that just leaves more for me!

Anyone else planning on attending? I would love to cruise around with some SVBCers and chow down on cupcakes. Sounds glorious! ^_^

Check their website for details 'n' stuff.

Some thoughts on the Bicycle Commuter Benefits Act, specifically it being part of the bailout package. Read more to hear the ranting of a web geek. ^_^

The disclaimer: Of course this is my opinion, and not that of SVBC, as it well should be. This is a weblog, not an official channel for SVBC policy. That being said, I would love to hear what you have to say on this subject, so make sure to leave a comment, okay? ^_^

Before we get into it, here is the video (embedded below), and here is the videographer's weblog set up around this event:

http://caltrain-arrest.blogspot.com/

It is a little over 7:00 minutes. I'll wait.

Okay, did ya get all that? Groovy.

You can add your photo to your account, and it will show up on your profile and next to comments you make. And it supports Gravatar, as well!

Wow, my SVBC blog is really boring, ne?

Anyhow, I just upgraded a bunch of the modules for the site. I went through and checked everything, and I think everything is okay (except Board Meeting minutes). Of course I will get hundreds of eyes searching for me, so if you find a problem please leave a comment here or over on the Get Satisfaction site.

Observant site visitors will notice that the URL of the site has changed. We are now using the friendlier http://bikesiliconvalley.org address. Not only is it less non-recursive, it is easier to remember. Please pass it along. And don't worry about all those old links, they will go to the correct pages.

But wait, there's more!

When people publish to the site, either in a news or blog post, or by commenting, it shows their username as the author. To avoid confusion I added a name field to the profile page which will override the username if it is filled out.

If you click on the My account link on the sidebar (you have to be logged in) it will take you to your profile. From there clicking on Edit and Personal Information will let you put in your name and a web address (shown below).

So, what information would be useful here? What kind of profile material is of interest to the bicyclist? Maybe a list bicycle clubs one can mark they belong to?

If you have a suggestion, leave it in the comments. ^_^