LinkedIn?

Are you using LinkedIn? It's another social networking site, but unlike MySpace, Tribe, Friendster, Facebook, etc. It focuses primarily on business networking. I signed up for an account years ago and haven't really used it until recently. When my former employer was bought by their larger rival and I was faced with the potential of getting laid off, I felt that it was time to network professionally.

LinkedIn is set to roll out some new content and functionality that should drive more traffic to the site and make it a more useful tool. They are working on a new API as well. In the last several months I have watched all my trusted contacts increase their own network of contacts so I think the site has some merit... more so than MySpace. If you need to find a job or look for new work, will you wade through the millions of horribly designed MySpace pages or go to a clean layout that is easy to read?

If you're on LinkedIn and you're not in my network yet, please add me. Here is my profile: www.linkedin.com/in/iamdel (If you don't have my email to Link to me, use the group association, Burning Man.)

Boulder SantaCon this Friday!!! (PICTURES POSTED)

Aw yeah, the Red Menace is back in Boulder to culture jam the natives!

www.bouldersantacon.org

We start at 5:30pm at Casa Alvarez. Full schedule on the website.

EDIT***

PIctures from the Boulder SantaCon are now posted. Video coming soon!

419 Scammers invade Tribe

Nigerian 419 Scammers have now infiltrated Tribe. *Sigh* This was in my "Other Mail" folder on Tribe:

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Goodday my Dear ,

I am writing this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance after I have gone through a profile that speaks well of you. I will be so glad if you can allow me and lead me to the right channel towards your assistance to my situation now. I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity.
I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself

I am Miss Melly Marice 22years old girl and I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but do consider it as an emmergency,.

My (late) father Dr.Abudikirn Marice ,was the managing Director of Rainbow Gold and Diamond Mine Company in Republic of Rwanda and also a politician here in our country.

But he was killed along side with my mother during the longing civil war and all his properties was totally destroyed. However, after their death I managed to escape with a very important document (DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE (US$6.5m) Six million Five hundred thousand U.S Dollars deposited by my late father with the Bank of Africa Senegal.

Meanwhile,i am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foriegn personality to help me transfer the money over to his country and into his possession pending my arrival to meet with him. Furthermore,you can contact the company for confirmation and i will issue a letter of authorisation on your name,that will enable the bank to deal with you on my behalf.

I am giving you this offers as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist me or take me as your wife and manage the money because I know that your country is well peacfull country where the moneycan be invtested, Please my dear i want you to send me a reply immediately as soon as you recieve this email so that i will give you the details and how to go on with the transfer ok,

Attached here is my own picture, I hope you will love it, you can also reach me through this telephone number 00221-2061078 the number belongs to our neibough here, when you call the number you tell the receiver that you want to speak with Miss Peye so that they will sent for me ok.

I will be waiting to hear from you,have a nice day and God bless you, Yours Melly
here is my email address (XXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com)

Coming Soon... (updated 10/08/07)

Boulder Burnworks had a sneak preview opening tonight. We invited a few cruisers on a SoBo Ride and ended at the new shop and toasted the soft opening with a few beers. After a bit, a few more people showed up, some with congratulatory Jagermeister, others with offers of contributions to the shop and bike orders. It's going to be awesome. Burnworks goes live in two weeks.

**UPDATE**

Burnworks has been dusted, swept, cleaned, painted and moved in! We have the technology. The MIG needs a canister and some gas and we will be ready to weld some stuff up.

Now taking orders for freaky bikes, playa bikes and whatever you want to make. We will be focusing on swing bikes, comfy playa trikes and a Boulder Eco Cargo Cruiser. What is that you say? We don't know either, but just wait til we build it.

Burning Man: O Brothers, where art thou?

This is the funniest thing that I have heard in awhile:

web.mac.com/tonyedwards/...C95545C0.html

I'm renting an art space!

I'm excited! Some friends and myself are renting a small warehouse in East Boulder to use as an art space for bicycle building, metal sculpture making and throwing parties/art openings. Oh yeah, maybe some fire too!

It will be nice to have a place in an industrial area so we can make noise and not have to worry about annoying the neighbors.

As we develop our space, we plan on selling a few bikes and renting out shop time to offset the rental costs and materials we will need to buy.

Hopefully we will make an announcement soon. Stay tuned!

American Dream: the Theme

So there has been a lot of discussion about next year's theme for Burning Man on ePlaya and Tribe. "It sucks! It's not inclusive to our international friends! It's political! It will attract the Rednecks! The numbers will be even bigger next year!"

Me being a first timer, I had a blast. I did not let the frat boys or the shirt cockers or the jaded, pretentious Burners ruin it for me. What I learned from my week on the Playa is that it is whatever you make/want/dream it to be.

That said...

How will you interpret next year's theme? Will your camp/art embrace the things that honestly make this country an amazing place or will you focus on the negative?

Arlo Guthrie wrote a great song that every Burner should take to heart.

"This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me.

As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.

I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me.

When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.

As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.

In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?

Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me. "

***Edit - Whoops, Woodie, not Arlo wrote that. I knew it was some Guthrie guy.***

Mad Max Ride this Thursday

The Boulder Cruiser Ride will be doing a Mad Max/Post Apocalyptic Wasteland/Thunderdome/Assless Chaps theme. If you live near Boulder, grab a bike and your armor and get ready for a fun night!

Food and drink @ Wahoo's 6:30 - 7:20pm
Ride gathering @ Community Cycles 7:30pm

www.cruiserbikeride.org