i biked home tonight, from 10:45pm to 11:45pm. it was a beautiful clear night. just warm enough to make the ride comfortable. it was a long Long ride though, coming home tired with nothing but beer for dinner. fine tugboat beer, but its still not a meal. the weekly personal telco meeting was a suprize success. there were 7 participants, with 4 of us retreating to the tugboat. although i was biking my ten speed home, in my head i was riding the enclosed steam powered fly by wire trike home the whole way. with a propane flame coming out the back, just to show off as i pass teenaged pedestrians. a twitch of the joystick and the wheels pivot ever so slightly. the cold and the rain bounce off the transparent plexiglass shell. My position is reported continuously as my buddies that I just left in the bar watch my progress via a web page. The LCD panel in front of me shows me my speed, steam pressure, map of the area, email inbox, and estimated time to destination. i turn on the experimental autopilot module and watch the neural net algorithm take the bike around traffic islands and stop at red lights.