Thanks for the NOW link, I enjoyed reading the "Drivers are people, too" article - tempting to comment on a few things.
My buddy is needing a new bike soon, he's not a "bike" person by any means - but I'm getting really frustrated explaining to him that even something like this:
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/637155340.html is likely better than sinking $150 into a Canadian Tire mountain bike... *sigh* He figures spending an extra $60 on a crap but new bike is better. This is coming from a guy who wants to ride to Niagara Falls with me one day... mmhmm
This is what he linked me to
XBMC is kickass, loved it since I did that.