I just went on a dirk biking trip to Moab, and just in time for the trip, my new Spot device arrived. I'm not gonna write a full review here, but so far, I've been incredibly impressed with it. I used it for 3 days straight, in the "tracker" mode where it sends a location message every 10 minutes. I don't think it missed more than one message the whole trip. The cost is not horrible ($150 for basic + unlimited tracking service). Here's an example of what the tracking would look like, this is from our last ride on the Poison Spider trail:

Our friend Andy Ihnatko was in town last week, and we met up at the Pancacke House in Boulder. Geeks as they are, Michelle and Andy started taking photos of each other, turned out to be a pretty cool picture: