@Cefeida - I saw that bike too and snapped a photo of it, http://www.flickr.com/photos/oddwick/534377996/

If you are interested in TED but don't win the auction take a look at BIL, an open-invitation and free conference being held in Monterey around the same time.

Where TED is top-down, hierarchical, exclusive and expensive, BIL is open-source, grass-roots, egalitarian and free.

www.BILconference.com