I encountered a problem setting up iCloud on my iPhone 4 after installing iOS 5 -- here's how I solved it.

1. On your phone or ipad, go into settings. 
2. Find "Store."  Delete the account. 
3. Now go back to Settings and find iCloud. Again, delete the account.
4. Now create your iCould account again.
5. Finish by creating your Store account again.

In my case, the problem seems to be that I my iCloud and Store accounts are separate -- our family uses a shared store account but I have my own iCloud account. It seems that the backup and restore process used my Store account for iCloud even though on iTunes I had asked to use a different one. Might be something that only happens with Verizon phones (that never got Home Sharing or iOS 4.3). Just guessing.

After this iCloud backup, Photostream etc. all seem to work fine.

Found near Hayes and Laguna. Just put your card right in there.

 

From the 101

Some friends loaned us a wooden bicycle for my four-year-old. I am a sucker for blonde wood and the bike has a great "scan design" look. These bikes are all the rage in our neighborhood. They have no pedals and they're supposed to be superior to training wheels for learning how to ride. The idea is that with the pedal-less bike, kids focus on learning to steer the bicycle to maintain balance (warning, big PDF). Interestingly there is no offset or "rake" on the front forks -- this may make it a less than ideal learning tool.

Seen at Market and Stockton, San Francisco. The online music model has just about killed off all the bricks and mortal music stores.

A more conceptual version: