Comments for Merde

Comment on Gillian Jacobs Totally Looks Like Anna Friel by pete

pete — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:09:17 +0000

actually, i think gillian jacobs looks the most like james king.

Comment on An ongoing investigation: Browsing the www by Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:01:06 +0000

I want Camino to work well with Leopard. I love it so much. It is developed by the community. It is so posi, you don’t even know.

Comment on Word of the Day: Merde by Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:59:51 +0000

I see what you mean here.

Comment on An ongoing investigation: Browsing the www by Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:44:53 +0000

Adam got me into the new safari beta this past week. I love it, it loads faster and the top sites visual is something I enjoy, its like walking into a frys with all the tvs showing you tons of info or the matrix or something. i like the tabs on the top, too. buuuuuuut, i wish there was (or hope there will be) a status loading bar. i feel for you, none of these are perfect and firefox seems to be “more stable”, and betas have weird problems, etc. anyway, that’s what i’m rocking.

Comment on More positive by Laura

Laura — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:25:23 +0000

My favorite response to drivers is sarcasm. I can’t think of anything more satisfying and fun then grinning and yelling “Are you kidding me?” or, as a car is getting a bit too close, “hello?!” It’s been really important for me to learn to stick up for myself and make noise. When you are feeling timid and see other cyclists stand up for themselves in a cool way, it sobers everyone up and helps everyone on the rode remember that we’re all just dudes trying to get somewhere. And that is something I think we can all get behind! Cheers!

Comment on More positive by Sally Carson

Sally Carson — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:54:55 +0000

Hey Matthew, thanks for the write-up and the link love. I’m glad you liked the show! (this is Sally from that Bike Talk episode)

I totally agree, if you need to yell to avoid getting hurt, by all means do so! My top priorities while riding are: don’t hurt anyone, and don’t get hurt myself — those take precedence over all else including composure & politeness.

And I hope it was clear in the interview, I was not always so well-behaved. My current philosophy developed after years of messengering in hostile conditions and being hostile myself. I finally found a way to be that helps me enjoy my riding more instead of being angry all the time.

Thanks again!

Comment on More positive by Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:09:55 +0000

I think it should be said, that although I do not condone being overly hostile and flipping the bird, I think it is OK to yell to get the attention of a driver who might be endangering you. It is the same as honking your horn to avoid an accident.

Comment on More positive by Vicki

Vicki — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:58:16 +0000

I didn’t even know such a thing as biketalk existed!

And, even though you always think it will be so satisfying to flip someone off, in the end it just makes you hang onto it that much longer. Plus once it was nighttime and I was driving trying to go from a right turn lane to the straight-ahead lane (via an honest mistake) and the car turning left ahead of me, unbeknownst to me because of the brightness of the car lights, had a biker right behind it. Well, the biker hit my trunk and called me a fucking asshole or something, and maybe he had a point, but I honestly just didn’t see him. I really really like the idea of a friendly warning in the form of a magnet (the yellow card).

Comment on More positive by lake

lake — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:34:02 +0000

i am a big believer in nice.

Comment on I am prepared for amazing things to happen by Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:19:41 +0000

It’s almost like a too-good-to-be-true secret: setbacks are opportunities, open doors to the life you want to live, the person you feel yourself to be. My car broke down last night and I am, though nervous a little, so excited about finally being carless.