Viki , Bollo and I!
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Origamist said:You're a shameless self-publicist. Do you type "Magnatom" into Google every morning?
Not at all.
I do every once and a while type my name or magnatom into google just to see what others can see about me. I've always done that, and I think it is a good thing to do. For instance when I got all of the publicity I noticed that my personal flickr photos were easy to find, so I changed my username on that, to make them a little more... personal.A quick google for origamist came up with this
. So are you a clown on a unicycle? 
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Resistance is futile, they'll be Borg every where before long......where is Captain Picard !!
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Probably the only time you'll be mentioned in the same article as the divine Miss P. without the words "restraining order" being mentioned too, eh chaps...?
(BTW, Everyday Cycling is British Cycling's utility cycling arm, as I understand it).
(BTW, Everyday Cycling is British Cycling's utility cycling arm, as I understand it).
PBancroft
Senior Member
- Location
- Winchester
If you get reported in the same article as Viki in the Guardian, I'll break out the champers. As it it happens, I'm mildly impressed anyway.
Well done... all news is Good News.
Well done... all news is Good News.
That's the second time you've made me laugh this week, you conshie you!Origamist said:
ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE!
I've had a few irritating incidents recently where I've looked at the footage, suffered a moment of righteous outrage and then thought "flip it, I can't be arsed". I'm limiting myself to posting clips that are either funny, sexy or seriously life-threatening, in that order. That was the original intention of buying the camera and its paid for itself many times over (only in the life-threatening sense, I've yet to reinterpret "helmet-cam" in grumble-flick terms).
I'm coming to the conclusion that posting videos of the day-to-day irritants of cycling is ultimately biased and self defeating; to get an accurate picture of my cycling moments would require a 2 hour video of me with a rictus grin huffing around the Hampshire countryside, followed by a steamy shower. It might win a Turner, but its not to everybody's taste.
Before Mr O and Col think I'm joining the cycling Mensheviks, I'm still happy to trade verbal with anyone who royally pisses me off.
Bollo said:
I agree with you, entirely. Certainly the videos I post aren't representative. That's part of the reason I have started a blog. I hope to redress that in my writing (when I have the time!)
However, personally I feel that I started something, and I want to finish it. I want to show why cyclists sometimes get irritated at drivers. I also want to show why drivers get irritated at cyclists. I'm hoping by showing these videos, in time, people will realise that the solution is simple, mutual respect.
I suppose in the end what I want is a video repository, where if someone is having a discussion on the internet they can point to my, and other peoples videos and say:
Please don't do that, because this will happen...
or
This is why I do this, all I ask for is a little room.
I'll say it again, and I have said it hundreds of times, I LOVE cycle commuting and 97% of the time it is incident free. 2.999% of the time it is frustrating and 0.001% of the time it is scary.
