Bike Commuting 101 Guide for noobs
10-17-09, 09:32 PM
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Bike Commuting 101 Guide for noobs
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10-17-09, 09:56 PM
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Great. Are they actually also telling the motorists to share the road too?
10-17-09, 10:12 PM
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Great, thanks!
(why shouldn't you lock your bike against trees, again?)
(why shouldn't you lock your bike against trees, again?)
10-18-09, 06:18 AM
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There is at least one conflict in the bike guide for noobs...
I wonder how they reconcile this little issue... Bike lanes in DOOR ZONES.
I wonder how they reconcile this little issue... Bike lanes in DOOR ZONES.
10-18-09, 09:47 AM
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HTML. CSS if you want to get fancy. PDFs are for people too cheap to print a book, and too lazy to format for the web. Such authors are best avoided.
10-18-09, 10:27 AM
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Most likely they created it for a print publication and posted the PDF as an afterthought on the internet. The resolution and font choice are terrible to read on-screen. But I've seen worse, and they have good intentions.
10-18-09, 10:27 AM
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10-18-09, 11:24 AM
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I think you have odd notions, personally. PDF is a very nice format for document distribution, especially if your document is carefully laid out and is NOT intended to go into a reflowing format like HTML.
Could be worse, they could be distributing it as a DOC file. I totally don't get people who distribute documents in MS Word format, especially when it's docs that they don't intend for people to modify.
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10-18-09, 11:56 AM
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Did I miss the reference to "bikeforums.net" in the pamphlet?
Sort of in case you want to get confused about every single aspect of your commuting
(joke)
Sort of in case you want to get confused about every single aspect of your commuting
(joke)
10-18-09, 12:19 PM
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I have not taken issue with PDF since I dumped acrobat reader and got FoxIt. Quick and stable and my browser crashes a lot less.
10-18-09, 12:25 PM
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I thought it was a fairly well done guide for a complete beginner in Pittsburgh. I also felt it tried to offer some good general advice. Some of what is mentioned there is completely foreign to my corner of the verse. The whole multi modal thing springs to mind as an example.(no buses here)
But I still prefer HTML over PDF.
10-18-09, 03:18 PM
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I think PDF is a good way to distribute documents. Especially since I've got some HTML from many years ago, and in a modern browser it doesn't look the way it was intended at all, but PDFs are stable.
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10-18-09, 03:23 PM
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I tried a few PDF reader replacements a few months back, but that was just because at the time there were some scares about PDF malware. Honestly, I use PDF a TON, I use Acrobat Reader and I don't remember the last time Reader crashed, either stand-alone or within the browser (Firefox).
I think PDF is a good way to distribute documents. Especially since I've got some HTML from many years ago, and in a modern browser it doesn't look the way it was intended at all, but PDFs are stable.
I think PDF is a good way to distribute documents. Especially since I've got some HTML from many years ago, and in a modern browser it doesn't look the way it was intended at all, but PDFs are stable.
I thought the guide was cute, pretty decent, and very comic book like.
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10-18-09, 05:47 PM
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Yes, getting back to the OT, I thought the pamphlet was quite good.
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10-19-09, 10:23 AM
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I thought "the Pittsburgh Left" was funny. 20 years ago, one of my good friends ended up in Pittsburgh after one of his peripatetic wanderings. He had several amusing stories, mostly about adjusting to life in the big city--the Twin Cities were still stuck in a Mayberry timewarp, apparently. He described the "Pittsburgh Left" as a common traffic maneuver. We've finally caught up--I see it around here quite often--but I didn't realize it was commonly referred to as "the Pittsburgh Left."