The Nerve of Some People

After Dan and I left Southlands today, we drove to Wimbledon to all go to Nandos with Julia. On the way, there is some traffic, so it all slows to 30mph. Dan points out there's a cyclist next to me. I suddenly realise that this cyclist has crept up in my blind spot and was going alongside me. The cyclist overtook me and went to overtake the next car, a Honda Accord. I saw it gave him almost no room, and suddenly swerved to give him room. I noticed that he also had a huge problem seeing him. This guy was wearing all black, with no lights on his front, cycling towards the end of the day. As traffic speeds picked up, I told Dan to lower the window, and as I passed him, I shouted, "You've very badly visible," to let him know that he was in danger of dying unless he got some brighter clothes. I drove on, and came to a standstill later. The cyclist pulls up on my side, and practically puts his hand through my window. I wind down said window and the conversation goes as follows:

"What did you say?"
"I said that I could barely see you, and I don't think anyone else can either."
"Well. You shouldn't be driving like a granny then."

At this point he cycled off without another word. I was stunned that a man who had just been told that his visibility put him in danger would put blame on someone else's driving. I had told him because I thought he was in danger of being hit, and I would want any driver thinking that of me to notify me. He took it as if it were an insult, and acted like a jerk. Honestly, the nerve of some people. I should have followed him and shown him the possibilities of poor visibility by killing him, but I was in a good mood.

Dan and Julia and I had a good meal, as it was the first serious thing I'd eaten all day, and then we went to his place and played around on IRC for an hour or so, inventing very simple ASCII art, and annoying chatrooms full of people in the process. Great fun.

I went to my parents' house, and have since been trying to fix my computer. It's half way through its third format of the night, but I have high hopes, as the first two were faultless. Maybe now I can get an actual working OS running, and start actually downloading stuff. I can't wait for limitless downloading. I won't fill up 400GB easily.

I think we'll have a 400GB iPod within 5 years. Or am I being stupid? I read about how the video iPod has had another sign, with video Podcasting now slightly supported by Apple. Should be fun. If they can get the screen bigger, I'm buying one. But for now, I'll lust and use my handy MP3 CD Player and an old fashioned sound system.