Comments on: On A Roll

By: ana

ana — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:32:07 +0000

geez, arik... meyerweb is also eric's personal website. if you'd rather someone not discuss personal topics and personal opinions on a personal website — go elsewhere. at any rate, eric, i'm a wee bit envious of your daughter...i wish i'd been introduced to sushi at such an early age. as a 4-year resident of san diego, i suppose i'm making up for lost time &mdash i've become quite fond of the stuff. sushi bars here represent something like a third of the city's income...

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:35:13 +0000

@Arik,
What is “degridation?”

If you are going to berate someone from on-high, maybe you should run your post through the grammar-checker. ;)

By: kenrick

kenrick — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:05:15 +0000

good thing she likes it early, after a couple of bad experiences as a teen i decided to try sushi again a couple weeks ago, but i had a really HARD time keeping down the tuna belly. kudos to people that can stomach raw fish. ;)

By: Em

Em — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:29:08 +0000

I’m so proud :-)

Sushi is wonderful!

By: Arik Barnett

Arik Barnett — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:08:21 +0000

When I saw what appeared to be XML markup, my brain pulled itself from its preconceived notion that only mindless drivel is to be found here, and thoughts along the lines of, “Finaly Meyer posted on what Meyer knows”, ran excited through my head. Alas, as I read the context in which his attempt at comedy was placed, my heart sank, for I discovered it was more of this aforementioned nonsense.

I make no apologies that I am blunt. My statement is simply this: I come here to support and learn more on the struggle to create web standards and possibly learn new ways of exploiting those standards, yet upon arrival I see a dish by dish comentary on a dining experiance, reminiscing of a vacation, and horrible political commentary. I am wearied by all of it. I have been reading and supporting your work, Mr. Meyer, for roughly three years. In those three years I have seen the degradation of your personality from a humble employee of Netscape to the arrogant owner of a consulting firm, and I must say that I am truely saddened by it.

I won’t write this anonymously, so that I am thought a coward. My email, “arik.barnett at bentlyholdings dot com”, is yours for the degridation you wish to throw my way. Don’t bother replying here, as I will no longer be dropping by.

~Arik

By: Lee Coursey

Lee Coursey — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:23:28 +0000

OMG, I wish I had been introduced to sushi at that age. Now you can say what my wife says to me – “If you’re well behaved, I’ll take you to get Sushi…”

Congrats!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:47:42 +0000

I wouldn’t be so concerned about her choking on it as I would about her not-as-strong-as-ours immune system having issues with any stray bacteria in uncooked fish.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:17:11 +0000

God, let this be a reminder that we all need lives (including myself). We"re discussing the intestinal fortitude of an infant.

Toddler, actually, and to those of us with young kids, this is riveting stuff! :)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 07:57:58 +0000

God, let this be a reminder that we all need lives (including myself). We’re discussing the intestinal fortitude of an infant.

By: Eric Meyer

Eric Meyer — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:35:51 +0000

A maki roll, like the one Carolyn grabbed and ate, is not at all hard to chew; as Ximena said, it’s mostly “squooshy stuff”. That’s especially true for a Manhattan roll, which has at its center avocado and crabstick–and indeed, it did get sqooshed quite a bit. That particular roll also had no wasabi. Maki rolls usually don’t.

Carolyn’s a bit over thirteen months old, and has most of her teeth in, so chewing’s no real problem. We didn’t think she’d like sushi either, but when she grabbed and ate the first piece, we sort of looked at each other, shrugged, and said, “Guess we’ll find out if she likes it”.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:01:18 +0000

Why would sushi be any easier to choke on than any other food? It"s made of rice and mostly squooshy stuff. The kid takes the stuff apart. The reason adults might choke on it is our insistence on eating a whole shushus in one bite. Carolyn is smarter than that.

Because it's hard to chew. I don't think my kids (18-month-old twins) would like sushi very much. How old is Carolyn?

By: ghola

ghola — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:49:17 +0000

Whoa! Major geek alert!

Please wait a little more before you feed her XML!

By: Ximena

Ximena — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 23:25:34 +0000

Why would sushi be any easier to choke on than any other food? It’s made of rice and mostly squooshy stuff. The kid takes the stuff apart. The reason adults might choke on it is our insistence on eating a whole shushus in one bite. Carolyn is smarter than that.

-X.

By: head zoo keeper

head zoo keeper — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 22:02:25 +0000

great little story… glad to hear she’s not afraid to try new things! just be careful with the wasabi. traditionally, a little wasabi is supposed to be added inside the sushi (although, perhaps not so much w/ rolls) and as you can imagine, i’ve seen rather unfortunate scenes with unsuspecting kids (and adults!) and a hidden chuck of wasabi.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 21:36:59 +0000

I love when code is used to express emotion. You old XML softy.

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