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New user? Monday, January 21, 2002
Peeved
Dave responds on SN:
Translation, courtesy of WWF's The Rock:
Grace need not be restricted to one direction. Why'd you take my name off? Where's the grace, peace and love? We're not seeing it...
Sunday, January 20, 2002
Was bound to happen...
Dave Winer has updated the Frontier/Radio 8 section of the credits page, which was previous marked as a draft. I was pleasantly surprised to see myself and others who had been invited and contributed to the endgame of the Radio 8 testing process on the list. Heck, I was pleasantly surprised to have been invited at all.
When I made the comment about WinerLog and censorship on Friday, one of the first things I thought was, "I bet I'm removed from the credits page for this...". And I was right. I was hoping to be pleasantly suprised, but I guess my cynical side was right this time.
Personally, I've always liked shit disturbers... emotional people who care enough to be vitriolic. (Dave himself is exactly that kind of a person. hint) Yes-men and brown-nosers are boring to me, and rarely advance the status-quo. Dave thinks this way too; I know because we've spoken about it on the phone. (one of those times Dave appreciated my talent instead of despising my observations and brutal honesty)
Anyway, I write this as a follow up. Not to blow my own horn, but just to note I was acknowledged in the past, that I have contributed to Frontier, even when I was a pain in the ass (I was). This is what Dave called taking the high-road, and he used to be consistent about this.
I'm third on the list for Frontier 5.0. I spent a ridiculous amount of time testing that release, especially on Windows. I'm first on the list for 6.0. I provided a nice quote about it for an article on MacUser, among other things. I'm also on the list for Frontier 6.2.
Times appear to have changed.
Another observation... desperation makes people do weird things. I'm noticing it in my own behaviour, like telling people I'll work for $X when I'm really worth $(X*1.5) and could probably have gotten $(X*1.25) had I asked for $(X*1.5), and been in line with market value. And keeping a lot of things about my life to myself instead of sharing them here like I used to.
Some day, I hope my life returns to a happy balance so I can tell you all about what I've been going through, and be open again... be myself.
Saturday, January 19, 2002
It's kids play for Mario
"It was the same thing in Vancouver and Calgary, too," he said. "A lot of young kids."
Oh man, what I wouldn't do to be at that game in Edmonton tonight. :-(
2001.a and 2001.b
Last week I was thinking about 2001, which was really two years... one from Jan 1 to September 10, and another from September 11 to December 31.
There wasn't much happy to report in 2001.b. Things pretty much sucked all around.
2001.a was pretty decent, though. One of my favourite world moments from 2001.a was when Goran Ivanisevic won Wimbledon. I hope the world finds something in 2002 to celebrate with as much joy as Crotia (and Croatians everywhere) did that week.
I hope to have a little baby to celebrate soon. :-)
