An instant message conversation with Dan; edited for easy May afternoon reading.
Hivelogic: what happened?
Akula_IX: what happened with…
Hivelogic: your website
Akula_IX: you mean shortage of entries?
Hivelogic: yes, you’re basically defunct
Akula_IX: not defunct. have a new boss and need to read more.
Hivelogic: ahh. (… defunct)
Akula_IX: I’m not defunct
Hivelogic: sure.
Akula_IX: why defunct?
Hivelogic: gone.
Hivelogic: no more.
Akula_IX: Dean Allen doesn’t write something for 10 days, that doesn’t me he’s defunct.
Hivelogic: no, but he is dean allen.
Hivelogic: he is the winston churchill of weblogs
Akula_IX: he’s a nut case.
Akula_IX: so I take it you are dissapointed?
Hivelogic: sure
Hivelogic: yours was the only thing left on the web to read
Akula_IX: oh
Akula_IX: I didn’t know you held my work in such esteem
Hivelogic: now, nothing. your site is gone.
Akula_IX: sorry, didn’t mean to let you down. I will work on it straight away.
Hivelogic: is it you or the rest of the web?
Akula_IX: quit it, its not gone!
Hivelogic: put THAT in your pipe and smoke it
Akula_IX: weeping
Hivelogic: it’s sad to see the whole site dissapear
Akula_IX: it’s like I’m being talked about in the third person…
Hivelogic: i know!
Akula_IX: so, if I was to post, right now, then my site would appear again?
Hivelogic: really?
Akula_IX: please make the bad man go away
Hivelogic: cool
Hivelogic: i keep saying that
Akula_IX: thank you for IMing the Airbag Complaint Department. Your IM is always appreciated at Airbag.
Hivelogic: neat!
Akula_IX: 🙂
Hivelogic: regular expressions in java are harder than in php
Akula_IX: I was just about to ask.
Hivelogic: anyway, if you hear anything about airbag, let me know.
Akula_IX: You will be the first to know.