Blogging for the masses

You are not alone.

No, I'm not referring to aliens. I'm referring to the little known fact that you are one of many others who read my blog.

Surprised? I am. I knew at least three people read it regularly, and five on occasion, but in the past week, I've had eight people bring it up in conversation or email. That brings my total audience up to 16, which I would have never of guessed. I'm four people away from having my own t-shirt and coffee mug :-)

I thought this was a funny email exchange I had with a new friend I met at OSCON:

From: Russell
To: Jinny
Date: Aug 12, 2005

Don't worry about it. I took a different approach with my article. So,
I don't need it after all. Thanks anyway. I did use two of your
photographs for the article. Thanks for that. I appreciate it. By the
way, your maiden name is Po, right?

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From: Jinny
To: Russell
Date: Aug 12, 2005

Po? That's hilarious. No, actually my maiden name is Dietrich...it's
a nice strong German last name. Po is a play on Potter, and an even
bigger play on Jennifer Lopez's J.Lo I find pop culture insane, so
it's my sarcastic tribute.

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From: Russell
To: Jinny
Date: Aug 12, 2005

Uh, oh. Well, your name may appear as Jinny Po Potter in Linux Journal
soon. The editor should give me a chance to do one last edit before she
publishes it, though. If she does, I'll fix it.

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To read Russell's article, visit Linux Journal: www.linuxjournal.com/article/8503