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Post number 13471

rcade — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 09:16:28 -0800

May auld grievance be forgot: "I'm sorry I haven't spoken to you in 10 years," Mark Pilgrim wrote today to fellow weblogger Eric Soroos. "I forgive you. Please forgive me."

By: epersonae

epersonae — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 10:35:52 -0800

interesting how all this happens via the web & weblogs. there wasn't any hacking involved, but I had a similar experience with someone who had been a friend - we had a fairly serious falling-out about 4 yrs. ago, and have reconnected in part via our weblogs. I hope they can repair their friendships.

By: bloggboy

bloggboy — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 10:41:30 -0800

Why does the author put everything in quotes? Ugh.. you can hardly ever tell who even said the quote. For example: ...even though he may have been the only one to successfully "upload" the virus onto the networks. ...the virus to the "Sumex-Aim" public archive... (and then they went to a "McDonalds" where they bought a "Chicken Nugget") and here's a good one: ...he felt he should "cover his ass." Whatever. It's just weird. Sorry for the rant. :-)

By: KLAX

KLAX — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 12:19:41 -0800

Who's Mark Pilgrim? Who's Eric Soroos?

By: rodii

rodii — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 12:49:40 -0800

Did you read the links?

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 14:18:26 -0800

bloggboy, that was an article from a student newspaper in 1993. Some of those terms (like upload) today wouldn't be in quotes, because they are no longer jargon understood only by a few. Otherwise, the writer was following AP style by putting into quotes any phrases that came from an interview, especially if they contained a point of view. It's not the best wire service writing, but it's a start. Meanwhile, on Osama bin Laden's weblog ....

By: rcade

rcade — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 14:58:23 -0800

Who's KLAX?

By: KLAX

KLAX — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 15:27:27 -0800

Who's KLAX? I'm a guy in my early 30s living in New York City, writing for "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central. I have two cats, an apartment on the Upper West Side, and am currently nibbling on ribbon candy. Thanks for asking!

By: rcade

rcade — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 21:46:45 -0800

Fair enough. Eric Soroos is a Frontier developer whose name comes up frequently on Scripting News. Mark Pilgrim, who also turns up in links there, was the guy recently fired for his weblog. Even if you don't know any of that, I thought the story of one weblogger who turned state's evidence against another weblogger 10 years ago was interesting. In Mark's shoes, I don't think I'd be ready to forgive for another 30 or 40 years.

By: KLAX

KLAX — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 22:52:22 -0800

Mark Pilgrim...was the guy recently fired for his weblog. Ah. I read about that on another community blog, but his name didn't ring a bell. I wasn't affecting snark by asking "Who's Mark Pilgrim? Who's Eric Soroos?" I clicked the links, noticed they lead to personal, plain-vanilla blogs, and I read content at both. I understood the commonality the gentlemen shared, but I didn't know if it was *their* particular involvement in such an affair that made it noteworthy.

By: rcade

rcade — Wed, 02 Jan 2002 05:19:20 -0800

I wasn't affecting snark by asking "Who's Mark Pilgrim? Who's Eric Soroos?" My apologies, then ... I hope you'll forgive me. And give Jon Stewart a respectful NFL-quality asspat for me. His monologue in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks was great.