20th May 2003
Help Me Win Back a Friendship With an iPod!
Okay, as you may have read in the New York Times or elsewhere on the Web, I made fun of a friend on my blog, he got really mad about it, then a year later (last week), I recounted the story to the New York Times, and now he’s even madder about it, and I feel bad.
Anil Dash offers a great suggestion: raise money from readers to buy him an iPod, and maybe he’ll forgive me and have renewed faith for bloggers. I’ve never tried begging via PayPal before, but this seems like a good enough cause. So, if you have been moved by this story, or can relate, or think he’s over-reacting, or think I’m a jerk or whatever other motivation works for you, please help me convince him that I was only kidding and he’s not really fat nor does he run like a girl by donating to the iPod Fund for the Svelte and Graceful Friend of Rick:
UPDATE:
Come on, people! Only six donations so far. (Many thanks to Steve Hall, Scott Heiferman, Mya Brooks, Myles Weissleder, Karen Lai and Allan Karl!)
FURTHER UPDATE:
Well, as of June 1, we’ve raised a total of $38.09. A couple hundred bucks short of what I’d need to buy him an iPod, I’ve chipped in ~$50 of my own and am sending him something else that I think he’ll like (but I’ll neglect to mention just what for the moment, on the off chance that he is still checking the old Bruner Blog these days). Thanks again to all who contributed and even those who half considered it. This auction is now officially closed, but I’ll leave the “donation” button up in case you still feel like throwing a couple of bucks my way.
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