I won’t spare you with much text about John Gruber going as a professional Weblogger with his Daring Fireball. I’ll tell you that, simply, my interactions with John and with Alex King were what largely convinced me to buy a Mac [and now I own two]: that these two guys, whom I respect, were passionate enough about their platforms convinced me.

I wish I were kidding, but I’m not. But that should tell you that John’s got an important voice … it’s seen me spend $1700+ on Cupertino hardware in the last year.

[Now if I can only get John's mail server to recognize my incoming mail ... I re-upped my membership some time ago, but I've never heard from him; I bought another original DF shirt, and now I want to buy the other ones. John, this is a public plea for help!]