A couple of nice comments from readers this weekend. This one's from Joakim:

I really like your answers (Saturday, July 27, 2002) to the Basher link, not that watery normal stuff! hard and straight to the point!

...and from 'Fenris':

By the way, love the site... great to see a developer who doesn't feel he has to pull his punches, or tip toe around on his own turf. I can respect that.

Thanks a bunch. I really appreciate those comments. Getting flamed is good, getting kudos (a lovely, and sadly underused, word) even better, as long as it doesn't go to my head (trust me - it won't). Besides, I write what I write for reasons that aren't just self-serving (hard to believe, but mostly true). I try to be honest, and I try to be informative, at least when it comes to my work. I often end up pissing people off, but there you go; there has to be something I excel at.

I'll keep not pulling my punches, I won't tip-toe on my own turf, and I'll definitely stay non-watery. Whatever that means.  ¶ 19:58