Tryphoon’s Lair

A couple of months ago, Mike published a post on his blog about the long arm of Google and  how he had managed in the past to make sure that some jerk hosting provider called BinaryBlocks got what he deserved after closing business in an unconventional manner…

5 years down the line, the former owner, Jason Piercy got in touch with Mike and tried to apologize for what happened then… The Cruftmeister obviously didn’t take the bait and Jason got another not so flattering post including both his name and the name of his previous company floating on the Interweb…

Using what I guess is the very same set of tools, one of my old time buddy got back in touch with me a couple of days ago, after a 20 years hiatus in our communication… I have to share the note with you as it almost brought tears to my eyes as well as tons of memories (most of them good ones!)

“Hi Cyril

I just spent over a couple of hours traveling through your various blogs.

So much emotion while reading you, so much tenderness to see you again and see what you have become.

I love the blog dedicated to your baby girl. I have 2 daughters as well, one born in Nov 04 and the other one born in August this year.

Reading your posts about the life of Thia touched me as I have felt exactly the same when my first daughter was born. I will from now on follow your adventures in LA“

All I can say is that his email touched me so much as it brought back up a huge chunk of my adolescent years but it put me back in touch with a friend I thought I had lost for 20 years. So Mister B, if you are reading this page, this post is for you. All I need to do now is to find the time to reply to your email!

PS: This makes me realize as well that I definitely have to update Thia’s blog (in French)