Talkcast tonight, 10 pm: the get-well card show

With regard to the talkcast this week, it's just my opinion, but it seemed odd to include these well-wishes to Steve on a podcast. If these are for Steve, why include them in a public podcast that we all listen to? I like the MacMommy's method of posting the well-wishing somewhere else. If the readers are interested in them, they can click through to see it. The same might have been done with these audio files. They could have easily been posted at a link wherein anyone who wanted to could click through and listed to them. But to have them added to a podcast that we regularly listen to and then have no other option but to speed-search through them did feel a little unnecessary. These are people wishing Steve well, I'm not Steve. It doesn't feel comfortable to have to listen to them. And then to have the greeting spread out through three sections instead of in one part, it felt like we were stretching out the pain of listening even further. Again, this is just my opinion.

Otherwise, I usually enjoy the weekly talkcasts, but not this one.

Best regards.

Some of those get well soundbites were really very creepy. Especially the ones with the heavy breathing and strange sounds (like you get on serial killer cassettes) in the background...

There's always some idjit out there who claims to dislike another's hard work and feels s/he has to announce it to the whole universe.

There's always some idjit out there who thinks he gets some kind of INTARRWEB Geek Points for saying nasty things on a website.

There's always some idjit out there who goes around posting "This place has jumped the shark" so that 10 yrs from now, if/when the site isn't as perfectly popular as it once was, they can crow, "I called it first!"

There's always some idjit out there who thinks acting like a 5-yr-old is "perfectly normal."

RULE ONE: PEOPLE ARE MORONS.

Ignore the idjits. You did it right the first time, Mike. The only proper response to, "Screw you guys, I'm going home!" Is, "That's nice, have a good time!"

(RULE TWO is AND YOU CAN SELL THEM ANYTHING. [Hey, Chip, I got some snow for sale, only $20/kg!])


ION, I echo what RogerC said. When you're very very sick, even the words of strangers can be of great comfort. Never, ever ignore the ill (or grieving) and "let them be in peace." They want to hear from you. Really.

OK - I'm a different Roger and have actually been through a life threatening illness.

Certainly, the thoughts of appreciation, love and the genuine good wishes for a speedy recovery, from so many people, can be a source of comfort and joy during convalescence.

The human spirit and body are incredibly resilient. Don't count Steve out yet.

Well, I never said I wasn't kooky. I put up an Apple-esque get well card of my own. Cute little band-aid and all :)

http://themacmommy.blogspot.com/2009/01/get-well-steve.html

Just an observation... this site is going downhill... fast... news is slow, slow, slow and just a rehash of other sites... Victor, better shape this up... I'm ready to delete the bookmark...

All this get well soon stuff is a little creepy. Why don't you folks leave the guy alone? I don't thing people understand what is going on. The guy is dying / he has months to live and wants to spent his final weeks at home with his family. The last thing he needs (or wants) is a bunch of kooks sending him get well soon soundbites.