if you’re going through a tough time financially scott, i sincerely hope you pull through. but don’t take the hate out here man. that was unjustified.

i read this blog because:

1. long has a good sense of humor.
2. he doesn’t indulge in “bashing”
3. he posts “different” stuff than many other blogs. this has let him carve out a niche for himself.
4. he’s the same age as i am. that’s impressive

as for the laptop, yeah, i would want a free one too, but i wouldn’t cry over it. there are other things in life and i’m sure even long knows that.

Since you’ve mentioned TWiT, I might just add that I’ve been listening to every episode and love it much for the fact it’s so random and fun.

To be clear, I am not and do not even try to be the “ultimate source for Microsoft news”. Once in a while, sometimes more often, I find interesting stuff, most of which are related to Microsoft but sometimes not as well, and post it. A large majority of the posts in the past may have been Microsoft related, but this is not a Microsoft-only blog.

Since you are leaving, I might as well recommend you what you should be reading instead:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/
http://www.winsupersite.com/
http://www.liveside.net
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/

Unbiased, right.

This is what I wrote below (let’s see if it shows up or get sblocked again)
@Glen:
I come here to find out about new things relating to Microsoft. Just because I’m here doesn’t mean I don’t have the right to post my opinions on a subject. I don’t see how a plane trip has anything to do with Microsoft or Windows and if I wanted a supposed tech person to talk about everything unde rthe sun EXCEPT tech, I’d just listen to TWiT all day long.

Also, if there were more posts I wouldn’t care so much but this is a blogger who is supposedly “so good” and “so important” he was given a free laptop a year or so ago (plus gets a ton of $$$ in traffic and adwords). I realize people have lives and whatnot but if he is going to just post a few times a month about Windows stuff, he really should just redirect his traffic to a person who takes their fame a bit more seriously. I don’t have to agree with or like everything Long says.

…& I have no pity for people who get delayed in planes. Like I said, not everyone flies, people should be grateful they even get that luxury and no matter what you say, flying is always faster than driving or being in a boat. So quit whining and deal with reality. It’s called life – get used to it.

Time to find another Windows blog to read on a regular basis. Geez.

“We hope this travel voucher will give United an opportunity to serve you again” reminds me of a Korean restaurant on Bourke St which has a sign saying something like “If you’re not satisfied with our coffee you can get a second one for free”.

I’ll need to go through Heathrow T5 next month…

Okay, enough with the puns. Why didn’t they realize who you are?

I totally would have been like, “Holy Crap! Its that Long kid! He’ll dig up our patents and expose our plans for world domination!” because thats what the Airlines are heading for. World domination.

@Erik – you’re exactly right! Its totally about customer service! Businesses (seem to?) loose their focus when they get big. Just because there is a ‘limited’ amount of airline businesses, it doesn’t mean they can stop focusing on customer service.

I would like to know if or when an American airline company has been in the top 3 “best customer service” awards though?

It’s the other half of the glass, though I guess Los Angeles truly sucks in comparison to San Francisco.

As a sidenote, I think this blog has gotten a little grumpy recently, up to the Paul Thurrott level. What’s wrong?