My friend Mat Honan amused and beguiled you a few months ago with Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle. As is the course of such things, he got a book deal for his efforts, despite having been responsible for the onslaught of unfunny ripoffs of the site which followed his success.
But, I take some very small satisfaction in this whole thing because Mat very graciously credits me (both in the book and in conversation) with having helped spread the word about his site. It's just another in the long string of goofy web memes for which I have become an unofficial ambassador. It's a good thing there's no Hell, or surely I'd rot in it for all that I've done.
At any rate, Mat's quite an entertaining and engaging interviewee, as evidenced by his recent stint on Internet Superstar, and as there's a totally gratuitous and flattering mention of me at about the four-minute mark, I felt obliged to link to it here.
You can buy Mat's book at Amazon and other reputable booksellers near you.
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Thanks very much Anil! Also, you may want to know I also credit you for turning me on to ABBA. Or blame. One of the two.
If I'm ever arrested on COPS I'll be sure to shout your name, Ronnie Dobbs-style. Maybe you can link to me then?
BTW, congrats on the 9-year mark!
Hi there Anil. My two teenage daughters rushed out to the bookstore the other night and came back with the book, laughing hysterically. Little did I know all those years ago that you would have such an impact on my kid's lives. Keep up the good work!
considering the hype around Obama and his Indian 'connections' I am sure it will do well in India as well