Dear Ann,
I happened across your new blog by accident. It seems you're pretty new to blogging, had a big flurry of activity and have been quiet for the last ten days or so. I hope that wasn't anything to do with me.
When I found your blog, Logogram, I was struck by the similarity of our links lists. Now I'm told that under the bonnet of your site is a big ole chunk of the coding for mine, which, much to the surprise and chagrin of it's creator, isn't even implemented properly.
Now I was a bit annoyed and 'muh' the other day, but that wasn't anything to do with you...I just had no contact details or way of getting in touch.
Welcome to blogging...but hey - part of the fun is finding your own favourite websites, and mucking about with your own code and presentation. I wouldn't want to put you off or anything by being a big old ranty git because you cut and pasted a load of stuff off my site, and then took out the bits that you thought would mean you wouldn't get caught.
Don't worry about it. Chill. I'm cool with it. Our sites still look totally different anyway, and I can tell you that that list of links you have is certainly, in my opinion, a good one. Happy reading...but surely, it's not a huge amount of effort to figure out which blogs you prefer yourself? Like I said, it is fun.
I hope you carry on blogging, and enjoy it. But I just wanted to say, nicely, that while I'm okay with what you did, I recommend that you do it yourself...because you're denying yourself a lot of pleasure and discovery.
Have fun.
that was the NICEST "hey, quit stealing my code" letter i've ever seen. thus further affirming you as Nicest Bloke in England Owlie.
Awww, shucks.
somebody (not a blogger - just a rather boring website) copied my blogroll last year, even the comments that i put by each link. it was really bizarre. the guy finally emailed me apologising, i said it was ok, he asked if i'd be so kind as to tell him when i updated my list, i told him when i had, no reply.
tosser.
Yep, I know just how much hard work it takes to find a blogroll of people you want to read each day - I just added a meagre 5 people by looking through webrings, and there were 100's to look through.
Let 'em do there own hard slog I say!
PS: Very impressed with your polite letter btw
Hilarious! That was a fantastic "piss off. love, stu" letter.
You've not only given her your code and your blogroll, you've also given her your readers. Aprox 66% of her entire visiting history, so it seems.