to: lexislav@centrum.cz
subject: ahem

Much as I respect your interest in Textpattern, photography, and other such things that I myself enjoy, .. do you read english? I don’t see much non-Czech activity for lexislav.

Whatever, that aside. They say imitation is the best form of flattery. However, what you’ve done isn’t so much imitation as it is cheap and poorly-executed code theft.

But you know, it happens. I’m not even that angry. Irritated, yeah, hardly choleric. But if you continue to use my work, make sure to link back to the site that you stole from.

Ach jo.

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Isaac Bowen

And, as of twenty one hours later, he’s taken down the site.

I should note that the title of this and part 1 come from my Decathlon coach’s son, who is probably all of four or five years. He has this little song – “what do you do with a scurrrvy pirate?” – which obviously comes with its own matching dance. I’m uncertain what sort of dance would be appropriate for this situation, but the title seemed to fit well enough.

In other news, it is Friday and my last day with this employer. Which is good, because I’m not sure I could survive much longer.