Gruberized, tribal, righteous
Thursday, August 10th, 2006
My Daring Fireball 
t-shirts arrived today.
You can choose a subscription to John Gruber’s site which includes a t-shirt (or two). That way you not only get the pleasure of supporting one of the finest independent voices on Mac matters, you get to replace your rattiest t-shirt with something much more tasteful.
Of course, I put mine on right away.
I started research for a freelance assignment on Vista today, so I felt a need for the extra protection:
This is actually a photo of me on the couch, thinking about starting the research. (You can see other, more ruggedly handsome people modelling their DF t-shirts here and here and here and here )
A paying membership of Daring Fireball scores you a full-content RSS feed for the site and a feed for Gruber’s Linked List, a daily list of links and blurbs.
Why is it worth it? For two reasons at least. First, the Linked List is astute and interesting. There are plenty of sites that are interesting but not astute, and some that are astute but not interesting. This list is both. I always start my daily NetNewsWire workout there.
Secondly, the longer articles are as well-written as they are informative. I rarely leave a piece John has written without a better understanding of how Mac OS X works (or should work!).
I get all of this for less money than my wife hands over for her PC’s antivirus subscription. It’s money very well spent.
You should think about subscribing too .
Speaking of 
John Gruber of Daring Fireball fame has an announcement up his sleeve.