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And in other news:

Desler said Microsoft would cover Mike’s costs of changing to a new Web site and redirecting traffic from the old site. Microsoft also had agreed to help the teen get Microsoft certification training and other gifts, including an Xbox game console, he said, and has invited Mike to a technology festival in March at the corporation’s headquarters in suburban Redmond.

I sure hope those “other gifts” includes the sizeable CASH that the domain name is apparently worth to MS! What do you think? I think the kid needed a better lawyer.

And a big round of applause to the fine folks at Blogger for a) responding to my email after b) tweaking around with my blog and c) making the whole thing work again. You’re the best, guys. And it’s good to know that fame and glory and life with Google hasn’t changed the Blogger I knew back when. And while I’m at it – I still wear my Blogger tshirt proudly!