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Category: Personal
Posted on: November 23, 2009 3:09 PM, by Ed Yong
Many thanks to the kind folks at PCMag for including me on their list of Top 50 blogs of 2009. However, they appear to have made a teensy little typo, where they've misspelled my name as "Patrick Jordan". Easy enough a mistake, I guess - at least the letters D, O and N are shared...
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Comments
Oh, that's a bit more than just a teensie typo. So sorry, Ed. We're fixing it. Meanwhile, enjoy the irony!
Posted by: Carol Mangis | November 23, 2009 4:17 PM
Ed, should we also say something about them getting the name of your blog wrong too?
Or do you just want to let that go?
Posted by: David Scrimshaw | November 23, 2009 4:46 PM
David - I think it's pretty funny and I've asked Carol to change the name too.
And thanks Carol, for being a good sport. I'm definitely amused rather than cross.
Posted by: Ed Yong | November 23, 2009 4:53 PM
Congratulations for making the list, Ed! It is well deserved.
Posted by: Laelaps | November 23, 2009 4:59 PM
Who is Patrick Jordan anyway?
Posted by: Lilian Nattel | November 23, 2009 6:44 PM
Congratulations Ed Yong! Patrick Jordan will always be in your debt.
Posted by: OftenWrongTed | November 23, 2009 7:35 PM
So, who is Patric Jordan, really? Never heard the name before....and why is that bloke riding on the coattails of your fame?
Posted by: Coturnix | November 23, 2009 8:16 PM
Actually if you click the PCMag link, all is revealed. Patrick Jordan writes an iPhone blog.
Bora was so outraged that he's taken away Patrick's k. ;-)
Posted by: Ed Yong | November 23, 2009 8:21 PM
This was amusing. I wonder if Patrick's blog is very good?
Posted by: Michael Simpson | November 24, 2009 1:27 PM
Promptly fixed though.
Posted by: Khalil A. | November 24, 2009 2:14 PM
Well done, Ed. Congratulations, and kudos to Carol and gang for quickly fixing their mistakes.
Posted by: Daniel J. Andrews | November 25, 2009 10:44 AM
P.S. The banner reads,
I'd say it's a cool blog period: For scientists and non-scientists. (hm, does that full-colon invalidate the "period"....maybe "cool blog full-colon"....doesn't quite sound right, does it? .... :-)
Posted by: Daniel J. Andrews | November 25, 2009 10:48 AM