#!/usr/bin/girl

I remember when I first read about #!/usr/bin/girl: It was Christmastime, and I was in either my sophomore or junior year of high school. I was sitting in my uncle's den (with the blazing fire), reading a magazine about the internet and all the new and exciting things taking place on the internet. Yahoo! had a feature article. I read about Yahoo!'s rapid growth and then a smaller article explaining just exactly what Blogs were and how important they were about to become. Included in the list of noteworthy blogs was Zannah's #!/usr/bin/girl: a girl, a browser, and a lot of spare time. 

Zannah was the geek I always wanted to be. I always learned something from her posts, and much of what I learned has stuck with me. For example:

1. She posted the music video of Junior Senior's "Move your Feet," and to this day, I always include it on my party playlists.

2. We share a love of Mario Brothers and Hello Kitty, and she introduced me to all sorts of inspired accessories and household items.

3. Her blog was my chief source of online games.

4. She never met a cleverly designed (or disguised) USB thumb drive she didn't like. And I also befriended each of them immediately.

5. She taught me that there is an alternative spelling of work: werk. So therapeutic after a bad day.

6. She posted articles I might not have discovered on my own, like this one from Wired Magazine.

7. Zanna posted about the Anime Conventions she attended, giving me and others the inside scoop about the presentations, costumes, and people she met. The world is a better place because of people who like to gather together wearing costumes. I'm convinced of this.

  

Out of curiosity, I recently checked #!/user/bin/girl, but Zannah hasn't posted anything in one and a half years. She is still posting under vox machina, her personal blog. Thanks for your years of posting, Zannah!