John Resig's post explains _why's non-attachment well: http://ejohn.org/blog/eulogy-to-_why/ http://ejohn.org/blog/eulogy-to-_why/ "People get way too caught u

John Resig's post explains _why's non-attachment well: http://ejohn.org/blog/eulogy-to-_why/ http://ejohn.org/blog/eulogy-to-_why/ "People get way too caught up in their work. I like to think that he was able to keep the products of his online persona separate from the rest of his life, treating them as completely distinct entities - the perfect, clear-cut, division between personal life, work, and play." "Seeing the complete deletion of his online persona doesn't terribly surprise me. Back in 2007 _why closed his main blog (RedHanded). That event truly shocked me, but it helped me to better understand him as a person. The blog, even though he had put years of work into it and people strongly identified him with it, was immaterial. It didn't feel like the right place to talk anymore so he moved on to another place, abandoning the old site."