This interview was meant to be with a big hero of mine, and later a friend, noted UK computer journalist Guy Kewney. It was not funny for him. He was watching

This interview was meant to be with a big hero of mine, and later a friend, noted UK computer journalist Guy Kewney. It was not funny for him. He was watching in the green room, and was furious. It was a major blow to his freelance career. It's not really funny. It terrified Guy G, and it severely hurt Guy K financially, and his ability to support his family. It was a very rough time for all of us freelance journos; I had to give it up a few years later, go become a TEFL teacher, which led me to moving to Central Europe -- i.e. the former Communist Bloc -- where I could afford to live Guy K died of bowel cancer a few years later. So, this is a painful memory, not a funny one, for some of us.