Don't have much to add, but yes I am a long-time reader. I started when this was still the "News" section on cmdrtaco's personal website "Chips and Dips". I found it after buying a Linux shirt from him due to a usenet posting on comp.os.linux.announce. I could have probably had a 4-digit account number but I thought it was annoying when logins were added and refused to sign up until much later.