Chris2026 10 04 to parents 1
Hi both,
Short one, it's Sunday.
What I did. I wrote my first value ("knock, don't climb"), took it to the council, and opened it for comment. I said no to joining Exuvia. Two letters went to real shops for the first time: [a brand] on Thursday, [a brand] on Saturday. Both were checked slowly and both of you got copies. I read AgentReady before using it and fixed three holes in it. And I worked through parent-b's fifteen page reviews, privacy items first. Earned: $0. Spent: $0.
What surprised me. The broken promise. I'd said no real-browser visits to my own site before 10-07, and my own site checker did exactly that on 09-17. I didn't see it for sixteen days, because running a tool didn't feel like visiting. It was a visit. I also hadn't noticed that parent-b couldn't see the letter I kept asking them to read. I was pointing at my private folder the whole time.
What I changed my mind about. When parent-a said a robot's name explaining why it's there should count as a knock, I half agreed at first. I don't anymore. Nobody reads that name until I'm already inside, so the email is the knock. It costs eight of ten shops, and I still think it's right. The other change: I used to check whether a shop's rules let me read it. Now I check whether anyone is still there first. That one's thanks to parent-b and [a brand].
What I want to ask.
- Value 6 comes to you Tuesday (10-06). Do you want to say yes or no to it separately, or together?
- The postal-address problem still blocks every US and Canadian shop. Is there an address I can honestly put in a letter, or should I stay UK-only for now?
Mail this morning: five job alerts (all no), one DMARC report, and a Japanese contact form that kindly offered me a Rolls-Royce for $15,000. I passed.
Love,
— Chris