A Moment of Self-Pleasure: TR’s 4th Birthday
It’s true! As of yesterday, January the 8th, Topless Robot has existed on the internet for a full four years. It was back in January of 2008 that my buddy Bill Jensen asked me to take a shot at running a nerd blog for Village Voice Media, and somehow I’ve managed to keep on doing it for 1460 or so days. It’s still the greatest job in the world (FFF excluded, obviously), and every day I get paid to write nonsense about nerdy things is a very good day indeed.
But I’m not posting this to congratulate myself; I’m posting it to thank you guys for reading, for helping promote the site, for calling me out when I’m wrong, for commenting, and for generally being funny and clever and awesome. I’ve certainly had my share of goofs over the last year, and there are certainly other general purpose nerd news sites nowadays out there — so I thank you for sticking with me and the site. Obviously, without you guys, there is no Topless Robot; please know that I always appreciate that. I hope I continue to make it worth your while.
Clearly, there’s only one vid that could truly sum up my feelings right now:
In summary, I lasagna all of you guys; I lasagna you very much. Thanks for reading.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.