(left) The Google cache of the blognation post and (right) Oliver Starr’s
repost with more detail (including a note from Marc’s wife, Sue) on his own blog

Quite early this morning I awoke and headed to my computer to check email. Before doing so I hit “refresh” on the Web page I had open that Oliver Starr had created at blognation about Marc Orchant’s massive coronary. The guy has rarely been out of my thoughts and prayers since I learned what happened thanks to Oliver and his post appearance on TechMeme, and I wanted to read any updates.

I got back “Error 404 — Not Found“. Confused, I set about trying to find the post (maybe they moved it to a more prominent position?) to no avail except I did discover this Google cache on the page. I didn’t have an email for Oliver Starr but I did find an OpenID page with one for the head of blognation, Sam Sethi.

So I sent Sam an email and what he told me both really bothered me and is just flat wrong when it comes to the hundreds of people who care about the status of Marc Orchant.

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