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It’s working!

As John Travolta said in the movie "Broken Arrow":

I now know how his character felt when he said that, I felt it myself today!

In his case, he had just detonated his first nuclear bomb, and had experienced the electromagnetic and seismic shock waves from the blast. In my case, I had just sold my first AustinMash! ad, and had experienced the “Oh Shit, this is working!” shock wave after the meeting. Both experiences are of comparable potency, don’t you think?

Many, many thanks to Rodney Barkalow, general manager of Central Texas Harley-Davidson, for taking a chance on something new. Also, special thanks to Denny and Brad for supporting the idea, and to Bob and the rest of the CTHD crew for their hard work over the years.

As the first real customer, Rodney snagged the UT tower Skyline parcel (number 8), a whole 877 pixels in size. Wow, three days after official launch, and already AustinMash! is profitable. I say god-damn what a rush!

Ok, now I just need the image from CTHD so I can post the ad, and I also need to get the ads from the auction winners. Wow, actual customers! I guess this means I need a login page for them, and an account maintenance page, and I need to set up the weekly reports… and… and… time to get off the top of the mountain I’ve been shouting from, and back to work!