back to article Farewell, Reg: This hack is hanging up her Apple jacket

It's a fond KTHNXBAI to Register readers as your humble hack heads for the door after 18 months as a Vulture, leaving behind some stale doughnuts, a promotional frisbee and taking with me some memories - great ones. Writing stories for the bumper 7.3 million Reg readers has been a privilege, and I've enjoyed reading your …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    Good luck

    Your articles were always a pleasure to read.

    I'll get your coat.

    1. Z-Eden
      Pint

      Re: Good luck

      Erm, she said she'll be leaving it behind? Are you trying to steal it? Are you a secret apple fan?

      Anna, here's a pint for amusing headlines at the very least!

    2. Don Jefe

      Re: Good luck

      Clearly that jacket is Apple property. I'm sure they have trademarked blue denim.

    3. Silverburn
      Happy

      Re: Good luck

      I'll get your coat.

      "You have already activated this jacket the maximum of five times. Please purchase a new jacket, or log onto itunes and deactivate an existing installation before...."

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Good luck

        Still better than:

        "This jacket was licensed to one wearer and associated with one chair to hang upon. You cannot bring the jacket with you to a new chair. You may leave the jacket with your chair for a new reporter, as long as you leave all lint in the pockets. If the new reported gets a new chair, the license is invalid, and they must pay for a new jacket license to go with the new chair."

      2. HipposRule
        FAIL

        Re: Good luck

        @Silverburn

        What sad person could possibly have downvoted your post?

  2. JoshOvki
    Pint

    So Long

    So long and thanks for all the fish.

    Good luck on whatever you are moving onto.

    1. Paul Crawford Silver badge
      Pint

      Re: So Long

      Apparently she is moving it to something involving tentacles, my initial thoughts involved a speciality Japanese form of cartoon, but sadly probably not :(

      <= Still, have a virtual one from me

  3. Silverburn
    Happy

    Wall Street Journal?

    Aren't they huge Apple fans...? Enjoy your new/old job...;-)

  4. Dan 55 Silver badge
    Gimp

    Fare thee well

    Your replacement is going to have a tough time generating as many pageviews from irate fanbois.

  5. FartingHippo
    Unhappy

    Boo!

    Shame. I'll miss the troll-bait :)

    Still, It's been a blast. Have fun at the WSJ.

    1. FartingHippo
      Devil

      Re: Boo!

      Heh! Judging by the downvotes sprinkled on the good wishes, there's a lot of butt-hurt iFans out there.

      1. DF118
        Trollface

        Re: Boo!

        Being an iFan is all about the butthurt.

  6. James 51

    Good luck.

  7. alain williams Silver badge

    Enjoy pastures new

    and maybe send in an occasional guest item -- maybe something that WSJ will not let you publish.

  8. Khaptain Silver badge
    Thumb Up

    Good Luck

    and thanks for all the fish

  9. tkioz
    Pint

    Good luck and have a blast!

    Beer for luck.

  10. John Colman
    Pint

    No, thank you

    I, for one, would like to thank you for providing such a great service to us readers. You have both entertained and informed us in what could be considered to be tech's most headline-worthy year.

    I wish you all the best for the future.

  11. Steve the Cynic

    And someone's got to do it...

    Hwyl fawr!

    1. Primus Secundus Tertius

      Re: And someone's got to do it...

      Diolch yn mawr, Anna.

  12. Pen-y-gors
    Pint

    Pob hwyl

    a phob lwc yn y jobyn newydd.

  13. Longrod_von_Hugendong
    Angel

    No idea...

    Who you are, who you were or what you did...

    so long and thanks for all the fish - enjoy your new job doing whatever it is you do.

  14. Magister

    One last time

    Felly hir, ffarwel, hwyl fawr,eich gweld yn fuan, byddwn yn colli eich

  15. frank ly
    Happy

    Oh wow

    You really do have a full apple jacket. Be careful not to make any hollow points at the WSJ ;)

    Good luck :)

  16. Matthew 3

    Ashamed

    I thought - just for a moment, mind - that I would quite like to own a jacket like that.

    Fortunately the moment passed.

    1. Steven Roper
      Joke

      Re: Ashamed

      You need to wash your brain out with soap for thinking that even for a nanosecond.

      My immediate, instinctive reaction - from the instant the photons from that picture hit my retinas - was that I would not be seen dead and rotting with that jacket anywhere in the vicinity of my office, let alone actually on the back of my chair, or - [suppress gag reflex] - in actual contact with my person!

  17. LinkOfHyrule
    Paris Hilton

    Take care and bye

    I got a lot of upvotes for my dodgy jokes in the comments of your Apple stories over the years (well year and a half).

    Have a farewell Paris for old times sake!

  18. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Good Luck Anna, gonna miss having at least 1 reg hack who isn't thrust up Apple's ass.

  19. Aristotles slow and dimwitted horse
    Thumb Up

    All the best

    I've never read the WSJ, and have no impending desire to start now, but I'm presuming somebody does, and they will be none the worse for having an ex-Rej hack on board - so best of luck with it.

  20. Bakunin
    Happy

    "I've enjoyed reading your informative, erudite and witty comments ... "

    You must be reading a different site!

    Take care and good luck.

  21. SiempreTuna
    Unhappy

    Lots of people with stuck keyboards this morning - v strange ..

    Good luck at the WSJ - you know all that stuff your Vulture boss called bollix about? You can start believing it all again :)

  22. Roger Stenning
    Thumb Up

    Thanks, good luck, and enjoy!

    As above :-)

  23. Fnurp

    Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

    1. I ain't Spartacus Gold badge
      Happy

      Which translates as, "We'll keep a welcome in the hillsides"

      1. PhilBuk

        I thought it meant "Mind the Gap".

        Phil.

  24. Anonymous Coward
    Happy

    Awwww....

    Finally we meet an author who obviously highly thinks of us and actually calls us Reg Readers instead of the commonly used commentards. And just when that bright news flash manages to hit me do I realize that you're leaving. Aaaawwww :-)

    Anyway, although Apple isn't really my thing I did read several of those articles you referred to and I agree with some of the others; they were very pleasant to read. I hope your next job (if that's the case) will give you as much pleasure & satisfaction as this one has apparently managed to do. Because having some fun at your job and the things you do is IMO priceless.

  25. John Smith 19 Gold badge
    Unhappy

    Oh darn, now I'll have to start paying for your prose.

    My subscription will arrive real soon now.

    However I will wish you every success in your new role drinking work colleagues.

  26. NoneSuch Silver badge
    Thumb Up

    Reporting on a company that refuses to call you back must have been the biggest challenge a reporter could face. Yet, you handled it well and still got the facts out there.

    All the best in your future endeavours.

  27. I ain't Spartacus Gold badge
    Happy

    Anna,

    Don't forget to get the WSJ Apple press conference invites, and pop back to Reg Towers to wave them in their faces and gloat.

    Tatty-Bye.

  28. T. F. M. Reader

    Vultures guarantee WSJ, Bloomberg financial stability

    Wait... Are you saying Tim Cook will start returning your phone calls now? Unbelievable...

    Sorry to see you go. However, with Reg hacks going to places like Bloomberg and WSJ I have high hopes for the future of the financial press. Best of luck, and thanks for all the apples. I do read WSJ on occasion, will be looking for your byline.

  29. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Good luck, wherever you're going...

    1. Silverburn
      FAIL

      errr...that would be the WSJ?

  30. Fred Flintstone Gold badge

    All the best - bet you'll miss the view :)

    I hope your new office has at least an entertaining a view as the El Reg office at Leicester Square (and as wide a selection of food suppliers around it :-) ). I also hope that your new boss has the same twisted sense of humour that makes them hand out El Reg logo-ed paper notebooks to technical people :).

    All the best at your new job, and good luck!

  31. I Am Spartacus
    Thumb Up

    Gosh, people get to leave el Reg

    Who would have thunk it?

    Good luck in the future. And thanks for the amusing head strap lines.

    1. Vic

      Re: Gosh, people get to leave el Reg

      Nah.

      You can check out any time you like...

      Vic.

      1. ChrisM

        Re: Gosh, people get to leave el Reg

        But you can never leave

        </Hotel California>

  32. IglooDude
    Pint

    Too much Welsh, how about Hawaiian?

    Aloha!!

    1. virhunter

      Any language will do...

      الله يسلمك يا سيدة ليتش! أتمنى لك الأحسن في عملك الجديد!

  33. Lallabalalla
    Gimp

    All of the above

    (apart from littledick_von_wha'evah)

    Y'all have fun.

  34. Admiral Grace Hopper

    Outstanding work

    Thank you, travel well.

  35. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Now out into the real world...

    If you can break out of the fantasy Apple world you might find a lot of opportunity.

  36. Darryl

    "a cynical marketing ploy, insignificant, actively evil or all of the above"

    A fitting final description of Apple products?

    Anyways, best of luck, Anna!

  37. itzman
    Black Helicopters

    "almost everything I had considered to be good or lovely or worthwhile ...

    .. was either a cynical marketing ploy, insignificant, actively evil or all of the above."

    If you learnt that, you are already an AHBWAM

    (Advanced human being with a mind).

    But tread carefully: such gems of wisdom are not for, and will be repudiated by, the profane.

  38. All names Taken
    Paris Hilton

    All the best Anna!

  39. Oninoshiko

    Good luck and godspeed

    It's a shame I'm still not reading WSJ, as a result of there format change a few years back.

    1. TheRealRoland
      Headmaster

      Re: Good luck and godspeed

      their, their, settle down. It will all soon be over.

      I'm sure others will make fun of the reading remark...

  40. jestersbro
    Pint

    Bye

    I pity the next poor sod that gets thrown into the fanboi/fandroid fight.

  41. jake Silver badge

    The WSJ still is still around?

    Who knew? More to the point, who cares?

    And here I thought I was an anachronistic old fart.

  42. Irongut

    Anna Leach is real?

    I always assumed that byline was a pseudonym for when Reg journos want to troll the Apple fanboys.

    Apologies for doubting your existence and good luck in your new gig!

  43. proto-robbie
    Pirate

    Good Luck, sorry you're leaving...

    Well done on the RBS story - you were miles ahead of the chasing pack on that one.

  44. Gert Leboski
    Pint

    Ta'ra chick.

    Good luck at the WSJ and thanks for all the hard work.

    Your legendary status will go on for ever, thanks to "Acer pulls out Wang, thrusts its wealth at Ho"

    I still remember the keyboard I had, prior to reading that on the day it was published. It was a good keyboard, but a small sacrifice.

    LEGENDARY!

  45. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Title optional

    o7

  46. Anal Leakage

    Time for a new handle?

  47. Esskay
    Pint

    But -

    Who will the fanbois blame for a negative Apple story now?

    In any case, good luck with the future, may the spirit (parasite?) of El Reg live on inside you.

  48. John Gamble
    Thumb Up

    Congrats on the new job

    WSJ does some stellar work in the news. Pity the editorial page is run by the insane.

    Oh... of course. It'll be like you never changed jobs.

    Good luck.

  49. JeffyPooh
    Pint

    ARAF

    That's the only Welsh word I know. And then I go ahead and ignore it. Useless!

    1. Vic

      Re: ARAF

      > That's the only Welsh word I know

      Here's a couple more for you :-

      Tacsi

      Lifft

      HTH

      Vic.

  50. Winkypop Silver badge
    Pint

    Goodonyamate

    Seeyalater!

  51. Mikel

    Farewell

    Thanks for the good reads!

  52. Parax
    Pint

    Oh Noez.. who gonna uncover last nights RBS downage now...

    You'll be missed at the vulture nest, enjoy chewing up the WSJ.

    kthxbye

  53. Thomas 4

    Goodbye Ms Leach

    Your articles set a new standard in baiting Apple fans and for that you will be sorely missed. o7

  54. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    While I still don't know what an apple is

    (sarcasm there)

    I remembered the day of the Final Cut 10 horror lol Oh my ... thank god I do Vegas/AE

    I bet Morningwood (capital records) still has their apple laptops. Show them LOVE IN THE MORNING.

    That's about it, except I never understood why my two favorite XP themes have an APPLE as the start button.

    Thanks for being a friend if we crossed paths here, and good luck in your new future.

  55. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    One more sorry.... That cool apple computer jacket...

    Two days left... Such a cool jacket I am tempted to bid... naaaaa I'll share instead.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/APPLE-EMPLOYEE-LOGO-COMPUTER-DENIM-JEANS-JACKET-Sz-L-c1980s-VINTAGE-MACINTOSH-/390553367933?pt=US_Vintage_Computing_Manuals_Merchandise&hash=item5aeecb757d

    WINNING BID INCLUDES: TWO (2) HAWAIIANA TREATS:

    1) ONE (1) MACADAMIA NUT CHOCOLATE SAMPLER; &

    2) ONE (1) MINT & NEW STARBUCKS HAWAII NO-LOAD ($0) CARD

  56. Mark Reed
    Joke

    Last night's RBS fail seems to be explained then.

    It was a several million ATM salute to the one who covered their mess-up last time :)

  57. HipposRule
    Stop

    What worries me..

    ... is that people actually notice by-lines so know who she is. Downvotes ensue - I'm pre celebrity generation so don't really care about fame.

    1. Robert Helpmann??
      Childcatcher

      Re: What worries me..

      It's not the celebrity that matters, it's knowing where to look for a quality product. Good luck!

  58. PeterM42
    IT Angle

    Hope last night's RBS/Natwest system meltdown......

    ...was nothing to do with you.

    Good luck in your new job. You could start with a story about the RBS & Natwest system failureS.

  59. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

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