I learned the hard way that one should never mess with Wikipedia’s rules regarding seld-editing/additions, so it was with impatient self-flattery that I hoped someone would add me to the official Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash Wiki….which just happened. (Thanks, ENeville)
Two years of planning. One day. Two nights. In motion.
They said it was impossible.
The major press since over the last seven days:
Wired’s Cover story.
Wired on our Google Earth Validation Project.
The New York Times story.
The Jalopnik Editors’ witness accounts. The dissenter.
The Fox News TV Interview with Shepard Smith. Fox & Friends Sunday.
The G4 TV Interview.
When. How. Why. Read "The Driver."
Amazing. I’ve…er…made it into Wikipedia. LOL. I recall someone creating a Wiki page for me a few years ago, but Wikipedia’s ever watchful volunteers deemed me - as per their necessary but occasionally arbitrary policy - "not sufficiently noteworthy" at the time.
They were probably right, at least according to my mom.
Continue reading ‘Alex Roy Makes Wikipedia…but for how long?’
Fox News‘ Shepard Smith & Rick Leventhal interviewed me yesterday and today about the run, my book "The Driver" and Cory Welles’ upcoming "32 Hours, 7 Minutes". Read and/or watch last night’s story.
The New York Times has just posted David Shaftel’s article on our Transcontinental Record Run, also covered in great detail in Wired and Jalopnik here and here. Shaftel was kind enough to mention my book "The Driver" - which covers the run in great detail, for those un-offended by our quest…
After two years of secrecy, the true story of our secret project - as told in "The Driver" and to be seen in the upcoming "32 Hours, 7 Minutes" - is revealed.
Esquire ran a blurb that hinted at it last week, but it was Jalopnik moved first. Wired will run a huge story online tomorrow morning. Autoblog will follow, then the New York Times, 0-60, GT Spirit & Fast Lane Daily.
This is what "The Driver" is about. Read it. Tomorrow.
