Indeed I will be in the New York Times.
This feat is due to the SpreadFirefox effort, which aims at bringing the attention of the masses to the everyday hacker’s favourite browser, Firefox. They are going to achieve this PR stint by placing a full-page ad in the New York Times.
For anyone who doesn’t know, Firefox is a program to surf webpages, much like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. However, unlike the latter product, Firefox has virtually nill in the way of overly gaping security holes. When security issues do crop up, the Mozillateam behind Firefox come up with an update virtually overnight, wheras updates for Internet Explorer can take up to 6 months to appear, if at all. Furthermore, Firefox also supports “tabbed-browsing” (a feature that once you get used to, you won’t go back), supports tons of cool little extensions (such as “mouse gestures”: the ability to give commands via a wand-like movement of the mouse), has plenty of slick skins, and best of all is completely free! The whole project is supported via donations.
Back on track: to promote this excellent utility, donating $10 (Student Rate) to the project will earn you a spot on that advertisement that will appear in the New York Times. If you wish to make a contribution, you still have 9 days to do so.