it wasn't $10/year from 04 on, it was actually more initally then lower and now that. also where would you put the blog post? Facebook? Tumblr? Myspace? Medium? Geocities? Blogspot? Which of those would have kept this blog around that long? and reachable?
I think I read this a while back, maybe even on hacker news lol, it's a classic. Just like the 500 mile email story on the front page, though that one is _far_ more popular, hahahaha. :'))))