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John maintains that he has …
… never met a meta that he couldn’t meet half way. So let’s try this on for size. 
Turns out a few more people are reading these offerings? rants? debates? diatribes? monologues? things? … whatever they are …
… lets go with things - consistent and on brand!
… things, the various readers have provided various feedback. None of which says close it down - you’re losing it. So for now the chaps (speaking for both of us - as I am won’t to do) will indeed keep going. But let me share some of the ideas and observations. Leaving aside the commentary on design, color, layout …. vintage readers will be aware that those things are living and breathing things. No rather, this chap was taken with the following ideas …. 
The Chaps
Turns out there are those out there that want to know more about the chaps than the chaps have thus far let on. Noted - and we will do something about that - in a typically chaps kind of way.
The Discussion
Early on the more established readers noted that both of us chaps have this habit of interjecting whilst the other is in full flow - so to speak
Seriously? Pun aside, I see it more as fact checking and/or giving direction.
Whatever
Anyway, the point was made that it was sometimes (always?) visually hard to understand which chap was riffing about what when …. so we introduced the red and blue theming …
Like this
and this - note that when the other chap is riffing he is red and when this chap is riffing he gets blue. Even runs through to the headlines. Helps you sort out one chap from the other chap
Anyway, this is an example of how we have taken feedback on board, and rectified the situation - but it is now so clear that we chaps find ourselves commenting more and more …. with the effect that we now seem to be doing a lot of ….
Post Publication Changes
… and it turns out that the chaps are doing a little more of that than we thought. So when we have something extra to say - or a jab needs to be delivered … 
… we deliver. But of course our amazing wit, repartee and speed of response is totally missed unless someone post-publication goes back and checks … but you don’t - do you? Now this chap has an idea about how that might be fixed … which curiously involves publishing our missives faster and faster …. note … decidedly not more. One thing we do know is that the process (where we cross-posted back to an earlier post to reveal how clever we are, is not a solution. So read on.
Getting My Things
Our more established readers are getting alerts to our ramblings almost as they occur … but if you have signed up more recently through a form that looks like something at the bottom of this post - well - so far - you see nothing …. despite all the chaps promises. So - here’s the fix … When we make the switch from the old delivery system to the new - not only will everyone be included, but the speed of things into your inbox will be slowed down to one a week - but that will be manually honed and crafted to ensure that you receive only the highlights - which might include an extended dialogue and probbaly links and connections back to older posts that we have been zinging each other about throughout the past 168 hours. (Or so.) Of course - if the web and RSS actually worked as God Tim Berners-Lee and people like Marco Arment and Dave Winer intended, we wouldn’t have to do this - but the guys who deliver all this stuff took short cuts - but that’s another thing.
Entirely.
Other Ideas
Would you delight in seeing a Daily Dish / Daily Dirt / Daily Dialogue ? We are going to be discussing this during this week - just wanted to give you a heads up that it has been requested and we are working out the logistics Links - avec commentaire
Don’t you love how English chaps who can’t speak a lick of french - as any good Parisien waiter will remind you - even if not asked - still liberally sprinkle the old ‘Francais’ into sentences whenever they feel there is suitable opportunity
Personally I couldn’t give a single jot if the opportunity is suitable or not.
But my point is - us chaps discover lots of interesting links to fun, facts and frivolity that we could share with you. Good idea? That’s it for now - keep the ideas flowing. Next stop - your newsletter. Maybe two weeks out - but nearly there.