---
title: "The Regulator gets its first \"real\" review"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/21/the-regulator-gets-its-first-quotrealquot-review.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/21/the-regulator-gets-its-first-quotrealquot-review.html"
published: "2003-11-21T00:39:00"
updated: "2003-11-21T00:39:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "The Regulator just got a great review over at ADTMag.com by Mike Gunderloy . How cool is this? I'm totally flattered."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# The Regulator gets its first "real" review

By Roy Osherove November 21, 2003 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 21, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[The Regulator](http://royo.is-a-geek.com/iserializable/regulator/) just got [a great review](http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=8554) over at [ADTMag.com](http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=8445) by [Mike Gunderloy](http://www.larkware.com/). How cool is this? I'm totally flattered.

## More in Off Topic

[All posts in Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

- Nov 24, 2003

    ### [I'm going on a two month gig to Norway](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/24/im-going-on-a-two-month-gig-to-norway.html)

- Nov 21, 2003

    ### [The Letter I should have written back](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/21/the-letter-i-should-have-written-back.html)

- Nov 17, 2003

    ### [Thanks for your help](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/17/thanks-for-your-help.html)

- Nov 15, 2003

    ### [Help me rename The Regulator](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/15/help-me-rename-the-regulator.html)


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## About the author

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