I was "published" in a perl book; a screenshot of the #perl efnet IRC channel was used in the "other resources" section, and something I'd said was part of that. The money that rolled in after that, ....hoooo, boy!
I remember at one point there was a "White Pages" published which listed every email address on the internet. Such fame. So wow.
My other brush with fame was having my site posted on slashdot and later on digg. http://www.deadharddrive.com/ It was definitely exciting and an eye-opener to some of the experiences these people must go through - the positive and the negative.
