Greg Linden is predicting another dot-com crash in 2008. I have to agree that there’s a high possibility that he is right. I see a lot of web 2.0 companies getting funded, and I still don’t understand how they ever expect to make money. With the way the rest of the economy is stalling, it would be amazing if it didn’t hit the web.

Zed Shaw, the creator of Mongrel, has written an expletive-filled rant about the Ruby community. It was picked up by TechCrunch and Techmeme, and the comments have been flying. It’s a pretty amusing read. But, if I want some Ruby hate, I will stick with Terry.

I’ve been working on a new site called Defense Procurement News with my brother Dag. Please check it out.

Check out the comments on this (non) story entitled ZDNet Forcing IPhone Users to Dumbed Down Mobile Website on Mac Daily News. The conspiracy theories, interlaced with abuse, are just insane. As usual, there’s also massive confusion between Ziff-Davis and ZDNet, but I’m used to that. Sometimes, I just despair.

Currently, I am the 23rd result on Google for the query “collapse of an empire lessons for modern russia.” I know this, because it drove a referral to this blog. Shows the power of Google.

I love twitter (see my twitter), but I’d love it more if it was easier to pull out the old posts. While thinking about this, I’ve registered tweetvault.com until I come up with a business plan.