Virtually speaking, of course.

• Newsflash: Web 2.0 isn’t the Answer to All Our Problems. Don’t get me wrong, I love a lot of these new sites coming out, but nifty features on a still-young, constantly changing platform are going to be prone to some hiccups. For example, I tried to log into Writely last night from Safari and couldn’t get past the intro screen. Maybe Writely doesn’t work with Safari, maybe it was just a glitch but if using a specific computer caused Word to stop working, there would be rioting in the streets. Suited rioting. Also it is kind of unnerving to add network connectivity problems to the list of reasons why I might not be able to get some of my important software to work. Network uptime isn’t exactly rock-solid in any environment I’ve ever been in.
• I’ve considered checking out one of those Treo deals. Don’t get me wrong, I like the RAZR mucho grande but my job gets me discounts and deals on Cingular stuff and it also requires me to be more plugged-in more often than I’ve been used to in the past. Having my email at least rudimentary Internet access handy would be quite a boon. Oh, and besides, Nikki covets my RAZR. I don’t blame her. The thing is dead sexy. Anyway, I may be looking at the 650 after reading this second take on the 700w.
• Seriously, this is not a positive development. First of all most conversations I find myself in bore the life out of me. I don’t need someone electronically outing me. Secondly, if I had one of these it would be buzzing all the time because I suspect my conversations are dull principally because I am involved in them and, well, I’m pretty bromidic.
• If this article were condensed into a 30 second narration and read aloud by a guy with a deep baritone and a overwrought sense of urgency, I swear it would sound exactly like a movie trailer. “Deep beneath the surface of this small town, an unquenchable fire burns…”
• Want to see digg and slashdot posters’ heads explode? Watch them squirm under the conflicting death rays of a software patent dispute that results in Microsoft’s IE7 needing to handle ActiveX controls in a new way that will result in massive headaches for web developers. Root for the patent lawyers? Feel sorry for Microsoft? Worry about their own sites’ traffic? It’s good fun.
• Sounds like OpenSSH developers are whining that they have no money. I’m kind of torn about this. On one hand I like OpenSSH a lot and I use it pretty much every single day. So yeah, I can see dropping $10-20 for it. That’s no problem. What I don’t like is when people release stuff for free and then cry about not getting paid for it. I mean, huh? Hello!