Rick commented on A is for Adelson, who cofounded Digg, at 6:21 PM on May 7 @random_play: wow, nice reference more »

Rick commented on Could Owen Van Natta toast a reunion with another ex-Facebooker?, at 3:43 PM on May 7 who is mr glasses? more »

Rick commented on Microsoft bankers approach Facebook for acquisition, at 12:51 PM on May 7 He'd have to be stupid to turn it down, and they'd have to be stupid to offer it. The price they were offering for yahoo makes the second point moot. more »

Rick commented on Tech's top 10 workspaces, at 6:55 AM on May 7 I love how digg and everyone surrounding it are still acting like high schoolers, regarding beer. Drinking is something you can do in church, how edgy can it be? more »

Rick commented on The Omnidrive story you won't read on TechCrunch, at 6:51 AM on May 7 @Figaro: You're damned right re: seesmic. I love the "creative" entrepreneur who takes another concept and says, "OMFG what if we did this with video??!!" What they don't realize is that there are two types of people on the internet: people who know how ugly they are and people who are oblivious. more »

Rick commented on Deep Inside Zivity: What Kind Of Porn Site Does $7 Million Buy?, at 11:34 AM on May 6 @matto: hah, seconded. I'm thinking that if not for the founder of the company being the almost-cute wife of scott banister, this failboat wouldn't be sailing at all more » [fleshbot]

Rick commented on Since when do Japanese pornographers pay tech podcasters six figures?, at 11:30 AM on May 6 stickam is the only thing going on in the user streaming space though more »

Rick commented on The Omnidrive story you won't read on TechCrunch, at 11:24 AM on May 6 @sggrf: You're right; he's the kiss of death. If you're a startup, staying away from techcrunch seems like a good move. more »

Rick commented on Duncan Riley quits TechCrunch, at 9:06 AM on May 6 Sounds like he had a one year contract and couldn't get out a moment too soon more »

Rick commented on 10 things Twitter users should not do, at 7:22 AM on May 6 @macbeach: That's awfully generous, maybe half of a large city, but on my half of the country 2 people have tried twitter more »

Rick commented on Marissa Mayer hits the town with hunky boytoy and Orkut, at 6:22 AM on May 6 Mr slicksuit looks like he knows a guy that could get roofies more »

Rick commented on Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg dithers on Elliot Schrage hire, at 6:19 AM on May 6 @matto: Maybe the one from Dexter's lab, not the serial killer of killers hunk on SHO more »

Rick commented on Angry board members, shareholders forced Yang to backpedal, at 6:14 AM on May 6 This "ego trip shit" is what I've been talking about from the day the offer went out. It'd be hard to put a lowball figure on the value of yahoo, given even the most optimistic projections of their relevance in 5 to 10 years, but the people running their company were more concerned with pride than the shareholders; so be it. more »

Rick commented on Erik Möller, No. 2 at Wikipedia, a defender of pedophilia, at 6:12 AM on May 6 Wow that picture sort of seals the case against him *shudder* more »

Rick commented on How could we all be picked last?, at 6:10 AM on May 6 When adults act like 8 year olds are there really any winners? more »

Rick commented on Why Silicon Valley just won't shut up about FriendFeed, at 3:15 PM on May 5 What is the connection, exactly, between seesmic and friendfeed? more »

Rick commented on Facebook posts more driver's licenses from advertisers, at 3:13 PM on May 5 @aaron8301: did you really just bleep out the word "idiot"? more »

Rick commented on Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks, at 10:34 AM on May 4 Yeah, we'll be seeing yahoo at 5 before it's all over with. more »