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loren feldman

"TechNigga" comic's made-for-Valleywag video

Disgraced video comic Loren Feldman has been removed from Verizon's phone and broadband video-on-demand library. I wouldn't compare the guy to Lenny Bruce, but this much is true: Feldman, a member of both the Screen Actors Guild and the risqué Friars Club in New York, goes out of his way to be offensive and sometimes it works. OK, so sometimes it doesn't. His year-old "TechNigga" clip, which Verizon didn't even carry, got Feldman axed from the lineup. "TechNigga" consisted of a Jew portraying a stereotypical black thug — booze, dope, hookers, etc. What could go wrong? Far funnier and less awwwwwwkward is Feldman's puppet interview with Jason Calacanis's bulldogs from April. The puppet host is a spoof of marketing consultant Shel Israel. At this point, you either know all about Shel and his contempt for Feldman, or you don't care. Just watch the video. More »

robert scoble

Live nude bloggers at Fast Company

How intimate are Robert Scoble and Shel Israel? The pair wrote Naked Conversations together and now they'll both be videoblogging for Fast Company. Also, they appear to have been nude, hairy and within close proximity of each other in at least one instance. Here's hoping it was memorable. And that they'll videoblog clothed.

tim o'reilly

Web 2.0 (TM): The shit hits the fans

What's happened since Tim O'Reilly's lawyers attacked Tom Raftery like a rabid shark attacking a kitten? (In other words, sent him a cease-and-desist against holding any "Web 2.0" conferences because O'Reilly's trademarking that name?) THESE THINGS HAPPENED: More »

tim o'reilly

Anatomy of a shitstorm: O'Reilly trademarks Web 2.0

Tim O'Reilly - ValleywagTech publisher Tim O'Reilly's lawyers C&D'd an Irish non-profit two weeks before its "Web 2.0 half-day conference" for violating a pending trademark. Sure, Tim O'Reilly (pictured and also happy to see you) may have every right to register the mark "Web 2.0" for the use of conferences — he did popularize the phrase, and he has been running Web 2.0 Conferences for two years. But dudes, if there's anything to learn from Sensei Cory Doctorow, it's that reality doesn't apply to the blogosphere. Thus: More »

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Week's best comments: Nathan Tyler and a naked Stowe Boyd

Openwag hyperbolizes in Nathan Tyler, the hottest man in Google:
Nathan Tyler's hotness is like a force of perpetual motion, and this causes him to be difficult to photograph. One time Nathan Tyler's hotness made Richard Avedon's light meter explode. He's that hot.
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geeks gone wild

Geeks Gone Wild gallery

Right, with all these geeks taking their clothes off, it's time for a recap. Shield your eyes. More »

scobleizer

They turned Scoble and Israel into comics!

Someone's been playing with Comic Life. A Flickr user named "Privateye" 'shopped up the shirtless shot of Naked Conversations authors Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. (That's JD Lasica's photo, first covered back here.) More »

robert scoble

Tech pundits getting naked: a worrisome trend

scoble-israel-naked.jpgRobert Scoble and Shel Israel bared it all at the Naked Conversations book launch. But they're not the first tech pundits to strip down. Lockergnome's Chris Pirillo runs a lovely little side business called "Rent My Chest," writing messages on his torso for $20 a pop. More »

geeking out

Geeking out: TechCrunch Meetup 5 at the Arrington Ranch

Over 400 people at the Arrington Ranch, gateway to the Valley. Mike Arrington stuffed all of Web 2.0 into his ranch for the fifth TechCrunch meetup. The night's excuse to drink major event was the launch of Robert Scoble and Shel Israel's book, Naked Conversations. More »