Valleywag: “Steve Jobs has started writing a book,” a plugged-in tipster tells me. It’s the barest of rumors, but the book industry is already eagerly anticipating the Apple CEO’s autobiography. I call bullshit. Why not pass the time writing a memoir? Because he is an intens...

Earlier this week, yours truly enjoyed a free online Hulu.com movie titled: Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project . In the movie, even a one-legged dog missing an ear and going by the name of "Lucky" would be considered fair game for being the butt of a joke by famous insult comic - Don Rickles . That...

Reading up on the ins and outs of LiveJournal’s employee purge got me pondering a larger topic–the idea of the continuing evolution of interactions on the Web. As some of the Valleywag commenters note, what makes LJ unique is that it’s not strictly a blogging platform or a social n...

Remember the article corporate blogger Paul Boutin was paid to write in October? In that article, Boutin not so much argued as asserted that all the bloggers not being paid by corporations had better just pack up shop, because nobody can compete with the corporate blogs anymore. Writing is super har...

Now that the calendar is walking out of your life, here is a quick and dirty guide to how you can stay up to date on tech: Gary's Guide: This is by far my favorite. It's not only easy to navigate, it's industry specific. As long as the site isn't down, you'll save time and effort with Gary. Upcoming...

It's not such a bad thing that Valleywag Calendar will be gone after this week. The scarcity of upcoming events in the Valley means you'll have time to devote to the real things that matter this holiday season-shopping, eating, drinking, oh and family. But before you get festive, there are a few die...

Als je goede naam hard wordt aangepakt door een dubieuze blogger, kan je natuurlijk dreigen met rechtzaken en schadevergoedingen van €10.000 en meer.  Een andere, volgens mij effectievere manier, is reageren met stijl en humor, zoals Mena Trott hier deed.  Het resultaat is dat de tegenpa...

You may have heard that Dan “Fake Steve Jobs” Lyon was forced to yank a couple of posts — and that he’s threatened (or may have actually) left his blogging post over the fact.  Although Valleywag does a nice timeline and decries the loss of another “real” voice i...

So a couple of days ago I broke up with my girlfriend. Because she’s way more smarter/famous/richer than me, the few who knew about our relationship all wondered how I fucked up. Being a modern man is sooo hard. When we would go out in public strangers would come up to me and whisper asking if...

If you missed last night's pre-party ball for BlogHer 2008, you may want to linger in and around the Westin Hotel this weekend. BlogHer's Welcome Cocktail Reception is tonight at Ruby Skye and the closing reception is tomorrow at Macy's. Badges are required, but the parties officially end at 9 and 9...