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In a “web exclusive,” Newsweek scribe Keith Naughton pens a post-mortum on ChryCo that could have been lifted whole from these very e-pages, right down to the headline: “Chrysler R.I.P.” Former ChryCo CEO Lee Iaccoca’s refusal to talk about his ex-employer’s looming...... more

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Guest: ReadWriteWeb lead blogger Marshall Kirkpatrick ReadWriteWeb, CNN's holograms, Twittering plants, Juice, Coffee Convo, and more. Audible pick of the week: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference , Unabridged, By Malcolm Gladwell, Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell. To sign up for a free book, visit Audible.com/night . Bandwidth for net@night is provided by AOL Radio . Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte Running time:  53:03 ... more

There are an uncounted number of web mail and picture sharing services, there are more than enough web sites for online bookmark management and friend-finding, but as far as I know there is only one Internet Archive. Which are the true web singletons, services that exist only once in this form?" And does anything approach the singular time-wasting abilities of IMDB or Wikipedia?Read more of this story at Slashdot.... more

AC2 Fan Sites on Kill Ten Rats I checked on a lark, and yes, AC2 Vault is still live, in case you need a guide through the Naderu Vault. Any other fan sites still going? I suppose we will always have the Internet Archive anyway, but it helps to have the URL you want to check. : Zubon via Kill Ten Rats ... more

Metaweb Technologies, in stealth mode, was spun out of Applied Minds, Inc. in July, 2005 to build a better infrastructure for the Web. Metaweb was founded by Danny Hillis and funded by Benchmark Capital, Millennium Technology Ventures, Omidyar Network and other prominent investors. It is led by battle-hardened alumni of Netscape, The Internet Archive, Alexa, Tellme, Intel and Broderbund. We’re hiring.... more

I’m in one of the yellow areas in the dopper radar map above. My wife and kid are in a rental car in a dark red area, driving into BWI for a flight home that I suspect may be delayed. Meanwhile power is out at my daughter’s family’s house. I’m sitting in a chair on the front porch, enjoying the thunderstorm, connected to the Net by EvDO on the cell system. It’s an old neighborhood, so the yard and road are shaded by large old oak, maple and elm trees. The ra... more

Friends have been turning me on to Zaca Fire perimeter pictures. Here’s one: GeoMac is another. This too . That’s in additon to news such as this and this and this . Ray Ford at the Independent added this , with lots of maps and detailed coverage. ... more

In the last two weeks we’ve had three unpleasant car rental experiences, each of which is an angle on what’s been screwed up for way to long with that whole category. Read more about it at the ProjectVRM blog . ... more

rec.humor.funny is 20 years old today. Brad Templeton calls it the world’s oldest blog. My own vote goes to Poor Richard’s Almanack , which did for print what blogs did for pixels. Come to think of it, PRA could be funny too. ... more