Topic: Diaries

The ownership of the domain Diaries.com is discussed as a potential high-value asset. The conversation briefly touches on the history of early social blogging platforms like LiveJournal and Tumblr, and the hosts joke about selling the domain for Bitcoin as an "exit strategy."

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 1672 from Texas and Northern Silicon Valley. Dvorak discusses his habit of keeping a diary and reveals he owns the domain Diaries.com, which he values at one Bitcoin or one million dollars. The hosts joke about a "troll fact-checker" gag regarding mic muting during the broadcast.

California is experiencing extreme weather including landslides in Rolling Hills and collapsing homes due to record rains. Historical records from an 1860 professor's diary confirm that California has long been prone to mudslides, fires, and earthquakes, challenging modern narratives about climate change. The state geologists report that recent record rains have unleashed thousands of landslides across the region.

The hosts examine a poorly executed AI-generated email request for SEO link-building related to an old episode titled "Laptop Bomb." This leads to a discussion on the historical value of domain names like art.com and broadcast.com, and Adam Curry's refusal to sell curry.com.

The CW network is launching "The Carrie Diaries," a prequel to the HBO series "Sex and the City" set in 1984. The show features Anna Sophia Robb as a young Carrie Bradshaw navigating high school in Connecticut. The discussion includes a critique of the original franchise and the unrealistic portrayal of male-female dialogue in modern television dramas like "Girls."

A frustrating experience with Time Warner Cable's billing system prevented the rental of the film "The Rum Diary," leading to a recommendation to cancel traditional cable services. Alternatives like Roku, Netflix, and independent internet-based media are presented as more efficient and cost-effective entertainment options.

Jill Abramson, the executive editor of the New York Times, appeared on C-SPAN to discuss her book, The Puppy Diaries. The hosts question the ethics of the New York Times providing a full-page favorable review for its own editor's book.

Diaries recovered from Osama bin Laden's compound reportedly suggest that he did not consider Vice President Joe Biden a high-priority target because the position lacks significant weight. The Obama administration briefed that the President and military chiefs were the primary targets. Additional reports claim a "veritable treasure trove" of information, including pornography, was found in the compound, though skeptics question the authenticity of these claims.