An article today over at Salon on the supposed Google backlash. Parts of it are interesting, although it does of course dredge up the same tired old theories and paranoid fantasies about Google’s machinations and nefarious plans for the fate of weblogs. Inevitably, the author discusses that idiocy a while back, with Orlowski and his rambling proclaimations about the relegation of weblogs to a separate tab in Google results. I’ve mentioned that already, so I won’t get into it again. In the end, Salon writer Farhad Manjoo decides that some of the people who obsess over Google are nuts, some are rightfully concerned, and some may in fact be onto a big conspiracy related to Google’s purchase of Blogger. (Wake me when it’s over.)

Also at Salon today, however, is a new short story by Cory Doctorow. Much less tiresome than the Google article - although that’s not saying much.

Not at Salon today is this collection of screenshots from the last days of the dot coms. Included is the parting message posted by my beloved Kozmo, and many, many more. Grab a six dollar latte and party like it’s mid-2000.