The Wall Street Journal tries hard to find a contrarian view for Wired editor Chris Anderson's book, The Long Tail. Chris Anderson, amused, topples it like a sadist at a domino exhibition. [WSJ and The Long Tail]
At the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit, YouTube founder Chad Hurley says he wants the company to stay independent. Since YouTube's still in the red and will depend on a sale to repay its investors, just add this to the pile of bullshit said at conferences. [ZDNet]
Another conspiracy theorist has connected Microsoft's Bill Gates to Satan. Yawn. [Rense.com, Illustration]
A top Digg user explains why he turned down Netscape manager Jason Calacanis's offer to defect — even for money. [tysonhy.com]
Why did a Digg user get kicked from the site after posting a joke about social sites Digg and Reddit? [jgc.org]
Steve Case said he was "sorry" for merging his AOL with Time Warner. But it was his best deal ever. [Broadcasting and Cable]