Google prides itself on running its business by the numbers. But its FeedBurner unit, which tracks subscribers to RSS feeds, has laughably inaccurate numbers, writes venture capitalist and blogger Brad Feld. One out of six of his 117,000 RSS subscribers come from automated signups, he believes; those users rarely if ever read his blog. [Feld Thoughts]

Why is entrepreneur Loic Le Meur grinning from ear to ear? VC Fred Wilson declares that he's getting addicted to the "video Twittering" provided by Seesmic, Le Meur's new startup. But it's not clear that Wilson's going to put his money where his mouth is.

2004: Venture capitalist Brad Feld writes about one blog post per day at "Feld Thoughts."
2005: Feld writes about a post and a half per day.
January to 6 September 2006: Feld writes two to three posts per day.
7 September 2006: In a story about former billion-dollar firm Mobius Venture Capital, the Wall Street Journal reports that Feld may quit his managing director position to start a new fund with other former Mobius senior members. Feld declines to comment.
7 September to 11 September: Feld posts nothing on his blog.