This is a very funny video about the rise and fall of fortunes of the typical silicon valley .com set to the tune of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” Well worth watching and totally work safe.

All I can say is “wow!” This short YouTube video is both an engaging and succinct history of the way the Internet is transforming human communication and a powerful argument that this transformation will ultimately radically alter humanity itself. Amazing.

So this weekend a couple of my girlfriends came down from Northern Virginia and stayed with Liisa and I over the weekend. As expected we had a great time hanging out, chatting, watching disturbing movies (ZOMG! Porn Theatre and Lilies!), drinking weird drinks (ZOMG! Test Tube Babies and Abortions!), and generally making up for our otherwise not-so-great adolescence with great success. This despite my being sick the whole weekend and generally not being the best hostess! :-)

On Saturday we were joined for dinner by several of my childhood friends including Tom, Denise, Cadence, and Bryan which definitely represented a collision of two worlds. I’m happy to report that everyone seemed to have a great time and that Bryan in particular stayed late, had a few drinks with us, and generally joined in the fun. On Sunday night he stopped by to pick up something he left at the house and ended up staying again until about 1AM and a good while after I went to bed. I was thrilled. In recognition of him being cool he’s now an honorary girlfriend too. :-P I even talked him into taking a picture with me as the night wore on. I’m sure my posting it here will embarass him to no end but I figure by doing so it’ll be impossible for him to deny it ever happened later. Just kidding Byran…you rock! :-)