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I'm on Cranky Geeks again tomorrow.

Usually I cringe a little seeing myself on these things, but I think this time around we all acquitted ourselves rather well. There's some talk about the best and worst tech stuff of 2006, and some fun skepticism about the Web 2.0 bubble. Plus John Dvorak, and who doesn't love John Dvorak?

John Dvorak examines incidental online communities, as opposed to explicit social communities like Friendster. There's some nice praise for MetaFilter in there, too. Having had the chance to spend some time with John recently, I'm more amused by his shenanigans, especially in light of useful articles like this one. He's still a world-class troll, but he seems to fully understand that intellectual dishonesty is a powerful tool, and should only be used in service of important and valuable causes.

Whoops, I should have mentioned this in time for you to see it live, but I was on Cranky Geeks with John Dvorak today. It's a fun little web video show (vlog? vlogcast? vlogcastumentary?) where me and John and Sebastian Rupley (PC Mag editor) and Mike Liebhold (from the Institute from the Future) were talking about a bunch of random geek topics.

Seems like the live streaming was a bit choppy, so maybe it's better to wait for the download anyway. Downloads of the video will be available tomorrow, and you can subscribe to the videocast in iTunes today. I promise it's the best dorky video show you'll watch that mentions Dvorak, dildos, and deep-fried dogs.