Daily Archives: December 17, 2006

Nerd Fight… round two

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 17, 2006

Duking it out in the comments at Amanda’s place, Drew tries the rope-a-dope, while Amanda calls him on his hostage taking behavior. Meanwhile, Mario has already rescued the princess and I’d say that this game of Donkey Kong is over! Link via Amyloo via Dave Winer…

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Nerd Fights and a defense of the ad hominem…

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 17, 2006

Last week two nerd fights surfaced that triggered my gossip reflex. First, the bizarre transatlantic meltdown experienced by Mike Arrington, publisher of TechCrunch and TechCrunchUK surfaced as friends began twittering about Sam’s lost job. It turned out that this was probably just a reflexive lashing out on Arrington’s part. After a week spent lunching with [...]

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