Incidentally, in this same column, Carr linked to an earlier piece - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/28/not-safe-for-work-techcrunch-arrington htt

Incidentally, in this same column, Carr linked to an earlier piece - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/28/not-safe-for-work-techcrunch-arrington http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/28/not-safe-fo... - where he basically apologized for trashing Le Web, and bemoaned the culture of schadenfreude and cynicism that causes his negative columns to be more popular than his positive ones.