I am finishing a whirlwind trip to Tokyo, Japan and Sydney, Australia.

I do this trip twice per year. Presently Sydney is 14 hours ahead of New York time (during our fall this spread jumps to 16 hours). I sleep only a few hours per day on these trips and to pass the nights I get to spend more time looking at Web sites and blogs. I also try to catch up on comments about my blog.

One in particular caught my attention. The blogger, Michael Arrington, comments on my recent debate with Jason Calacanis on wsj.com. He is entitled to his opinion as are the commenters of the blog in question. Lots of negativity and self-promotion here. I am curious about Arrington's defense of Om Malik (I am accused of being shrill with Malik) and the contention that TechCrunch (Arrington's other blog)have page views that are the equal to certain tech Web sites (this must be taking aim at our JupiterWeb properties). Therefore I ask Michael to tell us what the monthly page views are for TechCrunch? Our numbers at JupiterWeb are public so let's do a comparison.

I still contend that most blogs will not be financially successful, but time will be the final arbiter.

I did love the remark that one commenter made about my post on my experiences with Chris Locke in 1993-1994. It is interesting that there are a few people around that remember those days and that this tiny event continues to spark debate.