March 18th, 2003



The Top 9 Signs the
Dot-Coms are Making a Comeback


9> Prime San Francisco loft space going from yearly lease to rent-by-the-hour.

8> Bush is in the White House? War with Iraq? Must be early-90s revival time.

7> The CNBC anchors are no longer on suicide watch.

6> Dot-coms squeeze into white jumpsuit and broadcast live music special from Hawaii.

5> Casual Fridays replaced by Naked Fridays.

4> Amazon.com is finally losing money hand-over-fist again.

3> Tired of being ripped off by huge, faceless companies, investors want to go back to being personally screwed.

2> If you define “dot-coms” as “porn sites” and “comeback” as “sucking my credit cards dry,” then I’m not sure there ever was a problem.

and the Number 1 Sign the Dot-Coms are Making a Comeback…

1> Lapsed domains like buyasparagusonline.com are being renewed.




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Selected from 59 submissions from 22 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 1
Matt Hurlburt, Stow, OH — 2, 8
Nick Ellinger, Washington, DC — 3, 7
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — 4
Shane Looker, Mukilteo, WA — 5
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 6
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 9
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator