Attention everyone who wants to know when the Time Out tech section will be doing a cyber-dating article: Nope, I think this piece about settles the topic. Now go away.

Jason at Perfect Sound Forever forwards this terrific article by Janis Ian — yes, that Janis Ian — analyzing the RIAA’s claims against downloading. Wish she’d weighed in on net radio; she’s certainly a clear-sighted critic.

It lasted longer than a lot of marriages, but Yahoo Internet Life is gone now. Which sucks. We had a great deal more to say. (Update: And Keith Kelly is still a Drudge-wannabe piece of s***; the magazine “only” made money within five years of launch, which is kind of terrific.) Thanks to all who have written in to commiserate and condole; I promise to write soon.

Salon may be in terrible trouble, but they’re having a good Monday — terrific pieces on a big dot-com scam and living alone (those are separate), along with the “Ask The Pilot” Q&A, the only good column of that type they’ve had since Garrison Keillor left.