Not only the mighty are fallen.

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Often, when yet another tool that I've learned to use and love becomes history, the burst bubble of the internet economy actually takes a tangible toll on me, and on the way I use the internet. But even so, most of the time I can't say that I'm particularly affected, nor even terribly saddened, when some of the most publicized dot-coms fold. Most of these are, after all, only in it for the money and if that money dries up ... well, I doubt that they're going to starve. But the crunch has hit some of the best as well. Feed magazine and Suck have, for instance, after lenghty periods of continuous publishing, found themselves in very real economic trouble, and have gone into deep freeze. It's not that they no longer have anything to say, but instead that even though their major concern has been content rather than cash, certain economic realities must be met. And one of the most basic of those realities is that even having a wonderful job like writing content for an imaginative web site isn't enough if you don't get paid enough to feed your family.

And shortly before posting ... yet another columnist closes up shop.

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