Author John Scalzi provided a horrifying glimpse into the not-so-distant future. Science "fiction?" We think not.

Dan Frommer of Business Insider explained that clouds can't crash on you in iHeaven.

New York's Jessica Coen basically called it.

AOL was not about to be condescended to by Brian Stelter of the New York Times. Busted!

You know who else allowed his nation's critical communications system to fail during wartime? The Awl's Alex Balk does.

Webmonkey editor Michael Calore never made to attachment number 23.

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Business Insider's Dan Frommer asked the smartest follow-up question about TechCrunch and Twitter.

Web entrepreneur Jeff Atwood isn't saying people should spit in Mike Arrington's face for publishing internal Twitter documents, just that the TechCrunch publisher deserves to have people spit in his face. Is this what the high road looks like?

The New York Times' Patrick LaForge, meanwhile, wondered if Arrington might be confined to his home by the authorities. Actually, it was the authorities who forced him to leave his house.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, meanwhile, discovered Paul McCartney playing outside the Ed Sullivan Theater and spent at least an hour livetweeting the performance (almost like a real broadcast journalist!).

Berkeley food mecca Chez Panisse joined Twitter, in a way that maximized the glory of France. Naturally.

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The virtual mouth of MSNBC's David Shuster congratulated Rachel Sklar, but his short url told a different story, linking to a video of... David Shuster.

The Washington Times' Christina Bellatoni took a moment out of the day to shoot and upload a candid picture of fellow conservative-media White House reporter Major Garrett, of Fox News. Jake Tapper was, naturally, thrilled.

Micki Maynard gave fellow New York Times reporter Brian Stelter some advice on dodging tornadoes.

Dan Frommer of Silicon Alley Insider finds Robert Scoble a bit hyperbolic.

Blogger/entrepreneur Loic Le Meur wished Eric Hippeau success on his freaky takeover of the Huffington Post.

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Then Calacanis turned away from Frommer and spotted me. A look of recognition came over his face. "I just made all that up," he told me. Was he covering a slip? Or toying with Frommer — and extending the gag to me? Or seeing if he could spread a rumor sure to drive Arrington, his TechCrunch40 conference partner, completely bonkers? Calacanis is known to invent stories just for the fun of it. I asked SAI managing editor Peter Kafka. "On the record," he told me, "we're going to take the $12 million and buy a third of TechCrunch. But don't tell anyone!"

Notorious nobody and Star magazine editor-at-large Julia Allison has swanned her way in, as has Erik Sofge of ... Popular Mechanics? So much for the event's glam factor. Silicon Alley Insider's Dan Frommer is being held at the door in, after receiving a self-righteous lecture at the hands of a very nice if overly empowered Google staffer. Also in: Sam Gustin of Portfolio.com, and vlog-hot Caroline McCarthy of News.com, who'd rate as one of the Valley foxes if she weren't based out of Gotham. Apparently, though, the business reporters who get past the gate are being told not to take pictures. Got more reports on who's in and who's out? Let us know.

Update: Google executive Marissa Mayer, another overly empowered sort, has shown up wearing what sounds like a hideous outfit: "black pants black shirt with purple and bue polka dots and black shoes that show off red toenails," according to one eyewitness. Anyone daring enough to violate Google PR's photo ban and send in a pic?

Update: Douglas Merrill, Google's VP of engineering, is wearing a "hideous red paisley shirt," our unofficial fashion correspondent reports.

Frommer asserts that Apple will need to sell 78% more iPhones to recoup lost profits from the iPhone price cut, but his assumptions are so broad and flawed, his analysis is pointless. Not only does he continue to assume consistent sales — even after finally admitting that several factors will boost sales, he uses iSuppli's assumed bill of materials cost and Gene Munster's unsubstantiated AT&T subscription fees. He ignores R&D, marketing, and other expenses when these expenses should decline over time. And worst of all, he assumes the cost of producing the iPhone will remain static! In Frommer's world, components do not get cheaper. Increased volumes do not result in cheaper prices. It doesn't matter that Apple is the largest consumer of NAND Flash (and likely the touchscreens used in the iPhone and iPod touch), that they get the best pricing, that they just further increased their consumption of iPod and iPhone components by expanding the iPod line.

While any analysis will have its assumptions and early iPhone predictions were over-ambitious guesses, what is the value of such conservative and flawed attempts at analyzing the iPhone numbers? Particularly when Frommer's own conclusion regarding profits contradicts his conclusions about unit sales. Maybe Apple will ultimately be disappointed with its iPhone strategy and results, but it will not be as big a disappointment as Dan Frommer's analysis.

Watch out, though, Google PR. You think by inviting people from "consumer-focused" women's magazines, you're going to avoid hard tech questions and be able to give them the cutesy party line about the greatness of Google? It's not going to work that way. You're just opening yourself up to questions about Eric Schmidt's gal pal Marcy Simon. These magazines don't know much about tech, but they sure do love a good scandal.