Over 400 people at the Arrington Ranch, gateway to the Valley. Mike Arrington stuffed all of Web 2.0 into his ranch for the fifth TechCrunch meetup. The night's excuse to drink major event was the launch of Robert Scoble and Shel Israel's book, Naked Conversations.

Guy Kawasaki sparked a debate by writing "How to Suck Up to a Blogger." Is it ethical to pile schwag and compliments on bloggers? Who the hell cares, it's fun. But it'll take a more careful approach to really win over certain A-list bloggers:

Can someone translate this photo's Chinese caption and tell whether this Google tattoo is permanent? Cause if I were in China, I'd consider that a BAD long-term decision. [Flickr]

Tech Memeorandum is a fine place to catch buzz — if you just want to hang out with the other top bloggers. But TechCrunch's Michael Arrington can get you in early.

Michael Arrington says on TechCrunch:

Whoa. Michael Arrington finds himself telling a critic, in public, that he's not a racist. Ed Dunn, creator of the search tool Fooky, has implied such.