From Gawker, here is proof positive that the blogosphere is put together with legos, duct tape, and spare parts from old models of the Millennium Falcon. Also, that it is done by demi-arsed nerdlets who haven’t been out of their parents’ basement since Star Trek: Voyager was cancelled, and dropped out of school immediately after Mister Strikawski made fun of them that time in gym class. So much for placing your faith in technology; it’s the humanity, stupid!

Oh, you’ll learn the word soon enough, guys. It’s short for Web log, and we hear there’s a whole set of associated lingo that’s becoming all the range. William Safire told us so.