Violet Blue publishes her annual list of the top ten sexiest geeks, led by Jennifer Granick, exec director at a Stanford's internet law center. Tech Digest gets even more specific: ten web 2.0 crushes. Digg commenters come up with their own alternative list Amber MacArthur, Leah Culver, Lala from Tiki Bar TV, Olivia Munn. Valleywag's compilation, above. It's a depressing sign of maturity that blogs, to fill an empty news hole, resort to the same seasonal fillers as their print antecedents. The same, except even shallower.

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