Finance writer Lyneka Little divulged her history with MC Hammer, so no one could ever use it against her.

Amanda Carpenter revealed she doesn't watch nearly enough L Word (granted, since she works for the Washington Times, this was kind of implied).

The Awl's Choire Sicha provided a glimpse into the process of editing Alex Balk, or at least that's our guess.

Alan Meckler of Web Media Brands concurred with our sources on the future of the Huffington Post.

Marie Claire's Lea Goldman was tied in knots over tubes.

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Politico's Patrick Gavin didn't really regret the error.

BusinessWeek media columnist Jon Fine felt someone else's pain.

Web micromogul Alan Meckler took his chances with the swine flu.

Chicago Tribune writer Kevin Pang warned of the threat of pork consumption.

Freelance writer Janet Rae-Dupree fell victim to another stupid Twitter twend.

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Erstwhile checkout-line tastemaker Bonnie Fuller found someone who made her seem less loathsome by comparison.

Time writer Karen Tumulty ended up on the wrong side of Texas.

WebMediaBrands mogul Alan Meckler touted his company's stock.

CNET social-media beat reporter Caroline McCarthy subverted the dominant media paradigm.

Bay Area exile Alex Blagg advised Gawker alumna Doree Shafrir, in San Francisco for a book reading, on his former haunts.

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MSNBC commentator Dan Abrams inveighed against the horrors of the "mainstream media."

ABC's John Berman played Captain Phillips to his apartment's Somali-pirate rodents.

Techmeme editrix Megan McCarthy questioned California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's competence.

Web 3.0 fanboy Alan Meckler gave Twitter "big ups."

Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley mooched off of ex-employer Google again.

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What is the Semantic Web? Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, came up with the notion in 2001 as a followup to his hypertext creation. After "Web 2.0" became synonymous with cool kids hanging out at Mission Wi-Fi cafes putting rounded corners on websites, people adopted "Web 3.0" as a name for the Semantic Web movement. Business 2.0 attempted an explanation a few years ago:

[The Web is] basically a compendium of billions of text documents designed to be read by humans. You can search it for keywords, but the results aren't much use until you sort through them to find the page that has the info you want.

To take the Web to the next level — to move from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 — the information in those documents will have to be turned into data that a machine can read and evaluate on its own. Only then will computers be able to take over tasks we now do by hand: find the nearest restaurant, book the best flight, buy the cheapest CD.

What does this have to do with Alan Meckler, you ask? Absolutely nothing! But we're sure he will come up with some cheaply produced website staffed by talentless hacks to write drivel about it.

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• Facebook is slower than a bunch of social networks you've never heard of, according to Watchmouse. Yes, Zuck's baby is slower than RateItAll, Infield Parking, Buzznet and most especially, Consumating. Which is of course everyone's favorite. MySpace is not on the list.
• The Pew Internet & American Life project discovered that Web video was more popular in 2007 than in 2006.
• Robert Scoble appeared on television. Twice.
• Iminlikewithyou founder Charles Forman told an audience of 450 that, despite what you've heard, he's not actually an asshole.
• Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler posted seven times. 6-word version: Things are great. Ignore stock price.
• Jason Calacanis has 11,900 friends on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. And 495 on Mahalo. By the way, he wants to have dinner with all of you.
• Yahoo's CEO unveiled a new mobile Web platform at CES that will save the company. Just like it did last year.
• And, most notably, the Flight of the Conchords performed at CES:

ValleyWag had a big put down on the list not to mention the obnoxiousness of the headline ["Silicon Alley 100 a bunch of old white guys"]. And who was the writer? None other than Nicolas Carlson who worked for Jupitermedia until recently. ValleyWag is cool but has no substance. If we ever have another bubble burst in the Internet space, ValleyWag will be one of the first sites to bite the dust. As for Carlson, is it not ironic that he blasts NYC and the very people who has been hired to cover? He went from writing quality at InternetNews.com to writing gossip and garbage at ValleyWag.