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Uncov blogger lands column with The Register

Paul Boutin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:30:47 EDT

Ted Dziuba — don't ask me how to pronounce it — was the brains behind Uncov, the blog that ruthlessly shadowed TechCrunch by bashing the technology of Web 2.0 startups. Ted's secret weapons: A math degree, a brief stint at Google, and a unique, hilarious writer's voice. I tried to get him to write for Valleywag or Wired, but it didn't happen. Instead, Ted will post every other week at UK-based IT infotainment site The Register. He'll make a fine American foil to The Reg's equally cynical Andrew Orlowski. We can't really call this a scoop, because we're sure Ted knew that mentioning his new gig in IRC was as good as posting it on Digg. Screengrab below.

Where are the baiters?

Nick Douglas — Fri, 26 May 2006 16:15:58 EDT

As the Register's Andrew Orlowski flies back to England, it's time to check up on the other trolls of tech — the real journalists, fake journalists, and — ugh — bloggers.

	Big fish	Big catch	Last spotted
Andrew Orlowski, The Register	Google, Wikipedia, and Microsoft	Accused of misquoting Google CEO Eric Schmidt for a "Google in crisis" story	Moving from San Fran to England
John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine	Mac users	Predicted Apple would adopt Windows. Boot Camp makes him half-right.	Co-hosting the TWiT podcast
Mark Pilgrim, Dive into Mark	Dave Winer	Invented the Winer Number abuse tracker and the Winer Watcher retraction tracker	Not on Winer's OPML
Chris Coulter, a million little mailing lists	Robert Scoble	Teamed up with Orlowski in 2002 to mock innocent Microsoft blogger Beth Goza	Rejected by an ad agency for being "overqualified and too aggressive"
Theo DP, more little mailing lists	Jeff Bezos, Tim O'Reilly	Baited the tech publishing overlord O'Reilly via Valleywag	Snickering at O'Reilly's Web 2.0 trademark
ConFonz, Valleywag correspondent	Lousy conferences	Outed gaming king Will Wright as a non-hand-washer	Wishing he was already at Gnomedex

Geek out: We'll miss you, Orlowski

Nick Douglas — Fri, 26 May 2006 15:08:21 EDT

Hacks and flacks wished Andrew Orlowski (pictured, the one with his hair on top) farewell last night with a calm happy hour at the Edinburgh Castle Pub. His exit dilutes the pool of Valley journalism, as the Register reporter was a long-time snarker and Google hound (one confident enough to snub Google Press Day). Now, after five years in the Valley, he's headed back to England.

At Orlowski's goodbye party last night, the crowd included John Gilmore (Sun employee #5 and the creator of alt.* on Usenet), long-time Apple troll John C. Dvorak, and ZDNet reporter Dan Farber. Even the NYT's John Markoff broke away from his crowd of screaming fangirls to raise a glass for Orlowski. Spark PR picked up the tab and fixed the guy-girl ratio. As 'wag readers know, PR ladies are the coolest.

After the jump, more photos from Farber.

"Hey Dvorak, make that face you made when you finally got spam today."

"And how many times have you awkwardly commented on Leo Laporte's delivery during This Week in Tech?"

With the death of TechTV, Screen Savers host Patrick Norton had to trade his leather briefcase for a Jansport backpack.

Photos: Andrew Orlowski Send Off [Dan Farber on Flickr]

To-Do: Meet Markoff, the LJ guy, your maker

Nick Douglas — Thu, 25 May 2006 15:30:28 EDT

Great weekend ahead, and I'm not just saying that 'cause Valleywag takes a half-day tomorrow. Here — meet someone important by Memorial Day and pump 'em for info.

Thursday night: The bigshots and crackpots of consumer tech journalism wish Register journalist Andrew Orlowski a warm goodbye at the Edinburgh Castle Pub. Mosey up to the NYT's John Markoff and order Mac fanboy-baiter John C. Dvorak a drink — when he's really drunk, Dvorak gets totally coherent. [Dvorak.org/Orlowski]
Thursday night: Attendees at tonight's wine tasting in Redwood City include Brad the LiveJournal founder, Hugh the business card cartoonist, and Niniane the Google blogger. I'm cancelling (gotta wish Orlowski goodbye, right?), so e-mail Kai Chang to try for my spot on the guest list. [Evite]
Friday through Sunday: As previously pimped here, it's Winecamp! Register for 60 bucks, and that's just to pay for the food. The business plan: After the crowd gets drunk on free wine, organizer Chris Messina converts everyone to Scientology. [Winecamp]