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You must be this tall to ride Alex Albrecht

Owen Thomas — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT

The bromance between Diggnation cohosts Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose is so palpable, and same-sex marriage so trendy, that I was a bit surprised to hear that Albrecht was engaged to someone else. Aw, Kevin, I hope you don't feel jilted! Someone will make an honest man of you, someday. The two performed their Web show live on stage at the Future of Web Apps conference in London — which, we hear, was just like Cyprus but without the crystal-blue sea and the matching swimsuits. Can you think of a better caption? Leave it in the comments. The best will become the post's new headline. Friday's winner: franky, for "Mark Zuckerberg signs petition against new Facebook design." (Photo by jimjarmo)

Kevin Rose and Julia Allison share a shake in Miami

Jordan Golson — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:40:35 EST

Looks like Kevin Rose and Julia Allison had a nice time in Miami at the Future of Web Apps conference. The pair were photographed sharing an ice cream shake by Fusebox founder Bryan Thatcher — a photo that subsequently was hidden from public view by Thatcher, but not before we got ahold of it. Here's the full pic:

And Rose's classy reaction, after he realized Thatcher had taken the pic?

Kevin, you're Internet famous! Why so sensitive? Besides flipping the bird to Thatcher, Rose then sent this Twitter after our initial post about Rose and Allison went up Saturday night. No hard feelings!

(Photos by Bryan Thatcher — 1, 2)

Digg's dedicated founder goes to great heights in search of a revenue model

Owen Thomas — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:58:44 EST

Why is Digg founder Kevin Rose clambering around the inside of Miami's Carnival Centre, the site of the Future of Web Apps conference? Perhaps the conference is literally climb-the-walls boring. Or Rose is indulging a newfound enthusiasm for buildering, the indoor version of rock climbing. Or, most likely, he's trying to impress Julia Allison. Suggest your own caption in the comments; the winner of the contest has their suggestion turned into this post's new headline. (Photo by tantek)

Leah Culver tries to coin a catchphrase

Jordan Golson — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:20:41 EST

From the Future of Web Apps conference in Miami: "Leah Culver is trying to coin the term 'social messaging' as a way to describe Pownce." I suppose that's better than "social massaging."

Twitter has trouble at the Future of Web Apps

Jordan Golson — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:45:37 EST

A tipster writes from the Future of Web Apps conference in Miami: "the twitter architect is on stage. his phone keeps ringing cause twitter keeps going down." And it's still down.