Where are we most stimulated?
At the Web's edge.

First off, let's congratulate the Web 2.Ooh winners, Om "Giggity" Malik and Joey "Boomer" Wan!

This fall, Om will star in a biopic of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, playing both actors at the same time. Joey will save the human race from the Cylons in a very special "Battlestar Galactica," before starring in a remake of "My Pal Joey."

As for the tourney itself, who knew the race to find the hottest boy and girl of Web 2.0 would end in such fierce competition?

Stirr's Joey Wan was clearly winning in the last poll of the ladies' edition, until a supporter of Socialtext's Julia French went and botted it up with eight thousand fake votes. Like an Olympian on cold medicine, it's not French's fault we have to disqualify her — it's the fault of those javascripting bastards.

Meanwhile, the men's edition quietly progressed all weekend, netting a mere 332 votes, with GigaOM founder Om Malik ahead of Rubyred Labs founder Jon Grubb by a healthy handful.

Finale of Web 2.Ooh Ladies' Round and Men's Round [Valleywag]
Photos by Laughing Squid's Scott Beale and Joey Wan [Flickr]

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Every time I see the perpetually-poised Joey Wan's pensive, piercing stare, I think of Boomer from Battlestar Galactica (but, like, not a Cylon). Now you know the real reason I show up at her Stirr mixers for Web 2.0 pros.

Thank the gods that the ever-charming Julia French attends Valley parties; in a sea of boring dudes chasing the next sale, this ray of sunshine stands out. How lucky of SocialText to have her as Relationship Manager!

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Photos from Tantek Celik and Joey Wan [Flickr]
Part of Web 2.Ooh Ladies' Edition

Thomas Hawk captures Rubyred Labs co-founder Jon Grubb in cowboy regalia at this summer's Valleyschwag party. Little known fact: That's not a cell phone in the mobile-site-creator's pocket. He's happy to see you.

Patrick Tufts catches Om Malik teaching would-be Web 2.0ers at Startup School in Stanford. This dude wants to see you make your Om face.

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Part of Web 2.Ooh Men's edition

Remember, for the final round, cheating with voting scripts will make you more of a loser than a startup that can't get a positive review on TechCrunch! If you want to cheat, cheat using humans, not robots!

Part of Web 2.Ooh: Men's edition and Ladies' edition [Valleywag]

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Valerie Cunningham — the name of this consultant breathes poise, respectability, elegance. In other words, damn she's sexy. [Photo by JD Lasica]

Micki Krimmel ("Mickipedia") has boy toy (and Web 2.Ooh contestant) Jonathan Grubb on her side, what more does she need? Don't let her Hollywood residence fool you — as part of Revver, this startupper is the New Media hotness. [Photo by Kris Krug]

Okay, I met Julia French this weekend, and no photo does this young woman justice. Plus, I've seen her totally shut down an earnest consultant/biz-dev/whatever dude at this weekend's TechCrunch party. Poor guy was left standing all alone as soon as she tired of him. [Photo by JD Lasica, that lucky dog]

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(Remember, people who use scripts are less cool than wannabe Steve Jobs lookalikes!)

Part of Web 2.Ooh semifinal round [Valleywag]

On her vlog, Rachel Rhodes is known as just Rachel. The 88SLIDE host may not yet be on a first-name basis with the world, but she's prepped for it.

Joanne Wan, meanwhile, goes by Joey (or should, anyway) at the monthly Stirr Web 2.0 mixers she co-hosts in Palo Alto. Insert "Stirr it up!" joke here.

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Remember that cheating script users are losers, since we posted the "super l33t" javascript after the jump. Basically, if one of these ladies wins through a fair vote, it makes her ten times hotter, 'kay?

Photos from above are owned by 88SLIDE and Joanne Wan, respectively.

This Javascript was used to vote for contestant Micki Krimmel in an earlier round:

<script><!--
window.setInterval("w=window.open(\"about:blank\",\"v\");
w.document.write(\"<\"+\"body><\"+\"form
id='p' method='post'
action='http://polls.gawker.com/poll.processvote.php'><input
type='hidden' name='poll_id' value='509'><input type='radio'
value='2410' name='poll_entrant'
checked='checked'><\"+\"/form><script>document.getElementById('p').submit()
<\"+\"/script><\"+\"/body>\");",1000);
-->
</script>

Great. The magic is gone. Now if you wanna juice up your favorite girl's vote, campaign on your blog.

Part of Web 2.Ooh semifinals [Valleywag]

We're closing the polls, and only four ladies are left in Web 2.Ooh, the tourney of webhead hotties. Well, five, actually — since at least two of the polls were rigged (damn you geeks and your voting scripts), we're moving both members of the most egregiously cheated-on face-off up to the next round. (At Valleywag, cheaters prosper!)

So give a big hand to Rachel, Joanne, Valerie, Micki, and Julia! See the grisly details below — especially the race won by one vote.

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Part of Web 2.Ooh, all the lovely ladies edition [Valleywag]

Now that's the face of a confidence man. Om Malik is large and in charge. Photo by Scott Beale.

Holy adjectives fail me, Batman! Chris MacAskill is smokin' on that hawg! Photo from Chris MacAskill.

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Part of Web 2.Ooh, beefcake edition [Valleywag]

Matt Mullenweg's so fine you'd drink his bathwater. Don't call him a pussy, or his girlfriend will beat you up.

Jonathan Grubb took your heart, dressed it in summer cotton, and walked it up to Buena Vista Park. Jonathan Grubb wants to know if your heart is free next weekend.

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Part of Web 2.Ooh, beefcake edition [Valleywag]

Time to close the polls for the first stage of the Web 2.Ooh Valleywag Hotties Tourney! Meet the four surviving men: Matt, Jon, Om, and Chris!

Matt Mullenweg whumped Will Pate with over two-thirds the vote.
Jonthan Grubb trounced Auren Hoffman — one social butterfly goes back in the cocoon today. (Someone was running scripts, but since when has Valleywag cared about fairness? Just DON'T DO IT AGAIN. Or...or else.)
Om Malik scoops Mike Arrington to advance to stage 2.
Finally, a close contest! Chris MacAskill outcharms Philip Rosedale — which is fortunate, 'cause you've got to see this photo of Chris in the next round.

Voting for the ladies continues until tomorrow. After the break, check out the vote results in detail.

The only reason I run this tourney is for the pretty red and blue bars.

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You know the term "L.A. hot," used to indicate a higher level of hotness than that of mere mortals? Fun fact: That term was invented for Micki Krimmel. "Mickipedia," the director of community at Revver hops up to the Valley often enough to party and wow the crowd — "You mean it's like a YouTube that pays me money?" — before jetting back to the City of Angels.

Again with the stunning cheekbones! Julia French, "relationship manager" of Socialtext, is the company's go-to for press relations, so like so many Web 2.Oohers, she'll be found on the conference circuit (sense a pattern?) reminding people that yes, enterprise wikis can be sexy.

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Part of Web Two Point Ooh: Ladies' round [Valleywag]

Gina Bianchini has to deal with Marc "I was on the cover of TIME in my bare feet" Andreesen. Okay, working at Ning with the creator of Netscape must be pretty cool — especially when he says on video that he doesn't like meeting customers, and Gina has to prove it was a joke by welcoming a visiting group of users with midday cake.

Is it all about the cheekbones, or did we pick Valerie Cunningham because she's such a player in the conference world? Formerly part of AlwaysOn's GoingOn conference, Cunningham now works at PodTech, the podcast network that specializes in swarming every confab in the Valley. Plus, she took Valleywag friend Ben Casnocha to Valley hotspot Buck's of Woodside for the first time. We give her major points for that power breakfast.

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Part of Web Two Point Ooh: Ladies' round [Valleywag]

As co-host of the monthly Stirr Mixers, Joanne Wan climbs the stairs at Palo Alto's Blue Chalk Cafe to work the crowd and speak with the startuppers. Then she descends into the pool of blue button-downs and khakis to guide nervous little nerds into the arms of sugar-daddy venture capitalists.

Tara Hunt's party scene is up in San Francisco, where the Citizen Agency marketing consultant hops around cocktail nights in the SOMA district. Tara can often be seen wrapped in public embrace with boyfriend Chris Messina.

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Part of Web Two Point Ooh: Ladies' round [Valleywag]

The first lady-vs-lady battle of Web 2.Ooh sees two vloggers who are comfy with the camera. Who will come ahead in the photo finish?

Amanda Congdon (blonde on the right) is the O.G. of New Media. When Rocketboom producer wouldn't let her host the show on her own terms, she split, calling him "so Old Media," before taking interviews with Old Media. Her attitude is chipper and her agent is Ari "They based Entourage on me" Emanuel.

Rachel Rhodes (brunette on the left) is ID'd on her vlog, 88SLIDE, as just "Rachel." One word, like "Madonna." She may not be hosting conference panels or giving interviews to TIME, but that's because she's busy turning into the slickest host in vloggerdom.

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Thanks for voting, and remember: Breaking the system to refresh and vote is cool, but people who use scripts instead of human voting, are douchebags.

Part of Web Two Point Ooh: Ladies' round [Valleywag]

Everyone's been just fantastic today, voting for hotties in the men's round of Web 2.Ooh, the latest Valleywag hotties tournament. We're shutting down the men's polls in the morning, but meanwhile we're starting the votes for the ladies of Web 2.0. From left to right, they are:

Top row: Vlogger Amanda Congdon, 88SLIDE's Rachel Smith Rhodes, Stirr's Joanne Wan, Citizen Agency's Tara Hunt

Bottom row: Ning's Gina Bianchini, PodTech's Valerie Cunningham, Revver's Micki Krimmel, Socialtext's Julia French

Give them a hand, then give them your votes when these hotties face off in Round 2 of the Web 2.Ooh Tourney.

Photos by Will Pate, 88SLIDE, Joanne Wan, Tara Hunt, Yoz Grahame, Tantek Celik, Kris Krug, and Alexander Haislip.

Earlier: Web Two Point Ooh: Men's round [Valleywag]
Vote on the men: Posts tagged Web2Ooh [Valleywag]

That smug mug on Chris MacAskill shows the SmugMug president is the man in charge, whether it's rustlin' those pesky snakes on a plane or watchin' shutterbugs flock to his photo sharing service. If he moves to Stage 2, this boy's gonna show some skin — and his rip-roaring hog.

Crank up the classic Disney tunes, 'cause Philip Rosedale will show you a whole new world. The Second Life co-founder is building a virtual universe — a universe your computer's too weak for, you wussy laptop user. Get a better graphics card and come out and play.

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Part of: Web Two Point Ooh [Valleywag]

After a reign as king of the Valley's Desi community, Om Malik is on a new throne as lord of GigaOM, the tech blog already turning into a network. (More on that in the morning.) He's big, he's rollin', he's a rock star of New Media fresh off a tour of duty at Business 2.0. Lemme hear ya say OMMMMMM!

Michael Arrington ("The Boomfather") guards the gateway to Silicon Valley in his Atherton ranch, home base of his blog TechCrunch and all its beautiful babies. His M.O. is personally meeting startuppers and getting a demo on the living room couch (or the kitchen, or the bathroom, we really don't know). This Friday, the Don holds yet another party, with yet another bursting-at-the-seams guest list. Pay homage, vassal, to the Booooooomfather!

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Part of: Web Two Point Ooh [Valleywag]

Auren Hoffman's photo wall of fame proves he gets around. This slick fellow's shaken the hands of half the Republican party, but he's got a gorgeous shot with San Fran mayor Gavin Newsom (no social slouch himself). Now Soarin' Auren runs a social-capital tracker called RapLeaf.

If Auren is at every Valley business lunch, Jonathan Grubb is at every party in San Fran's SOMA and Mission districts. His daily dress inspires the creation of new adjectives. He and heterosexual lifemate Thor Muller crank out business ideas as fast as his monthly schwagazine cranks out t-shirt packages.

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Part of: Web Two Point Ooh [Valleywag]

Will Pate herds the community at Flock, the official browser of the dynamic-menu-and-pastel-color set. This Flockstar is seen in San Francisco as often as his home base of Vancouver.

Matt Mullenweg gave Blogger and Six Apart a run for their money with his blogging platform, WordPress. The former CNET employee moved from Houston to run his organization (and later his company, Automattic) from San Fran.

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Part of: Web Two Point Ooh [Valleywag]