Blogger Trott
Okay, so I lied. I actually did have the opportunity to sit down with both Ben and Mena not long after their appearance on TechTV this evening. Here's exactly what happened - verbatim.

So, Ben… Mena… do you think that Blogger.com is the end-all, be-all blogging service? I see. And what about that Dave Winer guy - does he really smell like egg salad in person? Okay, that's what I thought. Just wanted to confirm it. Ya know, responsible journalism and all. Hey, were you two using John C. Dvorak as your mouthpiece to turn the blogging industry on its ear? Really? Okay, because I could have sworn there was a little “Mena” in that article of his. Well, if you say so. Did you ever consider naming “Movable Type” something a bit more… exciting? Oh. Have you ever seen “Call for Help” before? Jeez, no need to get violent about it. Calm down, Ben. I was just asking a simple question. You're gonna throw your neck out if you keep that up.
Now, it's a well known fact that these two characters also like to invent dance moves in their spare time. Yes, and I just so happened to catch them in the act of doing the newly-created “Blogger Trott.” [222k] I couldn't capture any audio, but Ben was basically saying “Meep meep meep meep…” while Mena was off on an “Obb obb obb obb…” tangent. She said it would have been better had she brought her spoons. If this whole software programming thing doesn't take off, they've got a real future in entertainment. Mark my words.
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9 Comments
Anonymous
February 26th, 2002
at 8:53pm
You have too much free time Chris.
Anonymous
February 26th, 2002
at 8:57pm
That's a catchy little groove. My wife and I are doing the Blogger Trott right now!
Anonymous
February 26th, 2002
at 9:09pm
That's just way too disturbing for words… But very entertaining. I just hope “The Trotts” wasn't such a horrible collective name.
Thanks for putting up those screen captures.
Anonymous
February 26th, 2002
at 9:14pm
Where's my Drammamine…lol But it is cool!
Anonymous
February 26th, 2002
at 9:16pm
That is so funny! Keep up the good work.
Anonymous
February 26th, 2002
at 10:28pm
Poor Ben looks like his head is going to fly right off!
Anonymous
February 27th, 2002
at 1:56am
I was more frightened by that image of Leo in the background.
Anonymous
February 27th, 2002
at 4:37am
Aaack, why the hell are they possessed by the devil??!!! Blogging is satanic! Here's the proof! Call the exorcist!
Or it can be that they just tried some of Chris's coffee.
Anonymous
February 27th, 2002
at 5:15am
Make them spray split-pea soup!