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.