The New York Times has described the Webby Awards as "the online equivalent of an Oscar," and they're
right, both awards are equally meaningless despite the noise and pageantry that surrounds them. But like the Oscars, at
least they're getting someone funny to lead the proceedings. Our pal Rob Corddry from The Daily Show is
returning to host the awards for their tenth year. Over 700 people are expected to attend the event when it takes place
in the Cipriani Wall Street area of NYC on June 12. As usual, acceptance speeches can only be five words long, which is
definitely something I think the Oscars should implement as well.
[via Lost Remote]

I'd never really paid a whole lot of attention to
weblog awards until I joined the WIN network early last year. Yes, I've heard of
Webbys and Bloggies before, and believe it or not, I didn't think they were some
sort of new sexual favor one could ask for in the red light district of downtown Whateversville. Just the other day, I
saw mention of the
Sixth Annual Weblog Awards, the Bloggies, taking nominations
now. How do they decide who's been spamming their system with constant nominations for the same blog? Via logged IP,
perhaps? In any case, I'm definitely interested to see who gets top honors in, oh, say, the
Best Entertainment
Weblog,
Best Topical Weblog,
Best New Weblog and
Weblog of the
Year categories. Will be interesting to see, hmm?