I just think of Dan as a self-hating bald man. Is it weird that I'm fixated on that? The fact that his hairline has mysteriously slid forward quite a bit since he first hit the mediatainment scene during the OJ trials?
The made-up concoction "Mediaite" is like drunkenly pinching the buttocks of the English language in a dive bar during the wee hours of the morning, but "Styleite" is straight-up GHB-ing it and date-raping it.
Could it be they wanted "Mediaite" to resonate with "Meteorite"?
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Kinda works though -- something that comes screaming down from space, a firey fameball that simply burns up upon hitting the atmosphere.
Styelite sound like something the opthamologist would use on you.
Geekosystem: In some countries people are shot for creating words like this, and their parents are forced to pay the costs of scrubbing it from the internet.
@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: I sincerely have no idea how you're supposed to pronounce "Mediaite."
"Medi-AAAIGHT," like Ali G wood?! "Medi-ATE"?! "Medi-IGHT"?! "Medi-ehh-ee-TEH", French-fried style?! Maybe it's a moot point since I doubt there are actual living persons who interact in person with other living persons and feel compelled to mention the name of this site in an actual conversation.
FYI, I have been contacted by Abram's people. They want me as a commenter -- exclusive, of course.
The offer: (i) an irrevocable star; (ii) unlimited use of exclamation points in my comments; and (iii) the right to motorboat a certain chesty editor/employee once a quarter.
@Swifter: Thank you, kind sir or madam. Given the thunderous applause, I'm just glad I didn't go with the more geological but less hilarious "Hematite."
@AzureTexan: There are so many fitting "-ites" in the geological world, aren't there? Biotite - for all your medical blogging needs! Muscovite brings you all the latest happenings in sunny Moscow! Goethite - keeping you up to date on your favorite German author (Goethe-Watch: Still Dead)!
Hopefully it won't get me banned over there and it's a little better today, but I'd say from the way Mediaite's content has evolved, Abrams may also have his sights set on becoming a Huffington Post.
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Could it be they wanted "Mediaite" to resonate with "Meteorite"?
{{{shudder}}}
Kinda works though -- something that comes screaming down from space, a firey fameball that simply burns up upon hitting the atmosphere.
Styelite sound like something the opthamologist would use on you.
Geekosystem: In some countries people are shot for creating words like this, and their parents are forced to pay the costs of scrubbing it from the internet.
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"Medi-AAAIGHT," like Ali G wood?! "Medi-ATE"?! "Medi-IGHT"?! "Medi-ehh-ee-TEH", French-fried style?! Maybe it's a moot point since I doubt there are actual living persons who interact in person with other living persons and feel compelled to mention the name of this site in an actual conversation.
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The offer: (i) an irrevocable star; (ii) unlimited use of exclamation points in my comments; and (iii) the right to motorboat a certain chesty editor/employee once a quarter.
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The difference between them is that I know who Nick Denton is.