The list to the right represents the Technorati Top Searches at the time this entry was composed. Since this seems to be what people want to read about, I’m going to write a blurb on each subject below. Enjoy!

1. YouTube – The leader in internet based video. Object of scorn for the old-guard media companies. Object of affection for investors. Often imitated, not yet bested. Now a Google property. Citizen driven media is on the upswing, don’t bet against YouTube. My favorite video? It has to be Giant Centipede vs. Tarantula…
2. Ron Paul – Presidential wannabe. Strict Constitutionalist Congressman from Texas taking the Republican/Conservative ‘net by storm. Shunned by major media as a fringe candidate, seems to grow stronger each day. While I don’t agree with Mr. Paul on many things, his candor is refreshing. Check out the Ron Paul campaign online.
3. Noelia – WTF is Noelia? A quick search later, I discover she’s a Puerto Rican singer and a hottie. Why is she popular? Because of the alleged release of a sex tape ala Paris Hilton. Check out one of her videos on YouTube.
4. Vanessa Hudgens – WTF is Vanessa Hudgens? Again, Google to the rescue. An 18 year old actress from Salinas best known for the movie High School Musical. Why is she popular? The unauthorized release of nude photos…I’m sensing a trend here. I’m guessing she won’t be doing much future work with Disney.
5. MySpace – Ah, something I don’t have to look up. If you were alive and computer literate in the 1980’s and 1990’s, you know that MySpace is the current day AOL. It’s a place for people to hangout, post nude pictures, steal music, and gossip. Kind of a web 2.0 nasty water cooler. Heck, I even have a MySpace page…though it’s simply an advertising cobweb.
6. Britney Spears – I can’t believe people are still searching for Britney. Haven’t we seen enough of her? (insinuation intended.)
7. Jena 6 – When I first saw this hit, I thought it was a new girl group launched by Prince. If only. Consider this: 6 teenagers attack 1 teenager assaulting him and resulting in hospital care. I don’t care if the kids involved are purple and polka dotted, they ought to have some consequence for their action.
8. utube – WTF? First I thought this was a YouTube knock off. But it appears to be a simple alternate spelling as the Universal Tube and Rollform Equipment Corporation hasn’t been the source of large buzz lately…They’ve got a great domain name with YouTube’s relative heat, perhaps they should spin out a Web 2.0 company to draft on the traffic…
9. Melayu Bogel – WTF is Melayu Bogel? I’m betting pre-search there is nudity involved…This one is intriguing, it might be a case of Keyser Soze with pornography. There seems to be some loosely affiliated set of porno related sites with names approximating Melayu Bogel. Perhaps a commenter knows more. Interesting it would reach the top search list and not be crisply defined as yet. Alternately, this could be a misspelling of Melayu Boleh which loosely translated means “Malayans can do it.”
10. Music – Anyone can relate to this, no matter what music you happen to like. I’m partial to Brazilian at the moment and still have Bebel Gilberto on my mind post concert earlier this month.
11. Photos – Two generic searches in a row, if you like interesting photos, there are a million places to visit. But I like the JPG Magazine photos on the high-end and jpg.vu photo blog on the low end.
12. Descargar – Sounds Spanish to me, let’s find out what it is. Ding! Give that man a cigar. Descargar is download in Spanish. Apparently there are some Spanish language speakers looking to download stuff. Good luck with that and update your virus protection!
13. iPhone – There are now 1 million of these buggers out there (and I don’t have one, yet.) It’s the phone everyone wants, everyone is hacking, and everyone is talking about. This is the first time a device from the US has garnered such attention in years. Look for lots of descargar of music and photos on to these devices…
14. Web 2.0 – How disappointing this is in the Top 15 searches. Well, if you like YouTube, Digg, Technorati, and their colleagues, you’re doing the Web 2.0 dance. Wake me up when Web 3.0 is here…
15. Andrea Rincon – Let’s see, female name I don’t recognize. Based on prior experience, she must be a fringe famous person with nude photos or a sex tape in the wild. Shall we see what Google says? She’s a Colombian model (another hottie) who specializes in being scantily clad. Watch a video of a swimsuit shoot on YouTube if you’re interested.

Hope you enjoyed this Friday diversion. Now, Back to Work!