In a NYT Op-Ed today, former boy genius and current Discover magazine columnist Jaron Lanier says that it's time for the Web to grow up and start paying people! I know, right? That's sort of huge, coming from "one of the most influential philosopher-scientists of the computer age" in a Silicon Valley where user-generated free content is, like, the only content! (Oh, YouTube!) How'd this change of heart come about?

Hot hot hot profile of IAC head Barry Diller on "60 Minutes" last night. While the luscious boys of his subsidiary College Humor were, sadly, granted no screen time, Barry's wife, the luscious-in-her-own-way Diane Von Furstenberg was all over the place. Here she explains the touching marital bond that she shares with Diller.

Also, Yahoo enjoys renewed gullibility for bullshit manufactured hipster faux-trends.