When local politicians chatter about a Silicon Valley Walk of Fame, you'd think they created the idea. But Dallas Adams says he thought it up — and he did it for the kids. Best stuff's after the jump.

Sent to Valleywag from E3. From left to right:
Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and space case
Will Wright, kick-ass game developer who doesn't wash his hands
Robin Williams, best candidate for Google spokesebrity
Bing Gordon, Electronic Arts creative genius who hired a guy through an MMORPG

Terry Semel, Yahoo CEO and boss of Lloyd Braun (pictured), this morning:

Yahoo employees kindly thank Tom Cruise for the free "Mission: Impossible III" tickets:

Mediabistro's FishBowlLA has the perfect recap of the last two weeks' dot-com frenzy (Lloyd Braun — pictured because I like picturing him — zigs, Steve Ballmer zags, and still they try to dance):

The subjects of yesterday's SF Chron story on video blogging come from all over. Some are nearly mainstream, some known only to hundreds. But everyone in the piece falls into one of two major categories:

There are two ways to build a wall of fame: the actually-schmooze-with-everyone Auren Hoffman way, and Oren Katzeff's way. The deal-maker for Lloyd Braun's Yahoo Media Group, had a little fun at the star-studded White House Correspondents Dinner (the one where Colbert showed he's got huevos). After some normal grip-and-grin shots —

Someone at the San Jose Mercury News is pushing for a Walk of Fame in the capital of Silicon Valley. The mayor's itched to put Valley greats out on the street ever since a Mercury News columnist suggested it years ago. Now the idea has a torch-bearer at the paper (unnamed in their article and editorial). And they're saying the inevitable: "Oh my god, let's make it interactive!"

Elsewhere in Amateurly Edited Video Land: Inside Edition uses the Tom Cruise footage we featured last week. And here's a recording, captured by an original photographer (a Yahoo, I assume). (Stop the video halfway through, unless you're one of those Defamer-reading Hollywood hounds.)

What a week for the Valley, what a week for Valleywag! Actually, I'm just saying that. Top stories this week:

For Blackjack, "MSN" means "Evil Dead":

A final takeaway from the SF Chronicle's story on Gavin Newsom and the Google guys. On a chartered jet to Switzerland's Davos summit, Larry and Sergey gave rides to a few A-listers.

Fresh from his Yahoo gig, Tom Cruise is headed off to a Scientology temple today. This tip just in:

Tom Cruise's Yahoo visit inspired unimaginable professionalism from Yahoo staff. For example, this admiring fan:

Tom Cruise just made it to Yahoo HQ for his Q&A time, says my man on the scene. And he brought Katie! "Just a few more weeks" til the baby, sez Tom.

The Yahooer who passed on this internal e-mail regarding Tom Cruise's Tuesday campus visit says: "It's like we're expecting royalty (or something close) on campus tomorrow for chrissake! I don't recall (although I could be wrong) getting an email like this when the Governator was here."

The Hollywood Valley invasion is just a swap: the Valley's taking over Hollywood, one clever indie flick at a time.

Update: Yahoo says it's fake, sorry. (So either it is, or Semel was able to talk Tom down.)

Two Yahoos already shared their disdain for upcoming Yahoo speaker Tom Cruise. Another mails in:

Yahoo, who totally isn't gonna go all Hollywood on us, is hosting Tom Cruise next week, and everyone at the company wants you all to know. Yahoo tipster #1: