October 19, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
8. Blog moguls
Silicon Valley types, especially if you're built like 6'4" refrigerators, consider going as TechCrunch icon Michael Arrington. This, optimally, would involve emulating his famous photograph in the now-defunct Business 2.0 magazine: pinstripe suit, politician-worthy tie and plenty of cigars and Monopoly money.
If you schmooze with New York's digital media crowd, on the other hand, Halloween partygoers would probably interpret an Arrington costume as an attempt to dress up like a hedge fund douchebag. They'd be more likely to laugh at a costumed rendition of Gawker Media mogul Nick Denton. After all, this lengthy New York Magazine take on the snarky gossip blog underscores the fact that all you really need to do to dress up as the Morrissey-esque Denton for Halloween is to stick a large pumpkin on your head.
Photo by Business 2.0 (Michael Arrington), Nickdenton.org (Nick Denton, photograph by Matt Haughey)
