• Thank goodness for the internet, because without it we fillies wouldn't be able to pick up blokes. That's the upshot of a survey by NewWomanonline, which claims that one in 10 women meet their lovers online. The results do nothing for the reputation of women on the internet, so it's bizarre to see that they come from a women's website and not the likes of MegaStar. Isn't it about time that men got a harder deal? Come on MegaStar, let's have a survey about how frequently men use the internet for looking at porn.
• Dot.com death of the week was Worldsport.com, the much beleaguered website set up by Alan Callan, a tax exile and one-time business manager for Led Zeppelin. As redundant staff besieged Media Guardian with calls to join them in the Pitcher & Piano on Thursday afternoon, scurrilous rumours started to emerge about offshore accounts. It seems that tax and national insurance contributions have not been paid as far back as February and employees are not going to get paid for their last month's work. The more disgruntled and conspiracy theory-minded are already suggesting that the whole thing was some kind of tax dodge. So get ready for the dirty underwear.
• Speaking of dirty underwear, thanks to Surf at least one section of society is going to have immaculate drawers - yep, time to talk about smelly ol' students again. Catch them on their first day in the overwhelming new world of college, give 'em some soap and get them for life - clever idea really. Make a website ( surf.co.uk) into a soap opera, Foam & Away (cos all students ever do is watch soaps), entertain them with Surf Foam club nights, and bob's your uncle - you have brand loyalty. Now why didn't someone think of that when I was a student?
• The dot.com quiz league ( dotcomquiz.co.uk) kicks off this Thursday at the London club Fabric, promising to do for the new media industry what Question of Sport did to the world of sport. According to the bumf, it's a chance to show the world that there's more to working in the new economy than micro-scooters, goatee beards and a bag full of stock options. Wonder what it could be then? Apparently quiz master Mark Lamarr may know the answer ...
• Halifax has pulled the launch of its IF internet bank for the third time, making a valiant attempt at apeing last year's scarlet pimpernel of the web, boo.com - and we all know what happened once boo.com did launch. At the end of the week Halifax said it was able to launch a phone service, but didn't give a date for the launch of the internet bank. Oh dear.
• Amy Vickers is new media editor of mediatheguardian.com. Email her at Amy.vickers@theguardian.com
