It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Magazine Publishers of America chose Gearlog as the Magazine Blog of the Year! The Magazine Blog of the Year category recognizes "creativity, voice, writing style, the use of hyperlinks and multiple voices to encourage a conversation." And Gearlog fans know that we're never at a loss for words!

The MPA Digital Awards took place today in New York City at the third annual "Magazines 24/7" Digital Conference. We beat out Newsweek.com, Seed Science Glogs "Frontal Cortex," Time Out New York "The TONY Blog," Wine Spectator "James Suckling," and FineWoodworking.com "Glue Tube".

Not only are we honored for receiving an award from the MPA, we are overjoyed to know that writing about USB pole dancers, mangroomers, and laser weapons does matter. Thank you to the MPA and to our readers!