Sam Baltrusis has the scoop.

Boston Magazine interviews Weekly Dig Publisher Jeff Lawrence on why he canned Dig Editor Michael Brodeur (since then, the paper's managing editor and one of its reporters have also quit).

Jeff Lawrence fires Michael Brodeur; doesn't plan to replace him. Or so we hear.

The Weekly Dig's Boston Slice is allegedly "a comprehensive list of slices available around the city" yet doesn't list a single place south of the Fenway - although Cambridge does merit several mentions. Even the Upper Crust in Brookline fails to rate a listing. Oh, well, I guess the secret is out: Down here in the boonies, a fun night out consists of going over to the nearest crick and wrasslin' up some gators and squirrels. Them's good eatin'.

Yes, you can. Woot! weeklydig.com is back to being an actual site again. And they're using Drupal, which is what Universal Hub uses, so they obviously have considerable taste and discernment.

Now to actually see what they did on their month+ off ...

You might want to change that "Coming in July" graphic on your un-Web site (or, even better, just re-direct the whole thing to zombocom).

Speaking of Web things that have disappeared into the ether, looks like the Guardian Angels haven't updated their blog since June. 'Sup, guys?

We know the new (old) owner doesn't have much money left after buying the paper back from the adults, but, really: Entire civilizations have fallen in less time than it's taken the Dig to not finish its online redesign (but classy move leaving an ad up on your "Can we finish this in less time than it took the Big Dig?" page).

weeklydig.com is incognito these days as those rapscallions overhaul their Web site. Dudes: Might be time to invest in one of those staging server things that are all the rage in Web circles these days. You can get one for, oh, the cost of three or four iPhones.

Dig staffers cower under their desks today as a strange electronic device in their lobby just sits there, ominously.

Adam Reilly at the Phoenix isn't gloating one bit as he wraps up all the changes at the Weekly Dig.

Could the following, asked to two woman at a memorial show for that bicyclist killed by a truck, be the dumbest Dig Exit Poll question ever? Fortunately, matched by the dumbest answer ever:

So getting hit by a truck must suck, huh?

D: Hell, yeah.

A: I’ve actually always wanted to get hit by a truck, just to see what it would feel like. I really have. ...

These folks think it's pretty high on the stoopid meter.