
Guess we need to get over the quaint notion that front page real estate could help users dive to relevant content by surfacing links to new stuff and older stuff that has some current topical connection. And hey, to hell with those dail-up noobs and the losers who don't have an easy time minesweeping the page for rollovers.
Can haz teevee! Lookee the purty pitchers we can put right there on our own little patch of the interwebz!! Pass the popcorn.