Kim Kardashian Illuminati West was on stage with Recode founder Kara Swisher this afternoon at the tech blog's Code/Mobile conference. I have no idea whether she arrived from Calabasas with a list of questions Swisher couldn't ask, but regardless this is one stiletto-heeled step for Kardashian and one giant kick in the head for tech kind.

Nucleic rapper Kanye West, embodiment of the New Uncanny, appears to have found himself in the same position as many an entrepreneur before him: long on ideas and short on financing. And what better place to look for funds right now than the frothing coffers of Silicon Valley?

As we mentioned earlier this week, Kanye and Kim are suing YouTube creator Chad Hurley for the allegedly unauthorized upload of their lavish, geek-studded proposal ceremony. Now we've got the full legal documents, and they go out of their way to call Hurley a loser.

Uploading a smartphone video recording of the Kanyedashian proposal seemed like a good idea. YouTube creator Chad Hurley has been struggling to find a second success, and putting hot celeb videos on MixBit—his newest project—drummed up instant interest. Unfortunately, Kanye West is furious.

The merging of America's traditional Haute Asshole cohort and the new economic engine is happening faster than predicted: just look at how many Silicon Valley fixtures were at last night's San Francisco love IPO between the West and Kardashian families.

Steve Wozniak is among the privileged few to gaze, north west, upon the spawn of Kanye, a self-described Steve Jobs in the making. But the baby meet-and-greet was Kim Kardashian's doing: "Just because he was interested in technology and companies..."