it was d0min!que l30ne's, which attempted to fashion the details of special relativity into a metaphorical model for the science of information (in particular how the net responds to record releases) -- i like d0min!que on ilx, and was sad and rather surprised about about this (but enjoyed imagining jauntyalan's and boyofbadgers's matching apoplexies had they been sat near me)

(to be fair to DL i was extremely jetlagged and the room was very hot so i wasn't in a particularly giving spirit, but the basic idea was just unredeemable i think)