ðə blˈɑːɡ wʌz nˈeɪmd ˈæftɚ ðə spˈænɪʃ nˈeɪm fɔːɹ ɡˈaɪ fˈɔːks, ɐn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ kˈæθlɪk ɪnvˈɑːlvd ɪnðə fˈeɪld ɡˈʌnpaʊdɚ plˈɑːt tʊ ɐsˈæsᵻnˌeɪt kˈɪŋ dʒˈeɪmz aɪ ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd fˈaɪv.
The blog was named after the Spanish name for Guy Fawkes, an English Catholic involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I in 1605.