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.
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.