Dadich and Armisen.

The lights were bright, the music poppy and the toys plentiful at the opening of the Wired pop-up store party in Soho last week. Incoming editor in chief Scott Dadich greeted the crowd with a big smile and a lot of handshaking. He was splitting town for San Francisco soon—he starts at his new post in early January. Mr. Dadich looked Bay Area-appropriate in a jaunty tie designed by his wife and black-and-white Burberry sneakers to go with his suit.

“He looks like Ron Burgundy,” a friend noted.

The crowd gravitated toward the dance floor, where ?uestlove pumped out songs that made the Transom nostalgic for bar mitzvah music. Among the guests we spotted This American Life host Ira Glass and actress Amber Tamblyn, the latter trying out a new Chromebook. Kinect stations at the Buick Verano Turbo activation lined the sides of the room, and nobody seemed too old to wave his or her arms wildly.The martini bar no doubt helped.

“I like looking at gadgets,” Portlandia actor Fred Armisen told the Transom. Mr. Armisen and SNL cast member Vanessa Bayer were especially taken with the 3D printer, which printed functioning headphones and a dress.

“I feel like I’m doing so much advertising,” Ms. Bayer said when we suggested that she and Mr. Armisen work for the company that makes the 3D printer. “Anyone who will listen, I’m telling them about it.” She took a bite of a marshmallow-filled brownie, which statuesque women carried among the guests on silver trays.

“It looks like a Best Buy in here,” we overheard someone say, which we later conveyed to Ms. Bayer.

“What kind of Best Buy would have a 3D printer?” she asked with mock indignation.

As we stood in the path of the food trays, a young entrepreneur offered to show us his favorite gadget on display—a safe with a cellphone charger inside. We were about to express disbelief that anybody would choose that above all other gadgets, when it dawned on us that ulterior motives were at play.

“Did you invent this?” we asked. He had, though he did not clarify its purpose.

“I like the safe with the charger,” Mr. Armisen told us later. “You know, when you are in a hotel and you put your iPad in the safe? At least it can still charge.”

We suppose.

Like the electronic-charging safe, some gadgets on display were utilitarian, while others were more ... conceptual.

“Apparently, that ball that rolls around is really cool,” Ms. Bayer said. “I didn’t totally understand it, but it’s supposed to be cool.”

But the Transom’s favorite gadget—we never did find the ball Ms. Bayer described—had to be the TSA-grade bag scanner with a printer attached. We just dropped our purse on the conveyor belt and left clutching a printout of its contents. We didn’t even have to take off our shoes.

Who will be the new lady on 'Saturday Night Live'?

Last night, Nikke Finke reported that Lorne Michaels may be fishing around for some new lady talent for Saturday Night Live, what with Kristen Wiig possibly leaving the show (tired of appearing in every sketch, we assume) along with Abby Elliott, who had a Fox show but then it fell through but who knows.

That leaves Nasim Pedrad and Vanessa Bayer (who is still only a featured actor, which is a step below the regular cast in terms of job security, and a step above Paul Brittain, whose whereabouts are still unknown), as the only other female cast members.

So who are you placing your money on Lorne Michaels hiring for at least a season? And can the show really handle five women comedians at one time?

The current top bet is Kate McKinnon from The Big Gay Sketch Show, who Deadline believes might make an appearance as early as next week's Sophia Vergara episode. Mr. Michaels has maybe possibly been meeting with several other candidates as well, including Jessica Joy from The Playboy Club, Lauren Lapkus from Are You There Chelsea, and Elaine Carroll from the web series Very Mary-Kate.

If we were picking fan favorites, it would go to Ms. Carroll, hands down. Saturday Night Live has already ripped off her long-running impression of Mary Kate Olsen for their Zooey Deschanel sketch this season, so we know they are fans.

Elaine Carroll as the cutest Olsen that is not Elizabeth or the other twin:

Saturday Night Live's Bein' Quirky sketch (feat. Zooey Deschanel as Mary Kate Olsen):

Also to Ms. Carroll's credit, she was on Mad Men! How many Saturday Night Live performers can say that?

But to be fair, here are the other tributes possible new stars!

Kate McKinnon:

REAL CHARACTERS - Kate McKinnon from Andy Ross on Vimeo.

Pro: She looks at Scarlett Johannson.

Lauren Lapku:

Lauren Lapkus REEL from Lolo on Vimeo.

Pro: She's already has her TV chops, and is slightly more recognizable to audiences because she was once in a Fed-Ex commercial.

Jessica Joy (We think she's the one on the left):

Pro: She comes from Second City, which is like UCB but with more famous alumni and in Chicago.

So: Who would you want to see on SNL? Write-in votes also acceptable.