i has a serius biznis: lolwiki
There is a profound movement that in recent years has changed the way everyone uses and understands the web. I am talking, of course, about lolcats.
Lolcats have been around for a while, but I had my attention returned to them recently when I discovered LOLpols (politicians). Australia just had a federal election and the results are much to my liking, so I was feeling inspired.
(This is Maxine McKew, a “star recruit” who campaigned her butt off to win the Prime Minister’s seat, which is an impressive feat in anyone’s book.)
Let the lolcats be free!
Naturally Wikimedia needs lolcats to, um, illustrate internet phenomena. A couple of weeks ago I created Category:Lolcats and added its RSS feed to my feed reader.
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I am proud of this one because I think the cat really is investigating the sock quite thoroughly. :)
Now inspiration is spreading:
© Gurch, CC-BY-SA.
© bainer, CC-BY-SA.
© Gracenotes, CC-BY-SA.
Very clever. I wonder if we will end up with a lolcat for each major policy?
Tonight I realised the natural progression of this theme: the LOLjimbo.
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Jimmy is a natural. And that, I suppose, could be considered an extension of lolgeeks. It never ends.
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That Maxine McKew is fantastic.
I started lolwikis, d00d! http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2007/05/10/lolwiki/
— David Gerarcd · 30. November 2007, 07:37
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