Cats, Memes, New Mexico
12 April 2011
1954 Karlsson Cat Levitator
1954 Karlsson Cat Levitator
Cats love anti gravity. I bet you didn't know that. This device was invented by Swedish immigrant Per Karlsson in the early 50s, and a small series was produced in Wellington for a while. But people didn't go for it as much as Karlsson had hoped; maybe because they didn't fancy having the cat hover around too much. In case you're wondering what the little cap with the "antlers" is the cat is wearing on its head, it's the mind reader. The cat steers the machine with her thoughts, because, how else would she.
02 April 2011
Friday Meets the Meme Bus
27 March 2011
Tumbeasts - Tumblr Meme
Tumbeasts came to life when Matthew Inman, author of the web comic The Oatmeal, published the following on his blog entry titled Winter 2010, State Of the Web :
Shortly after, Inman's creation began to show up whenever Tumblr went down. Since Tumblr was rapidly becoming popular, the server just wasn't able to keep up with all the new traffic. This meant that the Tumbeasts were appearing much more often.
Some Tumblrites reacted in the best way web crazies react by making parodies of the Tumbeasts. I'm always fascinated by, and even a bit envious of, the ingenious way people react toward their unhappiness with their favorite addition becoming unavailable. Here are some of my favorites.
Three Games Created to Help One Pass the Time While Waiting for Tumblr to come Back Up.
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