Systems Upgrade

I’m sorry, but I need to share this with someone, and you (ROFLBlog) happen to be the closest at hand: Jay frickin’ Maynard signed my Tron shoes!

He knew about the design, but when I asked him if he had ever signed a pair, he said no. At this point, I’m not really sure what to do with them. I could: Auction them for charity. Ensconce them in a time-release pod that opens in the year 2199. Wear them to death. So many possibilities here. Thanks Jay!

ROFLCon Wallpaper INSANITY!

These amazing ROFLCon wallpapers are courtesy of Dino from Bert is Evil. He has agreed to let us share them as Creative Commons (CC-BY). Thanks, Dino!

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PRE-REGISTRATION OPENS

Yep, the rumors are all true.

ROFLCon IS OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR PRE-REGISTRATION

Step right up boys and girls, don’t delay! Students $30, General Public $60 for full access to two jam-packed days of internet culture’s most prominent celebs and scholars. Also provides, free of charge, entrance to the Party of the Internet, which is shaping up to be pretty much the best thing ever.

Also, important to note that these prices will be jumping as we move closer to the event starting March 1st, so act fast while supplies last.

What’s New?

Thanks to the awesome help of old hand internet meme newhounds David Cassel and Janet Kornblum, we’re on the trail on tracking down Deidre LeCarte, the original meme-mom behind Hampster Dance. I’ve got a phone number (no answering machine, sadly, I’ll have to call again today), an AOL e-mail from 1999 (now out of commission), and a connect to the media conglomerate that now manages the Hampster Dance brand, Abatis. With any luck, either the first one or third one will let us catch up with her.

While LeCarte is proving pretty elusive, it’s funny how some internet meme folks are still pretty easy to find. Gary “Numa Numa” Brolsma now actually has a slick new operation at New Numa.com. (Actually, if you’ve got the time, The Believer’s thought piece on the phenom is worth looking at) We’re talking with them right now to arrange for Gary’s appearance which would be, in (two) words: huge and awesome.

Since we’re still waiting on a response from some people, I’m bringing some really really really awesome new interesting guests into the hopper, including Will It Blend, Homestar Runner, and the Juggernaut Bitch guys.

I’ll get cracking on this later this afternoon and we’ll see how it goes.

Pumped,

Tim