The Unobtainable is Unknown at ROFLCon: Zombocom Confirmed!

This is Zombocom.

Welcome.

You can do anything at Zombocom.

One of the great joys of putting together ROFLCon is unearthing the deepest, darkest, most hidden people behind the memes. Today, I’m glad to report one of our longest-standing quests is finally at an end: “Zblofu,” the founder, CEO, and oracle behind Zombocom, has been confirmed for the conference in May!

Zblofu has remained an enigma for years, and we’re thrilled to have him out to talk about the site, the internets, obtaining the impossible, and what really happens after Zombocom fully loads.

If you haven’t seen the site since it first was launched in 1999 (!!!), you might be interested to find that the site has been rendered in beautiful HTML5, implemented in Twitter, has been covered by xkcd, blacked out for SOPA/PIPA, and is also available as a mobile app.

So effing excited — we’ve got more announcements coming up tomorrow! Stay tuned.

The Supercuts Panel @ ROFLCon III

Phew – sorry for the delay folks, we’ve been just completely overloaded here at ROFLCon HQ, and only now getting a chance to get back on the ol’ guest announcements bandwagon. Expect a return to your regularly scheduled programming from here on in.

In any case, a few weeks back we announced the good news that our friend Andy Baio would be attending and representing at ROFLCon III for an as-yet-unannounced panel. The behind-the-scenes wrangling has been officially concluded, and we’re thrilled to announce today that Andy will moderating a panel on the wonderful Internet phenomena that is supercuts.

Accompanying the session will be a trio of the creative minds behind some of the most epic supercuts ever committed to Internet. These will be:

* Rich FourFour Juzwiak – creator of “I’m Not Here To Make Friends” and “No Signal,” among others
* Duncan Robson – creator of “Let’s Enhance,” and “Tumbleweeds”
* Aaron Valdez – of Wreck and Salvage and recently of Star Wars Uncut

Links to their work, and other assorted awesomeness they have produced above. Thrilled to have all three of them! Welcome aboard, folks.

That’s No Moon, That’s Even More Guests

So, really, just when you thought that the ROFLCon guest list couldn’t get any larger — we’re decided to bust all previous expectations open by formally announcing a final series of new and alumni guests that will be turning up for the conference! Some of these you’ll know from their quiet appearance on our schedule, but others have been as yet unannounced to this point. Check it out! We’ve got:

* Neil Cicierega, of Lemon Demon, Potter Puppet Pals, and other greatness.

* Ian Spector, owner and operator of the Chuck Norris Facts.

* AJ Mazur, creator of the (by now classic) Lazy Town-Lil Jon remix.

* Larry Oji and David Lloyd, of the behemoth video game music community OCRemix.

* And, brand new this year, is Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, general Masters of Pop Culture and the amazing minds behind the Found Footage Festival.

Okay, cool, I think that’s it. For now.

Sweet Sweetness of Sweethood: Magners Sponsors ROFLCon!

Aaaaand, we’re in the home stretch! ROFLTeam’s been pulling some late nights and putting out the usual fires, but the good news is that we’re looking to be on track and balling. Expect this blog to start getting way more active as we get into the final few days before the event — we’ve got some additional surprises (it’ll also be updating with coverage of the event and other fun tidbits on Friday/Saturday).

We’re glad to announce today the terrific news coming down the chute that the friendly folks over at Magners — those manufacturers of fine alcoholic Irish products — are coming on board as conference sponsors for ROFLCon II! Pretty happy to welcome them to the internet.

In practical terms, this translates to awesomeness. They’ll be representing with their fine Irish cider on Friday night at the Asgard (350 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA), where we’re setting up base and you’ll be able to hang out both during and after all the ridiculous things going on that evening. So, good stuff: definitely come and check it out!