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Week In Famo #13….December 16 2008

It’s been a while, I’ve missed you guys. Nothing like some weekly famo re-caps to bring us closer together.

The big hit of the week is of course…. our nations president dodging shoes (8874 Diggs):

I Found Him! claims 6293 with a simple wave of the pen tool:

I don’t even eat meat and I think the bacon weave is dope (4751 Diggs):

Why People Write “First” in the comments (3586):

#1 for the week on Buzzfeed is Parson’s alumn Becky Stern’s Private Browsing Sweater:

And what would a good meme be without some animated gif remixes:

The most “awesome viral videos of 2008″ according to videogum:

Concept Tumblr of the Day: Adopt Jack the DogDecember 5 2008

Jack is also rockin’ it on Vimeo:

My Name is JACK - Please ADOPT ME! from adriene hughes on Vimeo

Other concept tumblrs we’ve enjoyed, all focused and dedicated:
* Puddle Blog
* Boner Party
* Laser Portraits

Week in Famo #12December 2 2008

Hope you’ve enjoyed your Thanksgiving tryptophan high, cuz we now resume our regular internet studies… this week in the social media landscape:

Rickroll has officially entered mainstream culture with a surprise performance by Rick Astley during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Over 7000 diggs and over 1800 points on Reddit:

Concept TwittersNovember 19 2008

Yesterday in class we created twitter narratives in the vein of Natural History Whale and Mars Phoenix Lander. We then had a race to see who could add the most followers in an hour… Neil Patrick Harris won.

Week In Famo #11November 18 2008

As excited as I am for the coming of Obama I am even more excited to report that only 1 of the 10 must dugg articles of the week has to do with Obama, Palin, or McCain. Now we can finally get back to photos paired with poetry… the way the web is supposed to be. Case in point (5,987 Diggs):

“Thats what you get douchebag”

God’s Facebook page wins the week with 6,527 diggs:

Soooo funny (5,074 diggs):

Shocking:

Graphs still seem to be getting some love:

Signs still popular as ever:

Buzzfeed still interested in the election with 7 of the top 20 most viewed articles dealing with politics.

Baroque Obama:

Soulja Boy is back on the front page of Youtube with a new song and a new dance (ripe for remix material?):

The Weirdest Dog Ever seems to be sweeping the web this week:

Girl With Perl Earing:

Chicken Police!