There has been this Internet meme around for quite some time now: LOLcats (which has also been summarized on BoingBoing).
Freaky cat person that I am, I have been remiss in not participating. I seek to remedy that now.
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Rob Knop earned a PhD in Physics from Caltech in 1997, and did a 5-year post-doc with the Supernova Cosmology Project, and contributed to the discovery of the accelerating Universe. He was an assistant professor of Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt for 6 years before scattering out of academia. He now works for Linden Lab, the producers of Second LIfe. (Note: this is not an official site of Linden Lab! Although I work for Linden Lab, all content in this blog is posted without the review or approval of Linden Lab. All statements and opinions expressed here are my own.)
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LOLcats
Category: Kitties!
Posted on: May 25, 2007 12:56 AM, by Rob Knop
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ha! yes, lolcats are a guilty, guilty pleasure and we manly men should all be ashamed for loving them, aassshhaaaaamed!!!!!!!! that said, I also enjoy http://icanhascheezburger.com .... *sigh*, whats wrong with us?
Posted by: matthew | May 25, 2007 7:44 AM
/dead from cute
Posted by: Panya | May 25, 2007 9:22 AM
And about the science-themed lolcats you say nothing?
Posted by: Blake Stacey | May 25, 2007 9:29 AM
You're a kitty!
Posted by: Melissa G | May 25, 2007 1:58 PM
Melissa -- way ahead of you : http://scienceblogs.com/interactions/2007/03/a_oneparameter_model_of_rob_kn.php
:)
Posted by: Rob Knop | May 25, 2007 2:20 PM
@Blake:
Rob iz in ur blogs, stealin ur thunder.
Posted by: Dustin | May 26, 2007 3:58 AM