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		<title>Will Ferrell, Bill O&#8217;Reilly, and Pulp Fiction</title>
		<link>http://www.webpronews.com/will-ferrell-bill-oreilly-and-pulp-fiction-2011-12</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Muncy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[daily viral videos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A viral video is one that becomes popular though the process of Internet sharing, via social media, sharing sites, or good ‘ole email. Everyday we highlight some of the best that are currently viral and some that are trending that &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A viral video is one that becomes popular though the process of Internet sharing, via social media, sharing sites, or good ‘ole email. Everyday we highlight some of the best that are currently viral and some that are trending that way.</p>
<p>Today we have Bill O&#8217;Reilly being a decent human being, Will Ferrell talking about beer, and virgins kissing. Enjoy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/tag/daily-viral-videos">View more daily viral video round-ups her</a>e.</p>
<p>Pulp Fiction in Chronological Order</p>
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<p>Bill O&#8217;Reilly hits a guy with an umbrella, then tells the cops on him.</p>
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<p>Will Ferrell selling Old Milwaukee in Terre Haute.</p>
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<p>0:18… some things you can&#8217;t un-see bro.</p>
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<p>Parallel parking at its finest</p>
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<p>The greatest fight of all time.</p>
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<p>Top 10 pranks of 2011</p>
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<p>MIB III Trailer</p>
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		<title>The Wonder Years, Cat Wrestling, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Muncy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[daily viral videos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A viral video is one that becomes popular though the process of Internet sharing, via social media, sharing sites, or good &#8216;ole email. Everyday we highlight some of the best that are currently viral and some that are trending that &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A viral video is one that becomes popular though the process of Internet sharing, via social media, sharing sites, or good &#8216;ole email. Everyday we highlight some of the best that are currently viral and some that are trending that way.</p>
<p>Today we have Kevin staring awkwardly at his mom, cat wrestling, a chase scene from Russia, and burning mercury thiocyanide. Enjoy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/tag/daily-viral-videos">View more daily viral video round-ups here</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Wonder Years&#8221; without narration is very odd. Hope you like awkward stares from Kevin.</p>
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<p>Cat Wrestling</p>
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<p>Christian Show gets pranked by &#8220;Fresh Prince of Bel-Air&#8221; story</p>
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<p>&#8220;Girl With the Dragon Tattoo&#8221; faux Hard Copy news report</p>
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<p>&#8220;The Gift&#8221; &#8211; Really good Sci-Fi short</p>
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<p>What happens when you burn mercury thiocyanide?</p>
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<p>A Marine&#8217;s Christmas Song</p>
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		<title>Francis Gets A Light Saber, Mythbusters Snafu, and The Three Stooges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Muncy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the maiden voyage of our daily viral videos roundup. We’ll highlight videos that are currently viral and ones that are trending that way. Today we have a grown man twirling light sabers, the Mythbuster&#8217;s destroying public property, and &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the maiden voyage of our daily viral videos roundup. We’ll highlight videos that are currently viral and ones that are trending that way. Today we have a grown man twirling light sabers, the Mythbuster&#8217;s destroying public property, and the awful trailer for &#8220;The Three Stooges&#8221;. Enjoy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/tag/daily-viral-videos">View more daily viral video round-ups here</a>.</p>
<p>Early Christmas present for Francis</p>
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<p>MythBusters Cannonball Experiment Gone Wrong</p>
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<p>&#8220;Sit down and shut up&#8221; from 70 different movies.</p>
<p><iframe width="616" height="448" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VUn07dB645c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Umm… what just happened?</p>
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<p>Zombie transformation</p>
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<p>The awful teaser trailer for &#8220;The Three Stooges&#8221;</p>
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<p>2-year old can flow with the best of &#8216;em</p>
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		<title>Reddit Experiencing Sporadic Downtime, Productivity Expected To Soar</title>
		<link>http://www.webpronews.com/reddit-experiencing-sporadic-downtime-productivity-expected-to-soar-2011-12</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Muncy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reddit, everyone&#8217;s favorite social news site, is currently down for &#8220;emergency maintenance&#8220;. With Reddit being down many are faced to do actual work, or forced to go to class&#8230; oh the humanity. Below are some of the funnier &#8220;Reddit is &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reddit, everyone&#8217;s favorite social news site, is currently down for &#8220;<em>emergency maintenance</em>&#8220;. With Reddit being down many are faced to do actual work, or forced to go to class&#8230; oh the humanity.</p>
<p>Below are some of the funnier &#8220;Reddit is down&#8221; memes:</p>
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<p>With the ample free time Redditors now have, many have turned to Twitter&#8230; to talk about Reddit.</p>
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<p class="dittoTweet"><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/joshkingdesign"><img src="http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1222660718/Josh2_2-avatar_normal.jpg"/></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/joshkingdesign" class="mainlink">@joshkingdesign</a></strong><br />Josh King</span></span>Reddit is down. ಠ_ಠ Will I have an orangred when I get back? Probably not. <img src='http://www.webpronews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> <span class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.twitter.com"><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/socialditto/twitter-bird.png" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/joshkingdesign/status/144453125615521793" title="Wed Dec 07 16:28:03 +0000 2011">5 minutes ago</a>  via <a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com" rel="nofollow">TweetDeck</a>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href="http://www.socialditto.com">@socialditto</a></span></p>
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<p class="dittoTweet"><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/Kuj4k"><img src="http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1562686031/308982_10150824882230525_775555524_21077474_1504784109_n_normal.JPG"/></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/Kuj4k" class="mainlink">@Kuj4k</a></strong><br />Karl Kujak</span></span>Reddit is down. That means Im going to have to actually work on homework right now! <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23WhatIsThisWorldCommingTo">#WhatIsThisWorldCommingTo</a><span class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.twitter.com"><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/socialditto/twitter-bird.png" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Kuj4k/status/144453027477204992" title="Wed Dec 07 16:27:40 +0000 2011">5 minutes ago</a>  via web&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href="http://www.socialditto.com">@socialditto</a></span></p>
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<p class="dittoTweet"><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/ldotoc"><img src="http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1211096626/image_normal.jpg"/></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/ldotoc" class="mainlink">@ldotoc</a></strong><br />l oconnor</span></span>reddit is down for emergency maintenance?the withdrawals are already kicking in <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23reddit">#reddit</a><span class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.twitter.com"><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/socialditto/twitter-bird.png" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ldotoc/status/144452978726797313" title="Wed Dec 07 16:27:28 +0000 2011">6 minutes ago</a>  via <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad" rel="nofollow">Twitter for iPad</a>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href="http://www.socialditto.com">@socialditto</a></span></p>
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<p class="dittoTweet"><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/AFDIT"><img src="http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1648230274/i07dh_normal.jpg"/></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/AFDIT" class="mainlink">@AFDIT</a></strong><br />Anthony Fox-Davies</span></span>Reddit&#8217;s down and the crossword&#8217;s done&#8230; I might as well just have a nap<span class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.twitter.com"><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/socialditto/twitter-bird.png" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/AFDIT/status/144456184257183744" title="Wed Dec 07 16:40:12 +0000 2011">32 seconds ago</a>  via <a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com" rel="nofollow">TweetDeck</a>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href="http://www.socialditto.com">@socialditto</a></span></p>
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<p class="dittoTweet"><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/danielbasilio90"><img src="http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1231930806/6448_128350586462_503096462_2956315_8288786_n_normal.jpg"/></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/danielbasilio90" class="mainlink">@danielbasilio90</a></strong><br />Daniel Basilio</span></span>reddit is down for maintenance&#8230;.what do i do at work now?<span class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.twitter.com"><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/socialditto/twitter-bird.png" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/danielbasilio90/status/144456023355297792" title="Wed Dec 07 16:39:34 +0000 2011">1 minute ago</a>  via <a href="https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/encaiiljifbdbjlphpgpiimidegddhic" rel="nofollow">Silver Bird</a>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href="http://www.socialditto.com">@socialditto</a></span></p>
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<p class="dittoTweet"><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/3rdand43"><img src="http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1672063961/image_normal.jpg"/></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/3rdand43" class="mainlink">@3rdand43</a></strong><br />ಠ_ಠ</span></span>Umm what&#8217;s going on with <a href="http://t.co/5LzOhcJC" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/5LzOhcJC</a> right now?  You mean I actually have to do work?<span class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.twitter.com"><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/socialditto/twitter-bird.png" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/3rdand43/status/144455953444634624" title="Wed Dec 07 16:39:17 +0000 2011">2 minutes ago</a>  via web&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href="http://www.socialditto.com">@socialditto</a></span></p>
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<p class="dittoTweet"><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/erikvindedzis"><img src="http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1623168630/381943_10150459154491145_505131144_10764074_1632629556_n_normal.jpg"/></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/erikvindedzis" class="mainlink">@erikvindedzis</a></strong><br />Erik Vindedzis</span></span>Reddit is down. <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23EarlyLunch">#EarlyLunch</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/redditstatus">@redditstatus</a><span class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.twitter.com"><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/socialditto/twitter-bird.png" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/erikvindedzis/status/144458049468379137" title="Wed Dec 07 16:47:37 +0000 2011">1 minute ago</a>  via web&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href="http://www.socialditto.com">@socialditto</a></span></p>
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<p class="dittoTweet"><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/Fluffy_Fury"><img src="http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1669446067/wLkz5kMz_normal"/></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/Fluffy_Fury" class="mainlink">@Fluffy_Fury</a></strong><br />Jo Rowan</span></span>Oh my God. REDDIT IS DOWN&#8230; Better drink my own piss&#8230;<span class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.twitter.com"><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/socialditto/twitter-bird.png" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Fluffy_Fury/status/144457774116515840" title="Wed Dec 07 16:46:31 +0000 2011">3 minutes ago</a>  via web&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href="http://www.socialditto.com">@socialditto</a></span></p>
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		<title>UC Davis Pepper Spraying Cop Is The Internet&#8217;s New Favorite Meme</title>
		<link>http://www.webpronews.com/uc-davis-pepper-spraying-cop-is-the-internets-new-favorite-meme-2011-11</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Wolford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The events that took place on the UC Davis campus a few days ago are pretty hard to watch. But that doesn&#8217;t mean that people haven&#8217;t taken a good, hard look at the incident. People have drawn parallels to historical &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The events that took place on the UC Davis campus a few days ago are pretty hard to watch.  But that doesn&#8217;t mean that people haven&#8217;t taken a good, hard look at the incident.  People have drawn parallels to historical events involving protests &#8211; as well as used the brutal video to further the discussion surrounding the state of First Amendment rights in this country.</p>
<p>And of course, the internet has decided that it&#8217;s perfect meme fodder.</p>
<p>The most indelible image from the video that went viral last week is definitely UC Davis Campus Police Lieutenant John Pike casually pepper spraying the protestors, who appear to be sitting on the ground in an absolutely peaceful manner.  The few-second clip of the high-powered, red-orange spray covering the faces of the students has been played thousands of times across news outlets since last Friday.</p>
<p>If you somehow have yet to see the video, check it out below:</p>
<p><iframe width="616" height="343" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BjnR7xET7Uo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Now, the image of Lt. Pike spraying the students has spawned its own Tumblr blog, the aptly titled <a href="http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/">Pepper Spraying Cop</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Little did we know that Pepper Spraying Cop has cracked down on so many famous moments in history!! This Tumblr will help document the long pepper spraying arm of this officer of the law!</em></p></blockquote>
<p>And it does just that &#8211; by inserting the pepper spraying cop into various films, works of art, and famous photographs from history.  Here are some of my favorite images from the blog:</p>
<p>Pepper Spray Cop ruins Abbey Road shoot -</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/pepperbeatles.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="495" /></p>
<p>Pepper Spray Cop Grinches Cindy Lou Who:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/peppercindy.jpg" alt="" width="496" height="429" /></p>
<p>Pepper Spray Cop at the dawn of creation:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/peppergod.jpg" alt="" width="496" height="253" /></p>
<p>Pepper Spray Cop makes immolation a little worse:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/peppermonk.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="350" /></p>
<p>Reddit has joined in the Lt. Pike meme fun as well.  Some <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/mkvd1/casually_butterfly_everything/">pertinent street art</a> has been spotted.  Only the spray has been replaced by butterflies:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/pikebutterfly.jpg" alt="" width="596" height="444" /></p>
<p>Before I could think &#8220;That&#8217;s going to be a really popular t-shirt design pretty soon,&#8221; someone on reddit <a href="http://imgur.com/fhPFp">already made himself the t-shirt</a>.</p>
<p>Memes pop up sometimes even when the source is decidedly less than funny.  But they have a way of keeping things alive, and once you become a popular meme, the memory of you or your actions takes a long time to fade.</p>
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		<title>Steve Jobs Memes Pay Respect to a Visionary</title>
		<link>http://www.webpronews.com/steve-jobs-memes-pay-respect-to-a-visionary-2011-10</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The unfortunate death of Steve Jobs caused massive reverberations around the Internet in particular, as people all over the world paid their respects the one of the great visionaries to grace the tech industry. Twitter and Facebook were two main &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The unfortunate death of Steve Jobs caused massive reverberations around the Internet in particular, as people all over the world paid their respects the one of the great visionaries to grace the tech industry.  Twitter and Facebook were two main areas of focus for these messages, but social network outlets were not the only place people were expressing themselves.</p>
<p>A number of memes that paid respect to Apple&#8217;s fallen quickly hit the web as well, and the <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/">images sub category of Reddit.com</a> did a great job of cataloging these tributes, as well as capturing just how much the death of Steve Jobs resonated around the world.  </p>
<p>To help keep the memory of Steve Jobs alive, we&#8217;ve collected some of the best memes that have popped up since the announcement.  After looking at these, it&#8217;s pretty clear just how much Steve Jobs meant to his fans and the tech industry in general:</p>
<p><center><img src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/jobs_quote.jpg" alt="Jobs Quote" /><br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/l2aw7/steve_jobs_has_diedhis_philosophy_on_death/">Image courtesy</a></center><br />
The next one is an incredible take on Apple logo, <a href="http://jmak.tumblr.com/post/9377189056">and it was initially found here</a>:</p>
<p><center><img src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/jobs_logo.jpg" alt="Steve Jobs Logo" /><br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/l2j67/thanks_steve/">Initially found here</a></center><br />
Other memes/images of note, including the end of a popular Steve Jobs/Bill Gates meme:</p>
<p><center><img src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/gates_and_jobs.jpg" alt="Jobs and Gates" /><br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/l2q0l/the_end_of_a_meme/">Image courtesy</a></center><br />
The next image is of Jobs and his wife, and it was taken after his last keynote speech, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/l2n0a/picture_of_steve_jobs_after_his_last_keynote_with/">again courtesy of Reddit</a>. It&#8217;s almost as if they knew that would be his last.  </p>
<p><center><img src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/jobs_and_wife.jpg" alt="Steve Jobs and his wife" /></center><br />
This next image doesn&#8217;t need an explanation, even if you missed the earlier generations of Macintosh computers:</p>
<p><center><img src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/sad_macintosh.jpg" alt="Sad Macintosh" /></center><br />
This next image <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/l2qik/well_played_wikipedia_editor_well_played/">is a screenshot</a> of the Steve Jobs Wikipedia entry, after it was edited to include his death.  The &#8220;defacing&#8221; has been fixed, but I think I prefer it this way instead of the way <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs">Wikipedia has it now</a>:</p>
<p><center><a href="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/jobs_wiki_full.jpg"><img src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/jobs_wiki_thumb.jpg" alt="Steve Jobs Wiki" /><br />
Click to enlarge</a></center><br />
While Reddit has been a fantastic source for these images, even some in the community <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/l2g4a/this_is_just_fucking_stupid_reddit/">go a little overboard</a>, as the following collection demonstrates nicely:</p>
<p><center><img src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/article_pics/jobs_reddit_overload.jpg" alt="Reddit Overload" /></center><br />
Cleary, Reddit members everywhere wanted to get in on the Steve Jobs karma love.</p>
<p>The downpour of Steve Jobs related memes and images just shows how much &#8220;pull&#8221; he had, especially with Internet users.  Whether you are an Apple fan or not &#8212; I fall into the &#8220;not&#8221; category &#8212; you cannot deny the impact and the vision Jobs had for the tech industry as a whole.  Hell, the iPhone single-handedly turned the Mac brand into a legitimate destination for video games, something the company still struggles with in regards to their home computers.  </p>
<p>Just ask the Angry Birds creators, a group that <a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/rovio_reports_140_million_angry_birds_downloads_credits_iphone">openly acknowledges</a> the role the iPhone played in making the game into the worldwide success it became.</p>
<p>Of course, Jobs&#8217; footprint goes well, well beyond the success of the iPhone, but it&#8217;s also obvious just how crucial the device was to the overall success of Apple, which has skyrocketed into becoming <a href="http://www.webpronews.com/all-apple-all-the-time-2011-05">the world&#8217;s most valuable brand</a>.  </p>
<p>All thanks to the genius of Steve Jobs.</p>
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		<title>Iron Mic Viral Freestyler Eli Porter Gets A Documentary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Muncy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember the viral video &#8220;Iron Mic: Eli Porter vs. Envy&#8220;? It&#8217;s been making it&#8217;s way around the Internet since late 2007, and has been seen over 5 million times. If you&#8217;re having a hard time placing the video&#8230; &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you remember the viral video &#8220;<em>Iron Mic: Eli Porter vs. Envy</em>&#8220;? It&#8217;s been making it&#8217;s way around the Internet since late 2007, and has been seen over <strong>5 million times</strong>.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re having a hard time placing the video&#8230; it&#8217;s the one with the timeless line: <strong>I’m the Best Man. I Did It.</strong></p>
<p>To give you brief rundown on the video, Eli Porter was a high school student at Chamblee High School in Georgia. He appeared on a student produced rap battle show entitled &#8220;<em>Iron Mic</em>&#8220;. The show saw Eli go up against a fellow student named Envy. After a comical battle between the two, a 2-1 decision was made and Envy was declared the winner. You can see the original video below.</p>
<p><iframe width="616" height="492" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tKKxPtP6XjQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>There is no questioning the videos comedic value. But, after viewing you&#8217;re probably left with several questions you wished you had an answer for. Here are a few of mine:</p>
<p><strong>1.) </strong>Is Eli truly the best, as he so claimed?<br />
<strong>2.)</strong> Why was the host rubbing on the middle judge?<br />
<strong>3.)</strong> What was that loooong pause all about?<br />
<strong>4.)</strong> Why did Envy win the battle?<br />
<strong>5.)</strong> What&#8217;s the deal with the heart vignette?</p>
<p>So many questions.</p>
<p>Well, we&#8217;re in luck. As our questions will finally be answered… all of them. A new documentary has came out, People&#8217;s Champion: Behind The Battle, which breaks down each moment of the four-and-a-half video Internet meme.</p>
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<p>The documentary explores almost every possible angle… talking to teachers, the students running the cameras, the producers, the judges, and even Eli Porter himself. People&#8217;s Champion runs about thirty minutes, and is worth a watch.</p>
<p>For more information about &#8220;People&#8217;s Champion: Behind The Battle&#8221; you can visit the official <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PeoplesChampionDoc">Facebook page</a>.</p>
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		<title>Chinese Photoshop Gaffe Goes Viral</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Wolford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the scrutinizing eyes of the internet, no Photoshop disaster will go unnoticed. That doesn&#8217;t just apply to the Western web, but also to those in the East. Chinese internet users have taken a fairly egregious editing error and run &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To the scrutinizing eyes of the internet, no Photoshop disaster will go unnoticed.  That doesn&#8217;t just apply to the Western web, but also to those in the East.</p>
<p>Chinese internet users have taken a fairly egregious editing error and run with it.  Late Sunday evening, an article was posted to the government website of Huili County, China.  Huili county is part of the Sichuan Provine and is under the adminstration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture.</p>
<p>The article, about upgrades to road conditions within the county, had a photo with three government officials on the scene who appear to be <a href="http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20110629_1.htm">discussing the road conditions</a>.  The only problem is that the photo is so clearly photoshopped that it&#8217;s laughable.  Apparently one user who spotted this error posted it to a Chinese internet forum and said:</p>
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I had nothing to do today so I visited the website for our county government.  The headline story was about the upgrade for the road to the countryside.  I looked at the photo and I almost coughed out half a liter of blood!  Even a rank amateur like myself can tell that this was a PhotoShop job, and they had the nerve to put this on the home page!</em></p></blockquote>
<p>So many people visited the government website that it was down for a brief period of time.  Here&#8217;s the photo in question -</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/chinaphotoshop1.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="376" /></p>
<p>Chinese internet users took the photo began creating their own Photoshop masterpieces.  I present to you, some winners of the Levitating Government Officials meme, courtesy of the Chinese site tt.mop.com -</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/chinaphotoshop2.jpg" alt="" width="604" height="408" /></p>
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<p>When this began to go viral, the Huili County Government went into damage control mode.  They set up an account on Weibo, which is China&#8217;s version of Twitter, just to <a href="http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/1139/huili-county-weibo-ps/">address the Photoshop faux pas</a>.  On Weibo, they said that government officials did in fact go on site for the road inspection, but the original photos weren&#8217;t very clear.  They also said that they learned a lesson from all this and thanked the internet community for their criticism.</p>
<p>They also posted what are supposed to be the original photos from the road inspection.  Check them out for yourself but in my opinion, the argument could be made that they still look a bit off.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/chinaphotoshop5.jpg" alt="" width="411" height="679" /></p>
<p>Photoshop disasters are some of the best things on the internet, hands down.  If you have some time to kill, may I suggest browsing through the <a href="http://www.psdisasters.com/2010/12/top-20-photoshop-disasters-of-2010.html">Top 20 Photoshop Disasters of 2010</a> as judged by PSDisasters.com.</p>
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		<title>First World Problems Rap: A Funny Take on One of the Internet&#8217;s Most Beloved Topics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Wolford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m ready to make a declarative statement: One of my favorite things on the interwebs are First World Problems &#8211; few trends blend humor with social commentary so perfectly. Of course, you don&#8217;t need the internet to rip someone when &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m ready to make a declarative statement: One of my favorite things on the interwebs are First World Problems &#8211; few trends blend humor with social commentary so perfectly.  Of course, you don&#8217;t need the internet to rip someone when they complain about their over-privileged existence, but social media has really taken the phrase and made it indelible.</p>
<p>If you are unfamiliar with the whole First World Problem thing, it is basically any statement that makes you seem out of touch with the real problems of the underprivileged.  Urban dictionary <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=First+World+Problems">says</a> that they are &#8220;problems from living in a wealthy, industrialized nation that third worlders would probably roll their eyes at.&#8221;  </p>
<p>For instance, &#8220;Dammit, my iPhone has the weakest battery life ever&#8221; would be a first world problem.  It would be fun to think of these all day, but I&#8217;m sure most of you are familiar with First World Problems, so I&#8217;ll move on.  </p>
<p>First World Problems have had an enduring internet presence for years.  Maybe not as i<a href="http://www.webpronews.com/add-bacon-to-any-website-mmmm-bacon-2011-06">mportant on the interwebs as bacon</a>, but close.  First World Problems has a <a href="http://therealfirstworldproblems.tumblr.com/">popular tumblr</a> blog, a featured <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/firstworldproblems/">Reddit thread</a>, and a Lamebook-like collection of social media First World Problems site called <a href="http://whitewhine.com/">White Wine</a>.  The latter, of course, is a little less politically correct term for the trend.  </p>
<p>However, the place where First World Problems is really a star is on Twitter.  The hashtag #firstworldproblems will see about 20-40 new tweets roll in every few minutes.  </p>
<p>And the best part about the trend is that it is perfect self-deprecating humor.   People are aware that their lives are easy compared to the less fortunate.  Sure, the joke is a little insensitive, but it&#8217;s always damn funny.  Here are some of the current complaints from the advantaged masses &#8211; </p>
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<p class="dittoTweet"><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/FirstWorldLife"><img src="http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1290424459/fml-search-aggregator-10_normal.png"/></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/FirstWorldLife" class="mainlink">@FirstWorldLife</a></strong><br />First World Life</span></span>I went to refill my medication last and found that my drug plan now pays 100%. I got my debit card out for nothing. <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23FirstWorldProblems">#FirstWorldProblems</a><span class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.twitter.com"><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/socialditto/twitter-bird.png" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/FirstWorldLife/status/84290222757658624" title="Fri Jun 24 16:02:09 +0000 2011">1 minute ago</a>  via <a href="http://www.eddieoneverything.com" rel="nofollow">TT Commander</a>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href="http://www.socialditto.com">@socialditto</a></span></p>
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<p>Today, this video is making the rounds.  It was uploaded by YouTube user <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/funnyz">funnyz</a>, who is a 17-year-old kid named Zach who calls himself a parody maker.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s pretty funny.  Check it out -</p>
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		<title>Keanu Reeves Pens Melancholy Picture Book, Denies Sad Keanu Meme Influence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Wolford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new &#8220;grown-up&#8217;s picture book&#8221; authored by Keanu Reeves seems to take inspiration from or at least capitalize on one of the most enduring internet memes of all time, Sad Keanu (Keanu is Sad for purists). But according to The &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new &#8220;grown-up&#8217;s picture book&#8221; authored by Keanu Reeves seems to take inspiration from or at least capitalize on one of the most enduring internet memes of all time, Sad Keanu (Keanu is Sad for purists).  But according to <em>The Matrix</em> star and thoughtful sandwich eater, the new book predates any of this silly ol&#8217; internet stuff.</p>
<p>The book, entitled &#8220;Ode To Happiness&#8221; features text by Keanu and illustrations by Alexandra Grant.  It features reflective, often depressing and borderline self-pity phrases bolstered by inky illustrations.  According to the book&#8217;s <a href="http://alexandragrant.com/art/collaboration/ode-to-happiness/">official site</a> -</p>
<blockquote><p><em>In the tradition of a classic “hurtin’ song,” the text externalizes what is typically an internal monologue, a spontaneous, melancholy incantation of near-hopelessness—and in so doing, subtly pokes fun at it. The images—beautifully realized in somber inky washes of black on white—reflect the dark and light, the pathos and humor of the text. Neither entirely earnest nor wholly ironic, the book is ultimately completed by the reader, who brings his or her own experience to its interpretation</em></p></blockquote>
<p>In an <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jun/15/keanu-reeves-ode-to-happiness">interview with the Guardian</a>, Keanu says his inspiration came from depressing music on the radio.  He just started writing melancholy things down.  These musings got in the hands of Grant, who drew the images, and the book was born.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an example of one of the pages from &#8220;Ode To Happiness&#8221; -</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Page from &quot;Ode To Happiness&quot;" src="http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/odetohappiness1.jpg" alt="" width="369" height="468" /></p>
<p>Of course, the news of this project immediately engenders thoughts of <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keanu-is-sad-sad-keanu--3#.TgIVGIVMBT6">Sad Keanu</a>, the meme that took the interwebs by storm last summer.  A brief history of the meme to follow:</p>
<p>Sometime in May, 2010, a photo was snapped of Keanu Reeves sitting alone on a bench, eating a sandwich.  In the photo, Keanu seemed to be sad, morose, contemplative &#8211; whatever you want to call it.  The photo became popular on Reddit, and then exploded for mememakers everywhere.  Shopping the picture of him on the bench into various locales became huge and SadKeanu.com was born.  Eventually the site was hit with a DMCA takedown notice for the use of the photo.  Here are a couple of the best Sad Keanus out there -</p>
<p><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/sadkeanucheers.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/sadkeanuhappygilmore.jpg" alt="" /></p>
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<p>The Sad Keanu Meme even inspired its own holiday &#8211; Cheer Up Keanu Day.  Also titled Operation: Happy Reeves, the organizers encouraged people to send letters, gifts, messages and donations to cancer charities on June 15th to cheer up the sad actor.  Here&#8217;s the accompanying video -</p>
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<p>So it&#8217;s not surprising, then, that this new picture book feels like some sort of self-aware project, motivated by his enormously popular internet presence.  But Keanu has said that this is not the case.  From the interview with Guardian -</p>
<blockquote><p><em>I can&#8217;t resist asking if Cheer Up Keanu Day was in any way responsible for Reeves&#8217;s current ebullience. Did he even know about it? &#8220;Oh, the internet deal,&#8221; he says vaguely. &#8220;It was brought to my attention. Yeah, it was funny. But no, the book predates that by a long time. We finished it in August 2009. It is hopefully, in a quiet and enjoyable way, transformative. The kind of thing that takes you from this one place to another – to look at yourself and, y&#8217;know, it can always be worse. I hate that sentence: of course it can always be worse!&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Ode To Happiness&#8221; is not going to be very easy to find.  There is an original pressing hand-bound 4,000 copy run, only available in the U.K.  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ODE-HAPPINESS-Alexandra-Grant/dp/3869302097">Amazon has a hardcover edition</a> listed for $34.65, which they say will ship in 1 to 3 weeks.  This usually means they have limited quantity.</p>
<p>Even if Keanu began this project before the infamous Sad Keanu photo was taken, there&#8217;s no denying that the meme will do wonders in promoting his new book.</p>
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