Fail Whale Meets Awesomebar
As I signed up for twitter during a period of “high maintenance” (that’s polite for almost-constant brokenness), I encountered the fail whale quite often—and learned to like it, in its own way, because it had become a tradition of sorts, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.
Twitter’s Charming “mascot”, the Fail Whale
And funnily, every time I visit the page in my Firefox instance, the Awesomebar keeps reminding me of the times when the whale was ubiquitous:
How nice: Nostalgia 2.0.
The metaphors page is completely hilarious.
In fact, you are the second one to point this out, so I’m afraid you need to share today’s imaginary price for the most attentive reader of this blog with Dolske. Sorry! (Glad you enjoyed it though, which is exactly why I made this more-or-less subtle reference!)
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