In February 2008 San Francisco freelance writer and Wired contributing editor Mathew Honan created the website “Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle”, which displays random Barack Obama non sequiturs. The site was a huge hit, taking the internet by storm in a matter of hours.
Of course like all great internet memes it has been made into a book, which is being published by Gotham Books and will be released on August 5th. To celebrate this momentous occasion, Mat is having a Barack Obama is Your New Book Release Party this Wednesday, August 6th at The Dovre Club in San Francisco.
UPDATE: Here are a few photos from the book release party.
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Will there ever be an end to these mindless, trite internet “memes”. So boring, so bland, and so pointless. Witness the pet rock of the 00s.
I refuse to make any jokes about never forgetting how to ride a bike.
Got my book last night, signed :)
Inspired by the originial site…
http://www.mycandidateisbetterthanyours.com
To keep up-to-date on the latest micro-target endorsements and to see if a group you may belong to has already made up it's collective mind for you, please visit http://www.mycandidateisbetterthanyours.com. And feel free to pass the word along…if all goes well, we'll launch a campaign store with t-shirts and buttons showing endorsements from groups anyone would be proud to be a member of….Delirious, Underachieving Hedge Fund Managers for McCain or Well-Intentioned, Cowardly Runway Models for Obama…I think it's safe to say that the possibilities are endless.
And don't forget some of the interesting alternatives….
http://johnmccainisyourjalopy.com/
http://hillaryclintonisyournewhddvdplayer.com/
http://sarahpalinisyournewsnowmachine.org/
http://isyournewbicycle.com/
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