Archive for April, 2008

Flying. Robot. Jellyfish.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Thanks to figbash for pointing this out to us. More proof of how creepy-cool jellyfish are.

The Fluthermobile through Tornado Alley!

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

On Route 66 in Elk Horn, OK:

(I don’t even remember selling shirts in black)
And visiting the leaning water tower of Britten in Groom, TX:

Fittest to print.

Friday, April 25th, 2008

You can never really prepare yourself for the time when your beautiful face is shown more prominently than your business partner’s in a world-class print publication. Let me tell you, it’s a huge rush: even larger than the rush one may feel at seeing oneself represented in an ephemeral jumble of 1’s and 0’s — […]

Fit to print

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

You can never really prepare yourself for the feeling you get when you see your face in New York Times. Well, I can tell you it’s actually quite a rush.
Thanks to Marci Alboher for writing the great article. Also, thanks to Thor Swift for the artful photos.
Finally, thanks to everyone for all the kind notes. […]

Fluthermobile searches for Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies!

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Here we see the famed Fluthermobile on a quest across Missouri for its favorite snack, the McDonald’s Oatmeal-Raisin Cookie.

Fluthermobile vs. Giant Windmills!

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Don Quixote would be proud:

Near Paw Paw, IL. Where will it show up next?

The Fluthermobile!

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Today, my parents embark on yet another cross-country road trip to visit me.  For this journey, they have converted their cherry-apple red Dodge Caravan into…The Fluthermobile!

We’ll be posting updates in this space with pictures of the van as it travels from Chicago to Los Angeles.  If you happen to pass the Fluthermobile on the highway, […]

Greeting Contest Results

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Fluther Greeting Contest. We loved your answers!
We selected twenty of our favorite new greetings and added them into the rotation. You should start seeing them whenever you browse Fluther.

“How’d they do that?” Pagination

Friday, April 11th, 2008

In this week’s installment, we show you something simple but important: pagination. If you’ve ever seen those little numbers at the bottom of a Google Search, then you’re familiar with a paginated list:

Now we’ll show you how we made a reusable paginator for different parts of Fluther.
First we had to decide how it should look, […]

Fluther Greeting Contest

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Fluther welcomes you to every page with a happy little greeting.  One of our users brilliantly asked the collective to submit new greetings of their own. The question has generated some great responses, so we decided to turn it into a contest.  Submit your best greeting suggestions as answers to the question and we’ll add […]