http://memesalot.com Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:46:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new gossip blog has landed on the Memesalot desk. It's connected with an addictive online game called Star vs. Star, which has viral/meme potential itself! Since gossip's on the brain, here's a meme all about celebrity buzz: 1. If you were a celebrity, what would be your ultimate nightmare “caught ... http://memesalot.com/2008/02/20/goss-goss-and-more-goss-do-you-love-it/ We all know the Internet runs on social sites like fuel. The big idea may have been to create an "information superhighway", but what's really happened is we've created a virtual society! Most of 2007's top search terms for mega-engines like Yahoo and Google included various social networking sites across ... http://memesalot.com/2008/02/01/your-online-social-life/ Watching Project Runway, browsing Model Sense, and digging through my wardrobe for an early Spring cleaning have all made me think fashion. And whether you consider yourself fashion savvy or not, you can't escape it. Someone somewhere designs every bit of clothing we wear--maybe even you! So here's a survey ... http://memesalot.com/2008/01/24/its-in-fashion-%e2%80%93-fashion-and-clothing-survey/ Ever heard of a food that sounds so disgusting it turns your stomach? Ever heard of a food that's off-the-beaten-path, but you think you might try it if you had the chance? This is a survey all about food that's unusual to Americans and many others in the Western world. Have ... http://memesalot.com/2008/01/15/weird-foods/ We're always picking favorite quotes, displaying them, discussing them, and generally focusing on the famous words of other people. But what if we could select our own famous words—our own quotes, original & unique, capturing our thoughts and feelings? That's the purpose of this meme. Write an original quote, short or ... http://memesalot.com/2008/01/14/your-quotes-your-words/ U.S. politics: absolutely inescapable this time of year, with a Presidential election looming. Even on an international scale the race for Presidency is getting attention. Though this meme is skewed towards U.S. citizens, if you're outside the U.S. and can tailor it for your country, go ahead! 1. Do you ... http://memesalot.com/2008/01/12/us-politics-2008-election-meme/ Here's an exercise in what some vague, open-ended questions can inspire. For an extra challenge--and maybe an interesting discovery or two--answer with the very first thing that comes to mind. 1. I am a woman/man who... 2. I believe in... 3. I am happy when... 4. It upsets me when... 5. I often feel... 6. ... http://memesalot.com/2008/01/10/open-ended-questions-for-discovery/ What cryptid (mysterious creature) are you? Check out our new, original quiz/selector to discover your cryptid personality match! You'll discover if you're most like Bigfoot, Chupacabra, Faeries, Dragons, Mothman, The Jersey Devil, Nessie, or Aliens. Includes fun graphics to display your results on your blog, page, profile, or forum.ShareThis http://memesalot.com/2008/01/09/what-cryptid-mysterious-creature-are-you/ It's been a big year for Bigfoot & other mysterious creatures. At the end of 2007 Bigfoot (aka Sasquatch), Chupacabra, UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, and other strange phenomenon topped search engines for most-searched terms (more here). Clearly we all love a bit of cryptozoology, so here's a survey all ... http://memesalot.com/2008/01/09/cryptids-a-go-go-bigfoot-mothman-more/ You know them, you've done them, you love them—memes, glorious memes! AKA quizzes, surveys, widgets...all those goodies you spend your free time filling out to populate your blog, post on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo etc. profiles, forward in e-mails, and send around in your MySpace bulletins. We created this site, dear Lord ... http://memesalot.com/2008/01/07/welcome/