Fernando Alfonso III
Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.
Where is your God now?
Michaelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco featuring “The Creation of Adam” is the latest meme to grab Canvas’ attention.
On Jul 26, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Reddit logo gets Olympic treatment
Users are creating alternate versions of Snoo, the official Reddit logo, for each Olympic sport.
On Jul 25, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Canvas unveils profile pages, a dashboard, and hashtags
Like most major updates made on any social network, Canvas’s new features were not met with open arms
On Jul 24, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Anonymous knocks out 10 Australian government sites
The move was in retaliation to a new security measure that would infringe on digital privacy rights, the group claimed.
Tumblr’s Text From Dog lands book deal
The imagined conversations October Jones and his pooch Cooper will hit bookshelves this fall.
On Jul 23, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Canvas users draw their favorite video game characters
Over the past 48 hours, the Canvas imageboard community has brought characters like Half-Life’s Gordon Freeman to life.
9gag refutes connection to Colorado shooter
Fake screenshots have appeared on both 9gag and 4chan, but a spokesperson refuted the posts on the former.
On Jul 20, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Movie sites respond to shootings, some more appropriately than others
Movies.com goes dark for the day, while Deadline draws criticism for focusing on how the tragedy will affect The Dark Knight Rises at the box office.
How a Canvas artist brings the past—and video games—to life
Meet Maggie Ramey—a WWII airplane restoration company employee by day and a Canvas power user by night.
Anonymous-affiliated hackers hit Wall Street—again
Team GhostShell hacked job site ITWallStreet.com, obtaining personal info and résumés.
On Jul 19, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Australian runner Michelle Jenneke hurdles into Internet’s heart
The 19-year-old dominated the competition at the IAAF World Junior Championships, but it’s her warm-up routine that’s making her Internet famous.
Canvas brings the mythical cat dragon to life
The rare animal known as the cat dragon takes on many different shapes.
On Jul 17, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Anonymous hackers to descend on Parliament in Guy Fawkes masks Nov. 5
More than 2,500 have already RSVPed to the event.
Reddit novelty account has work stolen by 9gag
“This is probably the most popular thing I’ve ever had and it sucks for me that the vast majority of people will only see the painting along with 9gag’s watermark,” shitty_watercolour writes.
Rapper butts heads with YouTube over copyright policy
Was Dan Bull “CENSORED BY COPYRIGHT”? Hear his side of the story in his latest video.
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