The Fail Whale Fan Club

“Jackson’s death caused Twitter outages, as portrayed by Raul Orozco in this take on Twitter’s Fail Whale.” - on CNN.

Image by @raeioul based on original Fail Whale Illustration by @yiyinglu

So far our beloved whale has been featured from a lot of media publications. Here is a brief collection for whom want to have a bit of insight of Fail Whale:

* Fail Whale Story on CNN By John D. Sutter

* Fail Whale Story on New York Times by Rob Walker

* “How Fail Whale became a hit” on Sydney Morning Herald by @skytsang:

* Fail Whale Party featured on Wired Magazine by @jennydeluxe:

* Fail Whale Story on ReadWriteWeb by @sarahintampa:

Also Check out:

www.whatisfailwhale.info

It has been great to see so many Fail Whale related stories & projects!

In fact our fail whale creator @yiyinglu has set up a *What is Fail Whale.info* page for them!

Some High-Lights here:

* Lego Fail Whale and its making process by @tveskov:

* Fail Whale’s cameo role on SuperNews! “Twouble with Twitters”

* Fail Whale Artist @yiyinglu Featured on Australia’s best Sunday read “Sunday Life”:

For the entire Fail Whale sighting, check out: www.whatisfailwhale.info

Last week, in New York City, the first Shorty Awards ceremony was held to honor the twitter elite. Yiying Lu, the creator of the “Lifting a Dreamer” Fail Whale illustration was honored with the award in the “#Design” category. There’s even an article in the New York Times Magazine this weekend. Congratulations Yiying! We’re very proud of you!

If you are in San Francisco on February 18, 2009, please join us for a rendezvous of the frenetic fanboys and fangirls of FAIL. FAILParty 2: EconoFAIL will be held at Mr. Smith’s starting at 8PM.

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[DISCLAIMER: We here at the FailWhale Fan Club have the deepest respect and admiration for all those involved with US Airways Flight 1549. We are grateful that there were no casualties. The pilots, the crew, the passengers, and the emergency responders did everything they could to avert a potential disaster. That said, we also feel that laughter is always the best medicine. And this Fail Whale mod seems to be some really good medicine.]

I now hand the royal sceptor of the Fail Whale Fandom to @critter:

Here’s more detail on his new tattoo as well as pictures of other iconic internet tattoos! Thanks to @edrabbit & @tlimongello for the links!

Here’s an iPhone wallpaper image for those of us who just can’t get enough. Thanks Yiying!

Tuesday night’s FAILparty at Shine was a success. We had a capacity+ crowd and copious amounts of [pseudo] Fail Whale Pale Ale was consumed. My compliments to the organizers and everyone who participated in the event!

The photos above are just a sample from Flickr. Please click through to the respective detail pages for copyright information.

If you are in San Francisco on July 29th, you need to be at the FAILparty! Let’s remember and celebrate our FAILures and show our appreciation and support for others experiencing FAIL - including of course, the adorable Fail Whale!

• FAILparty art & schwag designed by Fail Whale creator Yiying Lu
• Music by John Adams (@netik)
• FAIL visuals and FAILbooth
• Fail Whale Pale Ale on tap!

Location:

Shine
1337 Mission St.

FAILparty details (Please RSVP):
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Special thanks to @mr_bill, @ChadScott, & @TimIsHungry for organizing this event.