====== Dear Slashdotter, where have you been? ======
It looks like LOLCODE got some second-hand attention from a Perl6 story on the front page. It looks like some geeks out there had //not// heard of LOLCODE out there yet, so here's a really quick review for those of you just joining us:
  * LOLCODE originated on creator Adam Lindsay's [[http://lindsay.at/blog/archive/2007/05/25/lolcode.html|blog]] in late May, 2007. The meme quickly spread throughout the 'net by the time we hit June.
  * After some chaotic first steps, the LOLCODE [[specs:1.2|specification]] reached some consensus on basic functionality via collaboration on the [[http://forum.lolcode.com/|forum]]. The forum could use some new energy to help finalize specification [[proposals:1.3:1.3]], but please be respectful of the consensus that has come before.
  * There are numerous [[implementations:implementations]] already around. The [[news:i-haz-a-parrot|Perl6/Parrot]] integration is the latest and (in some ways) most impressive, but there's been some serious implementation work everywhere from [[implementations:erlol|Erlang]] to deep [[implementations:eclipse-lol|Java/Eclipse IDE integration]] to the .NET [[articles:dlr-intro|Dynamic Language Runtime]].
  * Hey, if you're interested, we sell t-shirts, mugs and other CafePress stuff at [[http://store.lolcode.com/]]. (I have a kid to feed, okay?)