Mozilla adopts two real, live firefoxes, broadcasts live stream...
Yes, in a beautiful collision of cuddly adorableness and PR mastermindery, Mozilla has adopted two baby firefoxes. These cuties (which are actually pandas -- not foxes) were born at Knoxville Zoo, Tennessee, back in June, but as of today they're now part of the Mozilla community.
For the next few months, Mozilla will be broadcasting a live, 24-hour video stream of these two cuties. There are even six different angles to choose from (seriously -- I'm not making this up), and it's best to watch them at 9am, 12pm and 4pm EST, just after they've been fed. There's a video of them rolling about after the break.
Anyway, if watching very cute (but mostly inanimate) animals isn't really your kind of thing, you can also help Mozilla name them! Right now, in true soulless coder fashion, they're only known as "cub #1" and "cub #2" -- but if you hop over to the FirefoxLive site, you can suggest a name.
Over the following months, Mozilla plans to provide "more ways to interact with them". I'm intrigued and more than slightly concerned. Let's hope Mozilla Labs doesn't get involved...
For the next few months, Mozilla will be broadcasting a live, 24-hour video stream of these two cuties. There are even six different angles to choose from (seriously -- I'm not making this up), and it's best to watch them at 9am, 12pm and 4pm EST, just after they've been fed. There's a video of them rolling about after the break.
Anyway, if watching very cute (but mostly inanimate) animals isn't really your kind of thing, you can also help Mozilla name them! Right now, in true soulless coder fashion, they're only known as "cub #1" and "cub #2" -- but if you hop over to the FirefoxLive site, you can suggest a name.
Over the following months, Mozilla plans to provide "more ways to interact with them". I'm intrigued and more than slightly concerned. Let's hope Mozilla Labs doesn't get involved...













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Subscribe to commentspat_boy2008Dec 3rd 2010 1:14PM
DAWWWWWWW They're so cute!
Sebastian AnthonyDec 3rd 2010 1:15PM
@pat_boy2008 They truly are disgustingly cute. Like, worryingly so.
TomDec 3rd 2010 1:56PM
Lets hope Opera have a similar reply...
-Pablo-Dec 3rd 2010 3:02PM
@Tom they'll surely do something silly and funny like when they boiled a potato in reply to the Google Chrome's "faster than the flying potato" tests.
Sebastian AnthonyDec 3rd 2010 2:37PM
@Tom What... what would Opera adopt?
MariachiDec 8th 2010 12:29PM
@Tom
Yeah, they could adopt Andrea Bocelli
octoberasianDec 3rd 2010 1:55PM
*dies of cuteness overload*
bayernDec 3rd 2010 2:37PM
Chrome is gonna respond by adopting two Androids?
skyblazeDec 3rd 2010 2:17PM
Skyblaze! You have to name one of them Skyblaze!
Sebastian AnthonyDec 3rd 2010 3:03PM
@skyblaze Why...? :P
Michael HarenDec 5th 2010 1:02AM
If this isn't a sign of a dooming tech bubble, I don't know what is
HarshDec 3rd 2010 3:21PM
A fat lady.
mkoDec 3rd 2010 5:52PM
@Sebastian Anthony Couple of tenors?
JordanDec 3rd 2010 6:59PM
@Sebastian Anthony A fat lady?
JoshDec 5th 2010 12:47AM
@Sebastian Anthony
A 300lb white viking woman?
RGDec 3rd 2010 3:01PM
Twitter adopting whales?
Sebastian AnthonyDec 3rd 2010 3:02PM
@RG Hahahaha.
Yeah. And keep them in a small tank in their San Francisco office.
DrakkenfyreDec 3rd 2010 5:13PM
But they aren't foxes.As cute as they are, they are pandas. So, uh, I guess the name doesn't fit.
$5 says someone makes a plugin that lets you keep a video feed up at all times in your browser. Ok, not really.
Sebastian AnthonyDec 3rd 2010 6:13PM
@Drakkenfyre Soulless monster.
(Ahhh, comment threading is messing up.)
Sebastian AnthonyDec 3rd 2010 6:12PM
@mko I chortled :P