
Web developer Ryan Pennington, 35, paid tribute to the now defunct news aggregator by handwriting a screenshot he took of his old one onto poster board. Pennington and his girlfriend Leila had their first kiss during Hallowmeme 2010, when he was dressed as someone smoking lettuce from AutoTune the News, and she was “balloon boy,” the 6-year-old who was believed to have drifted away on a helium balloon as part of an elaborate hoax staged by his parents.