Online - January 20, 2009

Yes, You Can

Obamicon.Me

You wrote to your congressmen. And the governor for good measure. Just whom did you have to sleep with to get invited to the inauguration?

You might not be in D.C. today, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make history.

Obamicon.Me is a neat-o Web app that lets you put your image (or that of your pet, purse, whatever) in the style of the famed Shepard Fairey Obama poster. Just upload a photo or use your webcam to snap a pic, then choose a zippy word to go with it. A shot of yourself eating a cheeseburger over the word “diet”; a photo of your ex titled “jackass”; or a pic of your poodle labeled, well, “poodle” will be rendered in stark red, tan, and blue.

Save it to the site for all the world to see.

And consider it your gift to posterity.

Available online at obamiconme.pastemagazine.com.