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After the same paper was rejected twice, I turned a Steam-style lab meme into a page where researchers can browse the art, download the prompt and files, and remix their own academic setback.

Double reject Lab meme Spooder turn Remix kit
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Playful HCI Spooder-Man remix artwork from a set of city scenes, character lineups, and title cards
Why

Two paper rejections needed somewhere to go besides another private note about resilience.

What

A lab meme became a playful remix page, a downloadable prompt, and a set of visual placeholders.

How

Keep the two rejections up front, link the serious receipt wall, and package the images, prompt, and playlist so someone else can remix the joke.

Origin story

Two rejections, one Steam meme, then Spooder-Man.

The same paper was rejected by CHI and UIST. I made a Steam-style achievement image for my labmates, then turned that private joke into a page other researchers can remix.

  1. Paper result

    Same paper, two noes.

    CHI said no. UIST said no. Instead of writing another private note about resilience, I turned the mood into something I could send to the lab.

  2. Lab meme

    Make the receipt funny enough to send.

    The Steam-style achievement image began as a labmate meme. It later became the first artifact in the separate Wall of Rejection, where badges open serious receipts and each rejection event counts once.

  3. Remix page

    Turn one private joke into a remix invitation.

    This page adds visual frames, a prompt, a downloadable kit, and a clear path back to the serious work. A new remix should begin with its maker's own real academic moment.

How to remix this

Remix it in three moves.

Start with your no, use the files, keep the serious work easy to find.

  1. 01 Start with a real no. Rejection, confusing review, failed prototype, or round two.
  2. 02 Grab the spoody-suits. Open the Markdown prompt and asset ZIP; swap in your field and voice.
  3. 03 Join the verse. Credit the idea and invite the next remix.

Spoody-suit files.

A Markdown prompt plus asset ZIP gives the next person enough structure to remix.

Download spoody-suits Download prompt markdown

Source playlist

Where the bit came from.

The Spooder-Man meme supplied the chaotic tone.

Full playlist: open the 10-video playlist.

Remix provenance and technical record
  • Source of truth: _data/spooder_man.yml supplies the hero copy, gallery labels, remix steps, downloadable prompt, asset paths, and video list used by this page.
  • Artwork status: the local gallery files and ZIP are current remix materials. This page makes no claim that their sequence documents historical versions or rejection events.
  • Video boundary: thumbnails identify the credited source playlist. The privacy-enhanced YouTube player is created only after a visitor chooses Load video.
  • Remix boundary: the downloadable prompt asks readers to start with their own real moment, preserve clear routes back to serious work, adapt the tone to their site, and credit the source idea.
  1. 95acdb781Added the project page, structured Spooder data, and the first page interaction script.
  2. 5b6ae82eaAdded the downloadable remix ZIP and Markdown prompt, then reorganized the page around reuse.
  3. c91889bd5Refined the image and source-video carousels without changing the origin story.
  4. f05f02b41Registered the page as a site experiment with its original May 30 debut timestamp.

Credit Sirui Tao as the OG HCI Spooder-Man. The original spark was a double rejection and a lab meme; the linked Spooder-Man trailers and playlist supplied the chaotic remix tone.

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