Archive for the 'humor' Category

It’s Complicated on Facebook

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Dawn
on December 14, 2007
in facebook, fun, humor and social networking
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A little social networking humor.


Courtesy of xkcd.

A Little Web Development Humor

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Dawn
on November 17, 2007
in fun, geek and humor
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Linux Suffers Crushing Defeat Due to Driver Errors

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Dawn
on May 29, 2007
in Linux, community, fun and humor
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Today Linux suffered a crushing defeat as the Linux car crashed and placed last in the Indy 500.

The concept was very cool.  I love these community efforts where geeks pull together to do something fun outside of writing code.  In this case, the Tux 500 campaign raised just over $18,000 from people in the Linux community to sponsor a car and get Linux with the Tux logo placed on an Indy Car.

Props to commenters on the Engadget post for the driver error comment.

Online Community Map

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Dawn
on May 5, 2007
in cartoon, community, humor, social networking, social software and web 2.0
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Thanks to Kaliya for finding this.

Using Microsoft Windows May be Linked to Kidney Stones

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Dawn
on May 1, 2007
in Linux, Microsoft, humor and operating systems
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One of the most interesting press releases I have ever read.  One month after April Fools Day … coincidence?

 A key creator of open source software products that turn Mac OS X and Linux into Windows-compatible operating systems is issuing a medical warning to the open source community: trying to rid the world of its dependency on the Windows operating system may be linked to kidney stones in men in their 40s, it was reported today. (Quote from CodeWeavers Press Release)

Definitely worth a read!  (Thanks to Raven for the Twitter about the release.)

Is DRM Uncivilized?

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Dawn
on April 10, 2007
in aliens, drm, fun and humor
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The Real Reason Aliens Won't Contact Us

Are You a Twitter Ninja?

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Dawn
on March 26, 2007
in fun, humor, ninja, pirillo and twitter
. 1 Comment

Are You a Twitter Ninja?

The Distro of the Beast

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Dawn
on December 14, 2006
in Linux, Ubuntu, evil, fun, humor, iron maiden and open source
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If you’ve ever wanted a Linux distro of the evil variety or a distro for Iron Maiden fans, you might be interested in this version of Ubuntu:

“Let him who hath understanding reckon the distro of the beast,
for it is a Linux distro,
its distro is Ubuntu Satanic Edition.” (Quote from Ubuntu Satanic Edition)

Thanks to Todd for pointing this out!

How Many Cartoonists Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?

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Dawn
on December 12, 2006
in dilbert, humor and scott adams
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Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, is awesome. Here is a link to his most recent blog entry detailing his failings as a “handy person”:

Beneath the cabinets in my kitchen is a row of fluorescent lights that illuminate the countertops. One of those lights has decided to go all Baghdad on me. It crackles and pops and blinks for the entire time it is on. You might be thinking this is no big problem. All I have to do is change the fluorescent bulb, right?

I have a confession.

I am not. . . mechanical.

Or to put it another way:

Q. How many cartoonists does it take to change a light bulb?

A. More than the number living in my house.

My problem is that the light bulb is encased in some sort of impenetrable container with no indication of how it opens … (Quote from Scott Adams on Dilbert.Blog)

Enjoy!

Web 2.0 Poster

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Dawn
on December 3, 2006
in fun, humor, techcrunch and web 2.0
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A web 2.0 poster with all of the “cool” company logos just in time for the holidays.

Here is a little more about it on TechCrunch.