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I got an important WHAT?

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Fun Stuff

This spam subject gave me a good laugh.
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Steele: “This change is being delivered in a teabag!”

May 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff, News and Politics

Best quote ever.

Transcript:
You know it’s real. You can see it, and you can feel it. This change, my friends, is being delivered in a teabag. And that’s a wonderful thing.

(Via Daily Kos)

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Best warning label ever

February 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Fun Stuff

This jar of cashews actually has a warning label that says it contains cashews. I’d be concerned if it didn’t contain cashews.

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Funniest comment spam ever

January 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff

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Live RickRoll

November 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff

This was one of those awesome moments when an internet meme and the real world come crashing together.

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The best Apple support thread EVER

November 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Fun Stuff, iPhone

This has to be the best thread ever in Apple’s support discussions. “Susan” writes:
Please help! I took my husband’s i-phone and found a raunchy picture of him attached to an e-mail to a woman in his sent e-mail file (a Yahoo account). When I approached him about this (I think that he is cheating on [...]

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Pandas & Rainbows

October 5th, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff

The latest meme seems to be pandas vomiting rainbows, first seen at Flickr’s explore page.
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Where I was in 2001

October 1st, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff, Web

Thanks to Google’s 2001 search index, I was able to find my original weblog and worldbeatplanet.
In 2001 I was using Radio Userland for my blog, which I hosted at editthispage.com.
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WorldBeatPlanet was a static page, long before I switched first to PHPNuke and finally to Drupal.
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Needs. More. Cowbell.

September 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff

MoreCowbell.dj (via metafilter) is lots of fun. Upload a MP3 and it will add cowbell & random Christopher Walken clips. Here’s one I made:

 
Make your own at MoreCowbell.dj
 

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A first look at McCain & Palin

August 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Fun Stuff, News and Politics

Thanks to Wonkette for this image.

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Help John McCain Count His Houses

August 21st, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff, News and Politics

I really love this video. You may recall the song from an iPod commercial.

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Spelling FAIL of the day

August 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Fun Stuff, News and Politics

The AP made an unintentionally funny spelling error when they posted this article, describing Lieberman as the Democratic “vice presidential prick”. Hopefully they won’t fix it, but here’s a screenshot just in case.
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From Barrister Wil Wheaton & Associates

June 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff

I get a lot of these spams, but I found this one particularly amusing because of the name he used.
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Come and follow Mii

March 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Fun Stuff

Mission Bay Community Church is providing a Jeses Mii for anyone who brings a Wii or Wii remote.
This Easter Sunday, we will provide anyone who attends church with a Jesus Mii for their Nintendo Wii console. Just bring your Wii Remote or Wii and we’ll transfer a Jesus Mii to your system.
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Best slashdot comment ever

February 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff

“Of course any comparisons between Fidel Castro and RMS are absurd. One’s a bearded, long-winded Communist dictator who tolerates no dissent; the other one speaks Spanish.” — Anonymous Coward, in response to Richard Stallman stepping down as Emacs maintainer

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CD Cover Meme

February 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff

I found this on Flickr a few days ago.
Make your own CD Cover with the following steps and rocket yourself to mulit-platinum status and start fending off the groupies!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of [...]

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find Chuck Norris

January 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Fun Stuff

Via Andre Noel (Planet Ubuntu):

1. Go to Google
2. Type “find Chuck Norris�
3. Click on I’m Feeling Lucky

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Top ten things in the air

January 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff, Macintosh

Apple watchers are trying to guess the meaning of “There’s something in the air” on Apple’s tantalizing Macworld banners. Here are some possibilities.

Apple is buying Adobe and adding AIR to the iPhone and building it into OS X

Wireless syncing of iPod & iPhone with Macs

Rent movies wirelessly directly from the Apple TV

Bluetooth headphones for iPod [...]

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Santa Claws

December 24th, 2007 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff

Sez Meowy Christmas!

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Little Bobby Tables

October 10th, 2007 · Comments Off · Fun Stuff

Today’s xkcd comic was one of their best ever.

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