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Category Archives: Amusing
Advertising versus Reality
I always love these sort of things, they never get old. Funtasticus recaps pundo3000.com‘s list of food advertising versus reality. Burgers are an old favourite for these sort of things, and of course the Whopper makes an early appearance. Not … Continue reading
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Youtube comments are incredibly homogenous
You can basically pick a Youtube video at random and all the comments will follow a similar line. I was sent a clip to a nature video (kind of gruesome, but that’s the way nature works), and I just love … Continue reading
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This Internet thing – it ain’t gonna last.
Hilariously off-the-mark article published by Newsweek in 1995 by Clifford Stoll. Some excerpts: After two decades online, I’m perplexed. It’s not that I haven’t had a gas of a good time on the Internet. I’ve met great people and even … Continue reading
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Bay Area housing
Another sterling post from Burbed.com: WOW! Everything looks so much classier when you have columns! It’s like the whitehouse – it’s classy because it has columns! Man, this totally blows the last columned house on Burbed out of the water! … Continue reading
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Clarke and Dawe explain the sub-prime meltdown
Aussie humour at its best.
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Random amusing link of the day – Kasper Hauser
Was sent this by a work colleague. While there is some dross, there are some incredibly hilarious moments on the Kasper Hauser website. The SkyMaul and Wedding Announcements come highly recommended.
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Valleywag post of the day – the many faces of Ballmer
Dance, monkey boy, dance. Ahem. Steve Ballmer has got to be one of my favourite CEOs – and Valleywag has posted the “Top Ten Ballmer Goes Nuts” videos. My favourite is this one right here (a classic to be sure). … Continue reading
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3D visualisations with Excel
This is not an Easter egg – these are filled in cells being dynamically updated within Excel. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vypETZbkU94]
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Sand won’t save you this time.
No, it certainly won’t. Holy crap that is some scary stuff. Ever felt like burning a bucket of sand? Just get yourself some chlorine trifluoride. Asbestos contaminating your house? This will burn it right up. There’s a report from the … Continue reading
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Improv Anywhere
I have been very impressed by these guys for a while – whether they’re taking desktop PCs into Starbucks, going shirtless at Abercrombie & Fitch or all wearing blue shirts at Best Buy. The latest has been to do group … Continue reading
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