Content tagged humor
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Screenshots of TV. gulfstream/2439
(Another cute shirt.) gulfstream/2446
Google reader Easter Egg! (My Google Reader shared items.) gulfstream/2449
How to win the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest: “Excepting first names, only nine proper nouns have ever appeared in a winning caption: Batmobile, … gulfstream/2450
Nice use of censorship bars: The BPA (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim), “Toe Jam,” featuring David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal. Directed by Keith Schofield. gulfstream/2451
Stewart Butterfield’s resignation letter from Flickr: “As you know, tin is in my blood. For generations my family has worked with this most useful … gulfstream/2454
Steven Pinker: Linguistic, historial and sociological aspects of swearing. Many good points in here, e.g. “To hear nigger is to try on, however briefly, … gulfstream/2339
google.com, as if it were optimised for Google. gulfstream/2341
If 24 were set in 1994. “The schematics file is too big to email—” “How big?” “Three floppies.” gulfstream/2350
How the Japanese refuel and plane, and how the Chinese refuel a plane. “At the moment, I am feeling positive toward both approaches. The emphasis on … gulfstream/2356
Random stupid comment, from a corpus of comments collected by the StupidFilter project, who are attempting (good luck!) to write some software that will … gulfstream/2360
The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks. I’m a bit trouble that I find it very much impossible to read these the way the signwriters intended, … gulfstream/2363
(video) “Trajan is the movie font.” Trajan is used on a whole bunch of movie posters. The piece also observes that big red fonts have become associated … gulfstream/2365
You Suck at Photoshop #4—Photoshop tips (this one on the selection tool) from the depressed. gulfstream/2385
Improv Everywhere’s “Frozen Grand Central.” (report) gulfstream/2389
Stuff white people like: recycling, expensive sandwiches, knowing what’s best for poor people. gulfstream/2398
The NOW watch: “The most accurate time piece ever invented!” gulfstream/2307
The Avatar Machine: a frame holds a camera behind your body, and you “see” through goggles that display the image seen by the camera. (Other projects.) gulfstream/2306
“When’s it due back?” “The day after tomorrow.” gulfstream/1703
“Rather startled, I watched this scene from close quarters behind the window until 19.10 hours during which time (75 minutes) I made some photographs … gulfstream/1704
Angry bed positions. gulfstream/1712
Conference accepts computer-generated computer science paper. (Looks like Alan Sokol, at least, was suitably cautious in not attempting to draw … gulfstream/1727
Uber-hacker jwz finally … buys a Mac! gulfstream/1768
“The 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference.” gulfstream/1771
Bastard tetris: next brick is the worst brick possible, as computed by a “special algorithm.” gulfstream/1778
Bikini-clad doll falls into spheres … mesmerising. gulfstream/1781
The All-New Sesame Street. gulfstream/1787
Star Wars business cards. gulfstream/1815
Spotting the fake: the (new) New Oxford American Dictionary contains a copycat-busting fake word starting with E. gulfstream/1826
Planned Parenthood Southeast Pennsylvania is asking people to pledge them some amount of money for each protestor that turns up outside their clinic … gulfstream/1841
Stupidly expensive “audiophile” products … like the $485 volume knob and the $1500 power cord (“apparently the miles of lowly aluminium high … gulfstream/1873
Business-related stock images. (e.g. equal opportunities.) gulfstream/1892
“Are we done with the fucking pennies yet?” gulfstream/1895
Surreal ad for German hardware store. More: 1, 2, 3. gulfstream/1902
Typography humour. I would laugh at anyone who actually wore this, but it is cute. gulfstream/1903
Lone Star Statements: One star Amazon reviews of notable books. gulfstream/1919
“Plan To Straighten Out Entire Life During Weeklong Vacation Yields Mixed Results.” Letter to the editor: I sympathise… gulfstream/1922
The inexplicable popularity of Chuck Norris. (CHUCK NORRIS!) gulfstream/1923
This is No Game: “You will never know what it’s like to work on a farm until your hands are raw, just so people can have fresh marijuana. Or … gulfstream/1924
Check out the Ron Jeremy version! (In the kinder, gentler, pre-Internet times, people took photos of passers-by being startled by a backfiring … gulfstream/1932
Mostly thoughtful and sincere criticism of Sarah Silverman’s comedy: “Silverman’s inconsistencies also extend to the convenient shield of … gulfstream/1951
Brad Pitt looking like Jennifer (when with Jennifer), Gwyneth (when with Gwyneth) and Angelina (when with Angelina). gulfstream/1958
Great profile of a very successful and very good children’s entertainer called the Great Zucchini … who also, as it turns out, has a gambling … gulfstream/1959
(Podcastable) Radio News from The Onion. e.g. “Report: Lab Monkeys 96 Percent More Likely To Use Cocaine Than Those In Wild.” gulfstream/1960
Amongst journalists, Tab is an improbably popular drink. gulfstream/1961
Interview with Dan Savage.You joke about people getting your advice and then killing themselves, but do you have any actual anxiety about the effect … gulfstream/1972
The iPod, with packaging designed by Microsoft. gulfstream/1999
How to write about Africa: “Broad brushstrokes throughout are good. Avoid having the African characters laugh, or struggle to educate their kids, or … gulfstream/2000
Big list of killers with the middle name Wayne. gulfstream/2002
Dick Cheney’s “Downtime Suite” requirements. All televisions are to be tuned to Fox News! Can’t the Secret Service leave the lights on after … gulfstream/2033
Pleased to meet you, with meat to please you: officially licensed NASCAR® meats! gulfstream/2041
“Experiment: Replace ordinary eggs in cake recipe with Cadbury Creme Eggs and observe results. Hypothesis: THIS IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME.” gulfstream/2056
Even Homer’s brain knows that “Money can be exchanged for good and services.” Looks like he’s gonna be able to avoid having to declare this as … gulfstream/2057
“Typically, the videotape of the accidental discharge has been broadcast, presented or disclosed to others for the purposes of amusement and to demean … gulfstream/2060
Beaver Overthinking Dam: “After much thought, Messner decided to reconstruct the anterior section of the dam with poplar wood on Tuesday, after he finished … gulfstream/2062
Don’t be mean, Apple! Also, the iLife ad is a bit unfair in that Microsoft wouldn’t be allowed to bundle anything vaguely similar with Windows. (It … gulfstream/2075
“NASA Announces Plan To Launch $700 Million Into Space.” You know where this is going, but it’s still a pleasant journey. gulfstream/2076
(Video) How pregnancy happens. V. disturbing Mr. Penis. gulfstream/2094
“Israeli PM: 'One More Suicide Bombing And I'll Give Them Whatever They Want'” gulfstream/2097
Overheard in NY + Google Maps mashup. Nicely done! gulfstream/2108
Three Japanese guys domino a whole apartment-worth of stuff. gulfstream/2121
“Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence”: “... Little did such founding fathers as George Washington, George Jefferson, and ***ERIC … gulfstream/2124
Great photographs, as reviewed by people on the internet. “Sam, GORGEOUS scene I luv it! Too bad u couldn't get a little more color in sky area. Blues … gulfstream/2132
David Brent on his hero, Nelson Mandela: “30 years in captivity. He got out in about 1990. He’s been out about 13 years ... and, he hasn’t reoffended. … gulfstream/2145
“Little Superstar.” (Sorry, haven’t been able to post for a while, Ruby on Rails messed with something and I’m now posting via RAW SQL STATEMENTS.) gulfstream/2164
The Suspicious Looking Device: “The only function of the Suspicious Looking device is to appear as suspicious as possible, whether carried in hand or … gulfstream/2166
“Despite sprinting through the Andrews Air Force Base south terminal, President Bush narrowly missed his Air Force One flight to Boise earlier today … gulfstream/2171
“A malaise set in within a couple hours of my arriving. I thought getting a job might help. It turns out I have a lot of relatives in Hell, and, using … gulfstream/2181
Photographs of iconic scenes, with street-vendor postcards and trinkets substituted for the real thing. (Makes more sense when you see it.) gulfstream/2183
Kansas Outlaws Practice of Evolution: “Violators of the new law may face punishments that include jail time, stiff fines, and rehabilitative education … gulfstream/2197
Apple’s 1983 gift catalog. gulfstream/2208
The ATM (cash machine) at the DNA Lounge gives out receipts which are headed “SHOPPING IS NOT CREATING / YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU OWN”. gulfstream/2216
Terrific picture: small ginger cat looks up at a black bear perched high in a tree after scaring it there. (Although … Google is suspiciously ignorant … gulfstream/2222
“Get a First Life.” gulfstream/2223
Former Gizmodo editor Joel Johnson returns temporarily to dole out insults to manufacturers, consumers, and current Gizmodo editors. gulfstream/2231
Wikipedia for conservatives! Seems like a lot of effort to go to; of their six commandments, the spelling problem (they want American spelling) and the … gulfstream/2242
Kevin Federline-branded search engine. Geekologie comments: “Apparently he felt Google just wasn’t doing it well enough and thought he’d throw his … gulfstream/2261
“The smiley is an attack on writers and readers alike. If it is funny, it doesn’t need a smiley. If is not funny, a smiley won’t help … gulfstream/1364
“Researchers will also be looking for physiological markers that could be humor signatures.” gulfstream/1565
Smackerels
Harmony Korine's Real-Life Fight Club
Quotes Collected
But Mr. Mankoff says it is possible to organize cartoons not just chronologically but taxonomically, in relation to four vectors: caption, image and two … quotes/358
Dear Editor: I must point out a glaring error made in last Tuesday's obituary page. I am not, in fact, dead, as you reported. Nor is my name even Clarence Fenbrook, … quotes/278
The smiley is an attack on writers and readers alike. If it is funny, it doesn't need a smiley. If is not funny, a smiley won't help it. The smiley teaches … quotes/277
