Humor
Eoin Colfer discusses writing AND ANOTHER THING
Sep 26th
a YouTube video in which the author discusses his upcoming book “And Another Thing…”
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Office 2010: The Movie
Jul 10th
Clippy is gone, but not forgotten:
“Wingdings?!” At least they have a sense of humor.
Sometimes this is true…
Jul 2nd
Okay, I know this is old… but I saw this video again a few weeks back with a room full of nerds. Classic SNL skit.
A couple of things to add:
1. I work with this guy. Honestly. It’s not me, at least I don’t think I act that way…
2. The best line of the whole skit happens at 02:50… good nerd humor!
Pet peeve #72
Jan 11th
Okay, not really #72. I made that number up. But this is still something that bugs me a little, in a funny kind of way.
We just got new cordless phones yesterday that have a built-in answering machine. “Yay for technology!” Right? Well, this answering machine has a curious built-in “feature.” It has a clock, as you would expect, that marks the time of incoming messages. But the problem is this: When it announces the time it says the following:
“Beep. 2009 7:53pm Saturday. Beep.”
Now, please tell me. Exactly how useful is that information? I already know it’s 2009. I think I will remember that for almost one full year. And not telling me that it’s “January 10th” makes the “2009″ all the more useless.
Look at it this way… If you told a friend that the party was scheduled for “2009 6:00pm Thursday” I would really take a long hard look at this crazy face they make at you.
Sorry. I just had to say that.
I enjoyed this one too…
Oct 30th
Barack Obama on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” on October 29, 2008:
A New ‘Hitchhiker’ book?
Oct 24th
All the characters have been blown to pieces, and the trilogy is already two books too long.
But the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has never had a problem with highly improbable events.
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Adams himself said: “I suspect at some point in the future I will write a sixth Hitchhiker book…I would love to finish Hitchhiker on a slightly more upbeat note.
“Five seems to be a wrong kind of number, six is a better kind of number.”
My initial response to this was one of hesitation… The movie was just kind of “so-so” to be honest, and I still somewhat prefer the BBC series. So my first thought of hesitation is simply because the movie didn’t turn out quite right and I’m afraid the new book might not either.
But since I’ve recently been re-reading the books, and still hang on every word just as I did several years ago, the first time through, part of me really wants to know what happens next, after Stavromula Beta. So I’m bordering on excitement at the idea…
Best of luck to newly-crowned King of Satirical Genius, Eoin Colfer. I will be waiting with bated breath…
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7619000/7619708.stm
Fey’s Perfect Palin
Sep 15th
I almost titled this “Ask and you shall receive” but that seemed too, I don’t know, religious, or something.
I do find it very amusing that Tina Fey came back to play Sarah Palin–even if it’s only for just one night. In fact, the very first time I saw Gov. Palin after McCain’s surprise announcement, I asked myself “Why did John McCain pick Tina Fey as his running mate?”
So, now all is well, and I have some closure.
More Nerd Humor
Jun 18th
You will think I’m a nerd. (I am a nerd.) I think this is funny:
You see, this is funny for several reasons…
First off, anything to do with Back to the Future is great, especially when you have Doc Brown himself bumbling around the time machine. By the way, I love Bob’s “life preserver.”
Second, I love to see Microsoft poke fun of itself. They’ve had tons of brilliant ideas and a few stinkers as well. (Microsoft Bob, anyone? 1) Any company that can laugh at itself and handle it this smooth deserves a lot of credit.
Third, that’s my phone! At the end of this video, Bob takes a pic of the scene to send to the HR department. It’s an HTC S620, or in the U.S. more likely known as the T-Mobile Dash. It’s got the HTC branding, so it must really be the S620. Except it’s running Windows Mobile 6 on it. Sometime in June HTC should be releasing the update so that all of us can run Windows Mobile 6 on our S620’s, and we won’t have to time travel like Marty… er… Bob and Doc to get our hands on it.
Very funny video. I just wish it was complete. Just like a Hollywood blockbuster, it ends with a cliffhanger. “Will Bob get the incriminating photos to HR in time?”
[Note: I edited this on 6/19/2007 to replace the original Soapbox video with a more complete YouTube one.]
[1] If I’m being totally honest here, the idea that Microsoft was trying to get across with the misguided “Bob” was a good one — It just wasn’t executed in the right way. It was an early attempt at “ease of use” or a good “out-of-box experience” (OOBE) for novice end-users. A worthy goal that did manifest itself in later versions of Windows. Just not executed well with Bob.
Comedy Barn Laughter
Jan 10th
Okay, I just have to add this one. I find this one particularly funny because I went to the Comedy Barn in June of last year.
I read on YouTube that this video has been viewed over 694,000 times since January 1. Amazing.
This proves how contagious laughter is! A lot of people said that he “saved the show” because the comedian was bombing, but I have to tell you that The Comedy Barn show is truly funny from start to finish and contains a good bit of music and dance in between.
Who knows? Maybe they’ll see an increase in business simply because of this video.
–Jason
01-13-2007 UPDATE: Hey, the video is now up to 964,000 views!
