Humor Posts
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05.11.08
Stickies makes its music-video debut!
(Me, Humor, Computers)
Stickies and I hadn’t spoken in a while, but this morning I just heard it’s made its acting debut in a music video! That was unexpected, to say the least, but it’s an exciting career move, and I had to congratulate it; it does a great job.… MORE
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03.27.08
“Sci-Fi Mavens Offer Far Out Homeland Security Advice!”
(Ideas, Humor)
Speaking of Arthur C. Clarke, another of his achievements was to live a long life without making a complete ass of himself. A goal we should all emulate, but one that’s eluded too many other SF writers.
For example! Take Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, who, having ceased putting any mental effort into their writing at least 25 years ago, now have the free time, in their dotage, to advise top government officials on … MORE
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03.14.08
iPhone Developer Rejections Top 10,000
(Humor, Computers)
CUPERTINO, California—March 14, 2008—Apple® today announced that more than 10,000 iPhone™ developers have received enigmatically-worded rejection letters for the beta iPhone Developer Program. The iPhone Developer Program provides developers with a complete and integrated process for developing, debugging, and distributing applications for iPhone and iPod touch, complete with real-world testing on iPhone.
“Developer reaction to our email has been incredible with more than 1,000 snarky posts and irate comments on high-profile Mac websites,” said Philip Schiller, … MORE
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03.06.08
Apple slashdots itself
(Humor, Computers)
This is what happens when Steve Jobs announces that an iPhone SDK will be available for download within the hour:
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02.26.08
Over 2^32 Sold! (Nearly)
(Humor, Music, Computers)
CUPERTINO, California—February 26, 2008—Apple® today announced that iTunes® (www.itunes.com) is now the number two music retailer in the US, behind only Wal-Mart, based on the latest data from the NPD Group*. Apple also announced that there are now over 50 million iTunes Store customers. iTunes has sold over four billion songs, …
I really hope they thought ahead and used a 64-bit int for the number_of_songs_sold variable, otherwise some Bad Stuff might happen in the … MORE
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01.24.08
FakeSteved!
(Me, Humor)
I used to think it was the Big Time if I got a link from Daring Fireball, but now someone just pointed out to me that the Fake Steve Jobs has taken note of my post.
So … what does it mean for my post to be criticized by a fictional construct that embodies a parody of the CEO of the very same ex-employer my post criticizes? Especially when, more specifically, that fictional construct’s humor is … MORE
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11.01.07
Review: ZackAndWiki
(Social Software, Games, Humor)
It’s a sure sign that wikis are going mainstream when one appears for a video-game console. “ZackAndWiki” has the requisite goofy name (like TikiWiki or WikkaWiki), but once you try it out, you’ll find it approaches its job very differently than you’re probably expecting.
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07.18.07
Hang on, I gotta take a call from the Archdemon Azazael
(Ideas, Humor)
I once had the idea of a charity that would collect discarded headsets from yuppies and distribute them to mentally ill homeless people. Just by wearing the headsets, they would eliminate the social stigma attached to talking to themselves on the street; this would help re-integrate them into society.
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01.30.07
Whoopsie!
(Me, Humor, Computers)
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01.23.07
So Many Fonts, So Little Print
(Humor)
I went on a free-font-downloading bender last weekend. I still love typography, and I’m glad to see the arcane art of type design isn’t dying out. Back in the old days of Desktop Publishing, you had a choice between high-quality but expensive fonts from reputable foundries, or a bunch of cheap but crappy knockoffs done in Fontographer.
But now, thanks to mass amateurization, there are people who actually know what they’re doing, who design new typefaces … MORE