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John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper.

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• 10 Best Uses Of Classical Music In Classic Cartoons

  Includes “Pigs in a Polka,” “Rabbit of Seville” and, of course, “What’s Opera, Doc?”

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• Web Site Story

  Take the famous ballads and duets of West Side Story, insert a dozen mentions of famous social media sites like twitter and facebook, and this is what you get.

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• Wooden iPod

  An iPod mini rebuilt with a wooden case

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• Han Solo, P.I.

  Star Wars meets Magnum, P.I.

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• The “literal video” collection

  Music videos recreated with new lyrics based on what’s actually happening in them. Daydream Believer and Total Eclipse of the Heart are particularly good.

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• E-Mail From Your Facilities Department

  In response to numerous e-mails, I have no idea what planet the giant alien creature is from. Judging from its enormous gills, I’d have to guess it’s from a watery planet. Reminder: please let me know if you plan to be in the office on Memorial Day so I can request HVAC for your floor.

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• Amazon Customer Reviews: Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt

  For those of you who mock the wolf shirt beware. There is an old Navajo story about a young man who made fun of another man for wearing a wolf trio shirt. Legend has it that in his sleep, the wolves on the other man’s shirt came to life and tore his body to shreds. They never found any part of that man’s body. The Wolf is something to be respected and feared, not treated like a novelty.

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• Nice Muscle!

  Hands down the most inexplicably bizarre game for Wii I’ve ever seen

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• Respectful Yo Mama Jokes

  Yo mama is so attractive she could be on the cover of Prevention.

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• Introduction to Microcontroller Programming: The Flatulometer

  The inspiration for this project was to determine who could generate the worst flatulence measurable in a personally unbiased manner.

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