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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Web Trend Map 4 - Final Beta

The 333 most influential Web domains and the 111 most influential Internet people charted on a Tokyo subway map.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Executives-Only Version of Recent AIG Security Memorandum

Be mindful at all times of your surroundings, especially if you are surrounded by a large group of very angry people you do not recognize. These are taxpayers.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Franz Kafka International

The world’s most alienating airport …

Thursday, March 26, 2009

iPhone Band

The Mentalists play Kids by MGMT on their iPhones and iPod Touches, using only apps downloaded from the App Store.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Mega Man 9 Rock Medley

Every song from the video game Mega Man 9 rearranged into 7-minute rock epic

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Schultz City: That Yellow Shirted Such And Such

What Charles Schultz’s Peanuts would look like if they were Frank Miller’s Peanuts

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Toilet Flushes Anything

20 golf balls … 18 large hot dogs …

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Birds Stealing Ice Cream


Monday, March 2, 2009

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Friday, February 27, 2009

Sudo Make Me a Sandwich Robot

The dream made reality

Depression Cooking

A 93-year-old cook recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

“Back to the Future” Alternate Ending

Doc Brown overshoots the future by a few years…

Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Uncler

“The Wrestler,” but with Uncle Sam and Alyssa Milano

Friday, February 13, 2009

I’ve Cooked You a Recession-Friendly Valentine’s Dinner

For our main course, I’ve cooked my famous shrimp scampi in a white-wine-and-garlic reduction sauce. However, due to a shortage of proper ingredients in my apartment, I’ve had to improvise on the recipe. In place of linguini, I’ve used ramen noodles, and I’ve substituted bacon bits for shrimp. I didn’t have any Chardonnay, so I deglazed everything in rubbing alcohol.

1234567890 Day

On Friday, Feb. 13, at exactly 3:31:30 PM (PST), Unix time will equal “1234567890.”

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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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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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alt.misc

  • 10 Best Uses Of Classical Music In Classic Cartoons

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

  • 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.

  • Wooden iPod

    An iPod mini rebuilt with a wooden case

  • Han Solo, P.I.

    Star Wars meets Magnum, P.I.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Nice Muscle!

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

  • Respectful Yo Mama Jokes

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

  • 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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