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Ridiculous Programming Request
This is quite an outrageous project posting at GetACoder.com. The budget is $1000-$3000! Good luck. Hi, So I’m posting for a rather large project. I need someone to program me a new OS (Operasting System) that looks different than Ms … Continue reading
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Code Monkey
This is a great song by Jonathan Coulton. Check out the video by spiffworld on YouTube: Thing a Week 29 – Code Monkey (via net@nite podcast) YouTube video
Gadget Fetishes
Gizmodo has posted a great rant on people with more money than sense. And you guys just ate it up. Kept buying shitty phones and broken media devices green and dripping with DRM. You broke the site, clogging up the … Continue reading
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Pong: The Text-Based Game
This is a humorous text-adventure version of Pong. Excellent, the left paddle has needed a leader like you for a long time. With your help, we may just be able to destroy the evil enemy that is the left paddle. … Continue reading
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How I Met My Wife
This is quite a funny abuse of the English language. It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate. I was furling my wieldy … Continue reading
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Animation vs. Animator II
Here’s a very funny and entertaining piece of animation. Link (via UNEASYsilence)
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Congressional aide busted for trying to hack his GPA
An aide for a Montana congressman was fired for trying to solicit hackers from attrition.org to boost his college GPA. The hackers merely led him on through a series of hilarious emails, including some asking him to take pictures of … Continue reading
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The Corporate Scrooge Contest
Do any of these sound like your company? Ouch. Our appeal for corporate Scrooges—tales of office parties canceled, miserly bonuses, and pathetic gifts—generated a generous response. Nearly 200 Slate readers wrote in, providing enough fodder for several episodes of The … Continue reading
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Foiled! The Tin Foil Cubicle
A funny, yet strangely beautiful, office prank. That’s right. My team and I tin foiled a fellow designer’s cubicle. So here’s the background: a fellow designer left for vacation this past week. He intends to return the Tuesday after Christmas. … Continue reading
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Silent Star Wars
This clip of Star Wars in silent movie format really cracked me up. Very well done. Link (via Digg)
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Best way to pay a Verizon bill
Link [xkcd.com] Related: Verizon Doesn’t Know Dollars From Cents
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Verizon Doesn’t Know Dollars From Cents
This is a disturbingly funny call between George Vaccaro and Verizon, trying to teach them basic math. From Slashdot: Blogger George Vaccaro recently had a problem with his Verizon based on an unfortunate miscommunication of currency. The crux of the … Continue reading
The Dreaded Peter Devil
From The Daily WTF, here is another amusing tale of developer woe, huge piles of money flushed down the tubes, and clueless management. The Peter Devil wasn’t very good at delivering bad news. He also wasn’t very good at delivering … Continue reading
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What code DOESN’T do in real life (that it does in the movies)
This is a funny take on Hollywood’s portrayal of computer programming. Following up our article: Top 20 Hackers in Film History and Vibrant’s Top 10 Servers in the movies, I felt obligated to dispel some of the notions about programming … Continue reading
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Electrical Engineering vs. Computer Science
This is a hilarious computer science joke. The second advisor, a computer scientist, immediately recognized the danger of such short-sighted thinking. He said, “Toasters don’t just turn bread into toast, they are also used to warm frozen waffles. What you … Continue reading
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Comparing programming languages in real life
This a funny post comparing the personalities of different programming languages. BASIC – The horny divorcee that lives next door. Her specialty is seducing young boys and it seems she is always readily available for them. She teaches them many … Continue reading
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Coded Smorgasbord: Prepare For Return
The Daily WTF has some more short examples of hilariously bad or entertaining code. Nikita Zhuk thought there might be a deeper, more fundamental lack of understanding when she came across this question posted on Experts Exchange … hi all, … Continue reading
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Ad supported laser etched laptop
Leah Culver funded the purchase of a new Macbook Pro by selling ad space on the cover for $150 per square inch. The ads were then laser etched at her workplace. Link (via MAKE: Blog) Cool video of the laser … Continue reading
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