2011 Sep 29, 8:35This story is funny and also reminds me to go eat at Matador... "Twisted Pixel chief creative officer Josh Bear had responded with abounding confidence, if only to mask the truth. Because the fact of
the matter, the fact that he and CEO Mike Wilford were all too aware of, as they sat in Redmond, WA Tex-Mex restaurant The Matador, was this: The idea wasn't "awesome." It was nonexistent." foodmicrosoftgamegunstringerhumortechnical
2011 Sep 20, 9:27Interview with someone who bought the limited edition Back to the Future shoes: "[Interviewer] Have you watched the Back to the Future movies? [Respondent] Yeah, some of em. The hoverboards and shit.
That was cool." ARGH! Not worthy!humorbttfnikeshoes
2011 Jul 13, 5:48Like the big red button that doesn't do anything but better "because it is slightly cheaper, and because it has the words "DON'T PANIC" in large, friendly letters on the cover"humorinternetweb
2011 Jul 6, 7:28"Over this past Fourth Of July weekend, we neglected to note that it was the 15th anniversary of Roland Emmerich’s 1996 blockbuster Independence Day. New York comedian Sean Kleier remembered, and
decided to make his own tribute, going to various locations around New York City—Times Square, the Brooklyn Bridge, the subway, and inside a Victoria’s Secret—reciting Bill Pullman’s rousing speech
before the movie's final battle sequence, megaphone and all." humorvideobill-pullmanindependence-daynew-york
2011 Jul 1, 10:09Great work generally and I really enjoy the use of GIF animation. This one specifically Sarah and I enjoyed: humorvideogamezeldadodongogame
2011 Jun 20, 2:20"Genius sorting algorithm: Sleep sort 1 Name: Anonymous : 2011-01-20 12:22 Man, am I a genius. Check out this sorting algorithm I just invented.
#!/bin/bash
function f() {
sleep "$1"
echo "$1"
}
while [ -n "$1" ]
do
f "$1" &
shift
done
wait
example usage:
./sleepsort.bash 5 3 6 3 6 3 1 4 7
2011 Jun 20, 11:25A cautionary tale in chart form: lesson is make sure you can always upgrade your hashing algorithm or don't have security dependencies on hashing algorithms.referencehashencryptionsecuritytabletechnicalhumor
2011 Jun 10, 8:14Protolol aggregates protocol related tweet jokes: "The problem with TCP jokes is that people keep retelling them slower until you get them." - eigenrickhumortechnicalprotocoltcptcp-ip
2011 May 1, 7:51"The hilarious speeches by Seth Meyers and Barack Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Seth and Obama really let Trump have it in their speechs. Trump’s reaction in the audience is
priceless."humorpoliticsbarack-obamaseth-meyersvideowhite-house-correspondents-dinner
2011 Apr 27, 2:21Competing price setting algorithms create a very high priced book. "But Peter Lawrence can now comfortably boast that one of the biggest and most respected companies on Earth valued his great book at
$23,698,655.93 (plus $3.99 shipping)."humorinternetblogsciencebookcommercead
2011 Apr 18, 4:28"President Barack Obama stands by a cut-out picture of First Lady Michelle Obama during a visit to Miami Central High School in Miami, Fla., March 4, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete
Souza)" humorphotoobama