Archive for the 'Amusing' Category

Non-ambient findability

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

This:

Reminded my of Bruce Sterling’s 2006 ETech talk, which you can read here (I tried to find it on one of Bruce’s properties but couldn’t), and hear here.
“I no longer hunt anxiously for my missing shoes in the morning. I just Google them.”

Peter Kim, I just don’t get it, either

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

 Peter Kim of Forrester reports on Twitter usage amongst US adults
Our data shows that 6% of US online adults use Twitter regularly. (from Being Peter Kim: “I just don’t get it.” [i.e. Twitter])

That is patently insane.  I suppose it depends on how you define “online adults,” but even with a very restrictive definition (like, say […]

Everything is a platform!

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Speaking of (web)comics, this is too true, and too funny.

I Fear the Boot

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Last week I found DM Of The Rings
 
a webcomic spoofing the Lord of the Rings plot as it would be if it were a D&D campaign.  It’s been a long time since I’ve played D&D (literally since 1st edition AD&D - never even player 2nd edition, though I did play a little Basic D&D […]

Search box in Drupal

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Argh! This took me for frellin’ ever.
Working on a drupal site, I activated the built in search module. Great. Go to the blocks admin screen and enable and position the Search block. Nothing. No block, no search form, no nothing.
Finally I realize that it’s controlled by the access settings and […]

Blogging? Delivered?

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Saw this last week on my drive to work:

Didn’t have a camera until this morning, so I had to pull off and take a snapshot of it.
I don’t know what it means, really. Are they “delivering blogging” meaning content? Tools?
Searching their corporate news site I see the following links:

SBC Companies Offer New Platform […]

Call the SOBs.

Friday, May 6th, 2005

SOB U SOB | MetaFilter
Having a hard time remembering the toll-free number for the US Capitol Switchboard? Forget no more…it’s 877-SOB-U-SOB.
Seriously funny.
More deatails here.