Humor
Open Source Humor
Ever since I learned to read, I enjoyed cartoons that came each week in my father’s New Yorker. I have since come to appreciate the longer pieces but still marvel at the editorial efficiency of the one line caption. It’s a real art form.
Recently, the magazine has opened up the art of the caption to [...]
Romance Novel Cover Art Fun
Spotted on PC Magazine’s Backspace page. Mark Longmire pokes fun at romance novel cover art.
In other news, I took the trolley today to drop in on a talk given by John Battelle at a conference at the Fairmont Hotel up on top of Nob Hill. It’s about a 30 minute walk but I was in [...]
Contagious Media Showdown
There’s lots of slick sites here, all looking to catch that hook that will bring the fame and fortune (ok, well mostly fame). Maybe my standards are more base as the execution is totally crude (think of a circa-1988 Geocities website) but my personal favorite features a lanky masked man as an unlikely hero dancing [...]
Japan as an imperfect copy machine
From this:
To this:
This guy’s a hoot!
Automatic Niceties
I’m behind an older gentleman in the supermarket checkout line and the boy bagging the groceries is clearly on auto-pilot, not really paying attention, just going through the motions. I don’t blame him, it’s the end of the day and this is probably the 350th bag he’s had to stuff. Gentleman is paying for his [...]
The Great Debate
Had the great debate between George Bush and Saddam Hussein actually taken place in 2003 here’s how it would have gone down:
Tuesday February 25, 2003 - The United Nations
Tony Blair, moderator: Welcome to the first televised debate between George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein, live from United Nations headquarters in New York. We will [...]
Random Silliness
Something to pull up on your co-worker’s computer when they step away from their desk - it just keeps looping and looping and looping.
Howard Stern on Blogs
Robin Quivers asks "What’s a blog?" and Howard Stern rails on. In typical New Yorker fashion, he cuts straight to the point and says:
"If you’re not making money as a writer or an artist, it’s not a career, it’s a hobby"
Naked Stowaway
I’ve never needed to catch a flight this badly.
Balloons
The presidential campaign is not even over but I think they’re right to say that this is the dumbest quote from the 2004 campaign:
“Go, balloons. I don’t see anything happening. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Stand by, confetti. Keep coming, balloons. More balloons. Bring them. Balloons, balloons, balloons! More balloons. Tons of them. Bring [...]
