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31 items tagged with humor

Meeting limits (August 8, 2008) "Twitter HQ limits meetings to 140 seconds; if you need a longer meeting you meet at the TinyURL office."

Bad idea (July 7, 2007) If you're ever using the postscript generator "pic" on linux, whatever you do, don't google for the man page for it.

Driveway spam (January 1, 2007) My mysterious subscription to the New York Times and how I stopped it.

JSON plate (December 12, 2006) A license plate for Dave.

More JSON stuff (December 12, 2006) More JSON not XML merchandise. Stickers, buttons, and shirts.

JSON Shirt (December 12, 2006) A t-shirt for Dave.

Off Target (December 12, 2006) More funniness from everyone's favorite big-box retailer.

Cold Spot (August 8, 2006) "They're hot spots, and sometimes they cool down."

Sports oxymoron (July 7, 2003) Only in sports coverage would anyone say "[He] narrowly widened his lead."

Spam humor (January 1, 2003) Cruising through the spam that SpamAssassin caught in the last month, I came across some funny messages.

Banana Republic (September 9, 2002) Hartlepool, England has elected a monkey for mayor.

Ironic misspelling (August 8, 2002) An announcement for a spelling correction feature that contains misspellings.

Kick (February 2, 2002)

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