Tag Archives: Humor

I will survive – Violin version

The disco classic ‘I will survive’ performed by a violin and a piano. It’s pretty funny too.

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'Frightening' XP hack

As I was listening to Dvorak’s 5 minute rant this morning (Tech5 at PodShow) he mentioned this article. He stabbed the life out of it and he was right too. It’s an amusing read, certainly if you keep one word … Continue reading

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Fun Distraction: Hearts for Vista

I’ve added the card-game ‘Hearts’ to my ‘fun distractions’ page. Read all about it there.

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Idealist

IdeaList is a wacky website where average Joes – like you and me – can post prototype ideas or inventions. Of course there’s voting involved and I must say I’ve seen some remarkably smart ideas. Silly ones aren’t lacking either, … Continue reading

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Are you a Yankee or a Rebel?

I must’ve encountered this link before, because it struck me as very familiar, yet still made the effort to fill out the questionnaire in order to find out what kind of accent I have. While filling out the questions, it … Continue reading

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Vista Reliability Monitor

Click image above for a bigger view of my Reliability Monitor A few days ago I remembered Paul Thurrott mentioning the Vista Reliability and Performance monitor and since I had purchased a new laptop a month earlier, I was curious … Continue reading

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Is it Christmas?

Find out at isitchristmas.com.

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Parodies on Ubuntu forks

The ever growing list of Linux distributions is staggering, if not ridiculous. More and more distros are also based off OTHER distros. Linux has always been blamed for not being particularly original, if you haven’t found out why this is … Continue reading

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Lost in Translation

tashian.com: “What happens when an English phrase is translated (by computer) back and forth between 5 different languages? The authors of the Systran translation software probably never intended this application of their program. As of September 2007, translation software is … Continue reading

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Wi-Fi Detector Shirt

Now THIS would be the ultimate geek gift! clipped from www.thinkgeek.com   But now thanks to the ingenious ThinkGeek robot monkeys you can display the current wi-fi signal strength to yourself and everyone around you with this stylish Wi-Fi Detector … Continue reading

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