Category: Funny

The Doritos Commercial You Didn’t See

It’s too bad, as it’s pretty good:

The guys created several of them for the Crash The Super Bowl contest, and they’re all pretty good.

February 6, 2012

Kids Are Awesome

Every parent has had this conversation with their kids (or something like it). And every time, it usually ends up something like this…

January 6, 2012

Reading Material

The best indie games of 2011.
The 20 best Android games for 2011 from the Android Market.
Top YouTube videos for 2011, straight from Google.
While a lot of these I knew (and use frequently), many I didn’t: Environment variables in XP and Vista/7.
30 Best Sources for Linux/*BSD documentation.
It’s time to end the war on drugs.
Study links winning football and declining grades (done by economists at the University of Oregon, which is an appopriate place for that study).
Why (and how) we’ve switched away from Google Maps. If I could convince one of these map providers to use the home-numbering data that I helped put together for a local Sunriver map, getting guests to units would be a lot easier, as the numbering scheme is a bit weird on some of the streets.
Six writers, four producers, and the lyrics still suck.
Death to .DS_Store.
10 More Common Misconceptions Dispelled.
Great idea, might do this for the geek keys I have at the office: RJ-45 key chain and rack.
Scheduled sending and email reminders in Gmail.
The Hassle-Free Guide to Ripping Your Blu-Ray Collection. I have a Blu-Ray player now, just need a Blu-Ray drive for my HTPC to rip some of these things on.
How NES Games (specifically, Super Mario Bros. 3) are made, in Japanese picture-book form.
Tens of millions of HP LaserJet printers vulnerable to remote hacking.I can’t seem to find a list anywhere of the printers that are actually vulnerable, so I have no idea of the old HP 4100s I have here at the office need upgrades. I don’t have any of them attached to the internet, so I’m not too worried, but if anybody has a list, please share.
Disney females brought to life (original artist is here).
Using computer science to solve Where’s Waldo (“Where’s Wally” if you’re outside the US).
Great list of online learning centers (my oldest daughter has been playing on Khan Academy now and again, but the list here is good for everybody).
Automate your Dropbox with Dropbox Automator. Now that I have nearly 20GB of space on my Dropbox account (using my COCC.edu e-mail address, the ol’ Dropbox/Adwords referral game, the getting started tab, the Dropbox 2011 Quest, plus the social-media freebies) I might have to start using it more often for larger files and collections.