Category: Funny

Whoops — Woman Knocks Out Entire Country’s Internet

<sexist remark>Leave it to a woman to kill off an entire country’s internet access…</sexist remark>

An elderly Georgian woman was scavenging for copper to sell as scrap when she accidentally sliced through an underground cable and cut off internet services to all of neighbouring Armenia, it emerged on Wednesday.

The woman, 75, had been digging for the metal not far from the capital Tbilisi when her spade damaged the fibre-optic cable on 28 March.

She also managed to kill off some of the Internet in large parts of Georgia and Azerbaijan as well. Full story.

Android Screen Customization Is A Great Feature

But sometimes folks can go overboard and it can get really ugly.

April Fools 2011

It’s April Fools 2011, and as usual, the Internet is full of stupidity and jackassery. Among funny ones that I’ve seen today:

Feel free to share your favorites in the comments below. If I get motivated (’tis my day off, and there are “Honey-Dos” to be done) I’ll post more later today.

Update: A few more my wife spotted:

Expect To See This On ESPN X-Games Really Soon

Dogboarding is the the latest extreme sport sweeping the nation. Check out this video:

Video created by these guys.

This Isn’t Funny, This Is The Future

Winner of the “Worst Website Ever” at SXSW 2011, The Brother IntelliFax 2800 App Store

(Headline blatantly stolen from one of the video comments.)

Developers: Need Your Users To Use Stronger Passwords?

Try using Naked Password, a jQuery plugin to encourage use of stronger passwords with 8-bit nudity.

Sick of Charlie Sheen?

Tinted Sheen is a Firefox/Chrome extension to block Charlie Sheen references if you happen to accidentally come across them. Install it after watching this video as it’s quite hilarious.

Related: Shaved Bieber.

ET Is Back, And He’s Angry

Coming this Summer, ET-X:

Seriously, this movie really needs to happen.

Ken Jennings Is Awesome

He decided to do an AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit (his username? “WatsonsBitch”) and his responses are hilarious! The dude has a great sense of humor.

I Want To Meet This Guy

He looks like he’d be a blast at parties: