Random Effluvia, No. 328

1 First off is this gem my wife found. The 2023 Lost and Found Index. Some real gems in here. Among my favorites: A pin with Jesus holding slice of pizza 16 oz of fake blood A printer and remote-controlled vibrator Small camping stove and my funeral pamphlets 6 cheesecakes 2 fingernails A power of attorney document issued by Turkish consulate Definitely worth a skim… 2 These astonishing and slightly unsettling tattoos from Spanish artist, Adri Reigada (@adrireigada) Adri Reigada is a Barcelona tattoo professional now working in London. 3 The best prom invitation ever. Ever.

Collective Nouns for Web 2.0

Back in the Middle Ages, knowing what collective noun was applied to a group of animals was taken quite seriously. We all know the common ones, such as herd of cows, a pack of dogs, a flock of birds, but there were plenty of obscure ones like an exaltation of larks, a murder of crows, a shrewdness of apes, etc. Time for some new collective nouns for Internet groupings. If a group of whales is a pod, is a group of teenagers an iPod? A nuisance of 4Chan members A nest of Tweeple (Twitter users) A channel of YouTube watchers…

How to speak in Programmer

When they say: "The SMTP mail server may be acting erratically today." They really mean: "Turn me down for a date, will you? See if you get email anymore." When they say: "Is that really a good user experience?" They really mean: "You're cutting into my World of Warcraft time." When they say: "You haven't provided the proper documentation." They really mean: "I've ruined the project. I plan on blaming you. Somehow." When they say: "That's not a feasible timeframe." They really mean: "You're cutting into my World of Warcraft time." When they say: "I like your t-shirt." They really…

The Wisdom of Coworkers

Coworker: "Dave, can you look at this Laser printer? It's broken and I can't find IT anywhere." Me: "Yeah, what's it doing?" Coworker: "Well, {other coworker} sent a color file to this printer but this is a black and white printer." Me: "So?" Coworker: "Well, you just can't do that!" Me: "Yes, you can, and it's just out of paper." Coworker: "…" Coworker: "I don't want to print out this PDF." Me: "Why not?" Coworker: "My monitor doesn't have that much toner." Coworker 1: "We can't use Pantone colors on the website." Coworker 2: "Why not?" Coworker 1: "Because there's…

1st Level Web Master Spells

Protection against Comic Sans: Protects beginning Web Designers from succumbing to the fetid odor of this most noxious font. Dispel MIDI: Makes the spell caster immune to the dissonant shrieks of embedded MIDI soundtracks on personal homepages. Detect Rainbow: Spell destroys rainbow divider bars. Temporarily dispels rainbow-colored text. Mage Page: Magic spell to dispel popup ads and prevent javascript page takeovers. Obscure Animation: Prevents animated GIFs of gay Spiderman from dancing more than one round. Cursor Curse: Prevents the mouse from being followed by animated trails of stars, unicorns and flowers. Vampiric Styles: Touch removes ghastly stylesheets that only work…

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We assumed …

I guess I should have used a capital four. I showed this error message to my coworker Jim. He told me to imagine if Yahoo extended the map's "assumption" feature to their search: We assumed you meant transvestites, not transmissions. We assumed you meant was, not was. We assumed you meant Paris, France, not Paris Hilton. We assumed you meant bikinis, not briefs. We assumed you meant progress, not Congress. We assumed you meant rudimentary, not Rudy Giuliani. We assumed you meant software, not underwear. We assumed you meant prawn, not pr0n. We assumed you meant Spanish Fly, not spinach.…

Fun with Anna

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