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Friday Fun: Ben Stiller Explains Twitter to Mickey Rooney

August 21, 2009

Chances are, as a reader of this blog, people ask you to explain Twitter to them. If that’s the case you might find this video in which Ben Stiller explains Twitter to Mickey Rooney amusing:

This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection.

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Microsoft’s “Fune”

August 20, 2009
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While I do hope and believe that Microsoft can get their mobile strategy right, there are days when I worry that Windows Mobile 7 is going to be like this:

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Know Your Cat Ports

August 3, 2009
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For more comics like this, see www.slowwave.com.

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The “CSS Is Awesome” Mug

July 23, 2009

If you’ve worked with CSS and multiple browsers long enough, this mug will make you laugh (or cry):

At US$12.95 (available at Zazzle.com), it’s a pretty good “Secret Santa” gift for the web developer or designer on your team.

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A Busy Day

June 2, 2009

It’s a busy, meeting-filled day for Yours Truly down at the local headquarters for The Empire. Here’s a (slightly edited) photo that I took at our big Evangelism team meeting around 3:30 this afternoon:

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The Story Behind “Keyboard Cat”

May 15, 2009

Another internet meme made the big time today – today’s edition of CNN’s “American Morning” ended with anchor Kiran Chetry announcing that they would be “played out” by “Keyboard Cat”. In case you haven’t yet seen them, Keyboard Cat videos all follow the same formula:

They all have the name “Play Him/Her Out, Keyboard Cat”
They [...]

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My “Microsoft: Stop Making Fun of Us” Slide

May 10, 2009

I started my presentation at WordCamp Toronto 2009 yesterday – Better Living Through Blogging — with this slide, which got a lot of laughs. A number of people have requested it, and I’m only too happy to oblige. Here you go: share and enjoy!
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Career-Limiting Move

May 3, 2009

When using your company-assigned laptop to make presentations, remember to disable your pornographically-themed screensaver (and yes, the video below is not safe for work):

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If Everything was Made by Microsoft

April 30, 2009

Cracked asked its readers to show them what the world would look like if everything in it was made by The Empire. Of the images they submitted. the one below is my favourite – I’ve joked in front of audiences that we make too many versions of Windows and am anxiously awaiting the release of [...]

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More Assless Chaps Photos

April 28, 2009

I’ll admit it: I like typing out the phrase “assless chaps”. Here are a couple more photos of me showing off said assless chaps in the speaker’s room at Saturday’s Toronto Code Camp (which I wrote about in this post).
Here I am holding up the assless chaps prior to donning them:

…and here I am modelling [...]

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“XZIBIT” Explains Virtualization

April 13, 2009

Don’t get the joke? Know Your Meme does a fine job explaining the XZIBIT “Yo Dawg” meme in this article as well in the video shown below.

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“If You’re Not Indie, F**K YOU!”

April 4, 2009

Here’s a great video inspired by Andy Samberg’s People Getting Punched Out Just Before Eating short film from Saturday Night Live made to promote the Independent Games Festival at the Game Developers Conference 2009:

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An Ad for Dharma Initiative Computers

March 25, 2009

This ad won’t make any sense if you’re not a follower of the TV series Lost. However, if you are, you’ll find it amusing…
Click the ad to see the original on its Flickr page.

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Old Man Stewart and Young Man Williams Talk About Twitter on TV

March 3, 2009

Here’s the bit from last night’s Daily Show called Old Man Stewart Shakes His Fist at Twitter, courtesy of VentureBeat (at least until the folks at YouTube have to remove the video):

And for those of you who missed it, here’s Twitter co-founder and chief exec Evan Williams talking about Twitter on Charlie Rose, once again [...]

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“Ensign Crusher, Report to My Ready Room. Oh Yes, and Wear the Sweater.”

March 2, 2009

For no other reason than the geeky amusement it will provide, here’s Wil Wheaton in a clown sweater:

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