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Mario's Moustaches

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:58:20 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: Chaplin's looks like Hitler's.

Tags: video games, gaming, mario, entertainment, moustache, nintendo, mike stefanini, art

Uber(est), best, retro Christmas tree.

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:36:58 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: Bottle trees, can trees...bah. jk

Retro, people! I want this tree. There's a video clip at the source.

Clip Source: technabob.com

The “tree” features a fully-animated version of the classic arcade game, rendered across thousands of colored LEDs.

Tags: christmas, tree, pac-man, holidays, games

FREE software

Tue, 15 May 2007 02:07:48 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: heliologue.com

Web Browsers

Instant Messaging Clients

Miscellaneous P2P Clients

Antivirus Clients

Software Firewalls

Spyware Prevention/Removal

Security and Encryption Software

Office/Publishing/Productivity Software

Editors and IDEs

HTML editing and web design

Personal Finance

PDF Reading and Writing

Video

Audio

Image Utilities

CD Burning

Virtual Disc utilities

Archivers and Compressors

Diagnostics/OS tools

Emulators

Tags: free, software, downloads

Minority Cart.

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:31:26 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: I just spent 5 minutes watching this. Excellent time-waster...especially for those with really short attention spans like myself...

Clip Source: www.thebbps.com

Minority Kart

I’m convinced if I watch it long enough he’ll catch ‘em!

Tags: mario cart, nintendo, humour, video games, entertainment, funny

Hi, I'm a PC and I'm a Mac Ad from 1996

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:26:43 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: Interesting.....and amusing!

Clip Source: crave.cnet.com

Feb 21 2007

Amazing Fact: In 1996, PCs were cuter than Macs

The main difference here, at least to me, is that in the "vintage" Mac/PC ad, the "PC" is actually a good-looking, vaguely Jude Law-ish character (he's got that "sinister Wall Streeter" look, it's very American Psycho) while the "Mac" pretty much looks like a pre-bust dotcom dweeb who would've fit right into a sidekick role on one of the corny sitcoms of the day. So, yeah, if I had to go out to dinner with one of these young fellers, I'd have to choose the well-groomed PC over the sloppy Mac who thinks he can look swanky by tucking his T-shirt into his jeans. Let's hope the intended "nerd/cool guy" dynamic of John Hodgman and Justin Long has better lasting power than that of the guys in this predecessor. Do you think Justin's garage-band haircut will one day look just as ridiculous as the '96 Mac's?

Tags: computers, apple, macintosh, pc, windows, technology, interesting, advertising, media

Human-Powered Cursor

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:17:55 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: The link (which I couldn't clip) is at the source...quite amusing for a few minutes...might be more amusing if it was the whole window..

Clip Source: www.uberreview.com

Human Powered Cursor

Todays official time waster title goes to Human Powered Cursor. Move the cursor around and watch the guys jump to action. After you stop, these guys take a well deserved break and you get a well deserved chuckle.

[Spluch - UniqueDaily]

Tags: humor, humour, internet, computer, cursor, time-waster, funny, interesting, technology

HTML Joke

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:30:03 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: I like the comments.

Clip Source: www.neatorama.com

Visual html joke.

If you laughed at this picture, then you are an html geek. I laughed! Now I understand why letters that lean are called italic. -via Militant Platypus

Posted on Monday, January 1st, 2007 at 5:38 pm by Miss Cellania

Category: Blog & Internet, Funny. Feed: RSS 2.0

9 Comments to “Visual html joke.”

ted Says:
January 1st, 2007 at 6:49 pm

That’s just silly.
If it’s already leaning, it doesn’t require the italic tags (probably already in the stylesheet).

Alex Says:
January 1st, 2007 at 7:50 pm

Already in the CSS! Ted, you crack me up!

Tags: humour, humor, internet, web, html, funny, computer, programming, technology

Understanding Computer Technology

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:42:51 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: I somehow can't help that there's something missing?
Would a bidet be an accessory?

Clip Source: plblark.pihost.us

Tags: humour, humor, technology, computers, internet

Make your own blue screen of death.

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:20:19 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: I'm dumb. I can't come up with anything interesting. It'd be great for a wallpaper or screensaver..mwahahhhaahahha

Clip Source: txt2pic.com

Tags: humour, windows, internet, technology, computers, humor

200 Firefox extensions at the same time

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:47:28 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: More details at the source...

And he's got Clipmarks! Who is this guy?

Clip Source: tech.cybernetnews.com

Earlier this year a guy installed 100 Firefox extensions without any problems. Well…I decided to try and top that. I picked the nice round number of 200 for a few different reasons. First and foremost because Firefox “2″ was recently released but also because back in August Mozilla celebrated 200 million downloads of the fantastic browser! Right now they are past 263 million but this is kinda like a belated celebration.

To install the extensions I went through the Mozilla Extension page one by one, like any normal person would be doing. I went through the top Firefox extension page until I had all 200 installed. I did install repetitive extensions (such as the three versions of Forecast Fox) because I wanted to see if they affected each other, but there weren’t too many extensions that overlapped in functionality. The only ones that I really skipped were the dictionaries which there happened to be quite a few of.

After I had installed 50 of them I decided to restart the browser to see how things were going. It took about one minute to startup but everything looked like it installed correctly. Then I moved on and after about an hour I had all 200 installed and was ready to restart the browser. I didn’t think that it was going to work but to my surprise it did…

It was quite a site to see and there was a very limited viewing area for websites because of the toolbars. On my 24″ widescreen monitor I had about 2″ of viewable area at the bottom of the browser. But hey, it was still usable. Here is a screenshot of the overall result of a Google search that I performed:

It is also pretty amazing what the Google website looks like when I have all of those extensions installed. Not to mention how funny it is when you type a search in the search box and press “Enter” just to see it replicate itself amongst all of the toolbars. That was probably my favorite part about the whole experience. ;)

Tags: firefox, internet, computers, extensions

Best Geek Gifts

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:57:00 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: Numbers 3-5 please....I know number 4's a little evil and borderline sadistic but I'm sure many would agree.

Clip Source: www.bbspot.com

Best Geek Gifts

11.

One year of "no computer questions" from everyone in your family

10.

Private show by the remaining cast of Monty Python

Simultaneous devolution of all intelligent design proponents into chimpanzees

The Sword of a Thousand Truths

A "Nuke the RIAA from orbit" button (The type you press, not the type you wear)

Charles Babbage's brain in a jar of formaldehyde.

Life-sized, fully-functional Bender

Star Wars Holiday Special where Jar-Jar gets trampled to death by Santa's eight tiny Wookiees

Ten terabyte video iPod nano with expandable screen

Guided tour of Area 51

Customized Google logo on your birthday

Tags: humour, humor, geek, gift, technology, internet

A Christmas tech story.....

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:45:53 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: What I would like to do is challenge each and every one of you DCoTers to take a look through your older computer equipment and see if you can put together a system that could help out someone in need during the holiday. It may just be a “pile of junk” to you but it can make all the difference in the world to someone in need.

If you have ever done something like this or you plan to do something like this, I want to hear about it. Leave your Christmas Tech Miracle stories in the comments for all to read. "

Clip Source: www.dailycupoftech.com

Christmas Needs Tech Support, Too!

Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 by Tim Fehlman

Clip Source: www.dailycupoftech.com

I ran across a blog entry on the ZDNet website and I was so inspired that I decided to write my own version of the blog and recount my own experience.

A number of years ago, a refugee family from Africa found their way to our fair country. Our church had decided to support them in various ways and they petitioned the congregation for help. Since they had literally nothing (They truly knew the meaning of “nothing but the cloths on their backs”), anything that we could give would be useful.

Wanting to help, I dug up the old computer that I had just replaced with a new system. I cleaned it up and talked with the local internet provider to see if they could provide them with free Internet access. They agreed to help.

At the Christmas Eve service, I pulled the father of the family aside and surprised him with the computer. I apologized that it was not the fastest or newest computer but it was reliable and worked well. He and his family were ecstatic! I offered to help set up the system but their oldest boy wanted to try by himself first. Soon after, they quit coming to our church and I never heard from them again until…

A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from the father whom I gave the computer to. In the e-mail, he apologized for not sending me the e-mail earlier but he wanted to let me know how that computer changed their lives.

The first thing it did was get him his first job. He got a job translating documents but one of the requirements was that they have a computer at home do the work. The system allowed him to do that job!

The other thing it did was strike an interest in his oldest son (the one who wanted to set up the system). He was now attending university in the Computer Engineering field.

Tags: technology, computers, career, people, challenge, society

Belkin Flip

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:09:02 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: I just read about this...has anyone tried it out?

Clip Source: www.belkin.com

One laptop. One desktop. One big monitor.

Laptops offer a great way to work - and play - almost anywhere. But sometimes you just don’t feel like sitting in front of a tiny display and cramped keyboard.

Thanks to Flip, you can now use your big monitor and full-sized keyboard for both your laptop and desktop computer.

Click. Flip.

It’s simple. Just place the remote anywhere on your desk and press to flip your monitor from one computer to the next.

Something old. Something new.

Flip is also great for connecting your old and new desktop computers, giving you instant access to files, programs, and games on both computers.

Benefits:

Shares one monitor, keyboard, and mouse between computers
Shares one set of speakers between computers*
Connects instantly to notebook computers
Supports PC and Mac® notebook and desktop computers**
Features a 2-color LED that indicates which computer Flip is accessing
Includes 2 attached cables to connect computers
Installs in 3 easy steps with no software required
Also available with wireless remote
Comes with a Belkin 3-Year Warranty

Package Contents:

Remote
Base with cables
Optional fastener strip
User guide

*Available for models F1DG102P, F1DG102U and F1DG102W
**Mac computers supported by F1DG102U and F1DG102W

Tags: gadget, belkin, flip, technoogy, computer

Top Hackers in movies....

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:51:01 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: Neo's famous quote, "I know kung fu."

Clip Source: www.drivl.com

Top 20 Hackers in Film History

20. Jack Stanfield, Firewall (2006)

Famous Quote: "Honey, I need to borrow your iPod."

17. Wyatt Donnelly, Weird Science (1985)

Famous Quote: "A missle! A MISSLE! A MISSLE IN MY HOUSE GARY!!"

15. Dennis Nedry, Jurassic Park (1993)

Famos Quote: "Ah ah ah, you didn't say the magic word."

14. Gus Gorman, Superman III (1983)

Famous Quote: "I don't want to go to jail because there are robbers and rapers and rapers who rape robbers."

12. Boris Grishenko, Goldeneye (1995)

Famous Quote: "I am invincible!"

11. John 'Captain Crunch' Draper, Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)

Famous Quote: "Computers, systems, that's my bag. The phone company is nothing but a computer."

10. Michael Bolton & Samir Nagheenanajar, Office Space (1999)

Famous Quote: Michael - "PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?" Samir - "Back up in your ass with the resurrection."

7. Stanley Jobson, Swordfish (2001)

Famous Quote: "You're fucking up my chi."

5. Kevin Flynn, Tron (1982)

Famous Quote: "I shouldn't have written all of those tank programs."

1. Thomas 'Neo' Anderson, The Matrix (1999)

Tags: movies, hackers, computers, entertainment

Geek office slang

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:34:53 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: Hahaah....more at the source.

Clip Source: www.berro.com

Geek Office Slang: New Office Slang Incorporating Geek Language

404: Someone who is clueless. From the Web error message, "404 Not Found," which means the document requested couldn't be located. "Don't bother asking John. He's 404."

Alpha Geek: The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group. "I dunno, ask Rick. He's our alpha geek."

Assmosis: Remember "Osmosis" The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.

Betamaxed: When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior but better marketed competition as in "Microsoft betamaxed Apple right out of the market"

Chips and Salsa: Chips = hardware, salsa = software. "First we gotta figure out if the problem's in your chips or your salsa."

Dilberted: To be exploited and oppressed by your boss, as is Dilbert, the comic strip character. "Damn, I've been dilberted again! The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week."

Treeware: Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.

Vulcan Nerve Pinch: The taxing hand position required to reach all the appropriate keys for certain commands. For instance, the warm re- boot for a Mac II computer involves simultaneously pressing the Control key, the Command key, the Return key and the Power On key.

Yuppie Food Coupons: Twenty dollar bills from an ATM

Tags: humour, humor, funny, geek, language, slang, internet, computers, technology