Tag Archives: Humor

Seanchan Programmers

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Kelson

A tech list is discussing EAGAIN errors, and I keep misreading it as EGEANIN. #

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Arctic Lairs and Towers of Midnight

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Kelson

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On the Internet, No One Knows You’re a Doll

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Kelson

Disney Dolls Roleplay Internet Pets

Alternate caption: On the Internet, no one know you’re not a dog.

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Even Santas Have it Tough

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Kelson

Countrywide Ho Loans

Presumably this institution is designed to serve the needs of Santa Clauses who subsist on Ho-Hos. :D

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Sending the Wrong Message?

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Kelson

I figured I’d wait until after the election to post this one.

Insert your own joke about renting politicians.

(Sorry about the image quality; it was across an intersection, so it was pretty small on the original image. I didn’t even resize it. It’s just cropped. Yeah, my camera isn’t that fantastic once you get down to a 1:1 pixel view)

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How do you get them to talk?

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Kelson

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How does that work?

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Kelson

Signs: Tax Refund For Lease

Wait a minute… how does one lease a tax refund? :D

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California Craziness

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Kelson

Here are some interesting/amusing signs we spotted on our trip to Northern California last month.

Silver Surf MotelSilver Surfer Motel

This seemed appropriate for a trip to a comic convention. And like the Sylar Industries sign I posted earlier, all it needed was a little adjustment. Can you get a room with the power cosmic? Found in San Simeon, across the highway from our motel. (Keep in mind as you read on that the one on the right is the only doctored photo in the post.)

Sign: Mr. Speeder, Meet Mr. Traffic CopMy personal favorite was this one in Sunnyvale. It’s always nice when city planners (or anyone making a sign, really) have a sense of humor.

Perhaps Mr. Speeder was frustrated by driving this street, somewhere near San Luis Obispo:

Exit 220A to Traffic Way
Continue reading →

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Sylar Industries

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Kelson

Up in Napa, we found this sign at the entrance to Syar Industries.

Sign: Syar Industries, Inc.

Being Heroes fans, we couldn’t resist. Not only was the name just one letter off of the show’s popular villain, but the elongated S in the logo was just begging for a trio of crosspieces to turn it into the helix symbol that appears everywhere in the show. A bit of photo-manipulation later:

Adjusted Sign: Sylar Industries, Inc.

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Culprit Identified

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Kelson

The problem with the PowerBook has been confirmed to be the RAM upgrade I put in back in 2004. It hummed along fine for 3½ years, but I guess it finally went bad with the laptop getting so much more use the last few weeks.

Better something modular and easy to get at (well, except for the one stripped screw) than something intrinsic to the machine. Under the circumstances, I’m just having the shop replace it.

Though I guess I should’ve known better than to trust this guy:

Sheep with a laser attached to its face. Caption: O hai! I upgraded your RAM!
moar humorous pics

(Check out the original lolcat post if you don’t recognize the phrasing.)

Assuming the box continues to pass diagnostics with the new memory, I should be able to pick it up at lunch on Monday.

Update: Success! The computer is back, and working again!

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