Category Archives: Humor
Excersise your mind
The latest Iron Web Master specs are up. The round 5 theme is fitness. And the sites are due up Thursday 20 March at 3pm PST (-800 GMT?). But what can I use as a parody theme this time? I … Continue reading
Go To Hell – Infernal travel service
My latest offering for the Iron Web Master competition if Go To Hell. The theme for round 4 of the competition is Travel, where should you go, how to get there and what to take. So I though why not … Continue reading
It’s not easy being green
In the world of the eco friendly do you find that it isn’t easy being green? Are there too many rules to remember? The theme of round 2 of he Iron Webmaster competition is ‘Go Green‘. With a push for … Continue reading
England reclaims America
Do you find programs with English dictionaries where all the spelling is actually in U.S. English annoying? Or that a ‘World series’ doesn’t include people outside America? I found a funny take on this in John Cleese’s “Letter to Americaâ€. … Continue reading
Lambenting about Australia Day
Watching tennis this week I think I’ve had enough of the serve by Sam Kekovich. All that lambenting about Australia Day. In past years vegetarians and Cronulla rioters copped the flank. This year Sam racked up some more insulted parties, … Continue reading
Time travelling bread on sale at Woolworths
At Woolworths in Marrickville Metro on Friday night I noticed some bread from a different time zone, +851 GMT. It was interesting to so much bread on sale, a full table and shelf. Must have cooked too much and about … Continue reading
Automated Santa 0.1
/* * Automated santa * Version: 0.1 * * http://blog.tengutech.net/ * */ #include <seasons_greetings.h> #include <children.h> char[][] children; char[] child; children = populateChildren(); foreach (child in children) { merryChristmas(child); if (isBad(child)) noPresent(child); else if (isGood(child)) givePresent(child); else logException(child, “Christmas limbo”); … Continue reading
LEGMO, playing with the building blocks of (plastic) life
Building Lego ducks for my child I ran out of appropriate blocks. Desperate to complete the project, as any Lego mad scientist would do, I chose to opt for a hybrid animal. Using pieces from the farm set, cow genes … Continue reading
Bloggers’ Union on Strike
Came across this parody of the writers strike in the USA. Would the Internet survive if bloggers stopped? What would people do with all that time they spend blogging and reading other people’s blogs? (see YouTube movie below the fold)
New iPod ad.
Camera sweeps threough a cave full with rubble. Centres on a metal cage and zooms in on two people inside. Covered in dust you only see two silhouettes. White cords run from their ears to small white boxes. A voice … Continue reading