October 2010
46 posts
The Day E-Mail Was Invented →
Forty-one years ago today, a pair of computer scientists tried to send the world’s first computer-to-computer message via the internet. The message was to be the word “log.” Their connection crashed before they got to “g.”
Girlthmatics: Lesson 1 →
Um, How Do I Get From Japan to China Again? →
Answer - Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean. I’m not kidding. Check out no 43.
“Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.”
– A.H.Weiler
“Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.”
– Fran Lebowitz
“Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead.”
– James Thurber
“It takes too much energy to be against something unless it’s really...”
– Madeleine L’Engle
“If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.”
– Jay Leno
A Solar Eclipse Gets Its Close Up →
Connected - I'm not sure why we romanticize 'young... →
or love in general for that matter. It just leads to the idea that either your love is pure, perfect and eternal and you are story-book compatible in every way with no problems, or you’re LYING when you say ‘I love you’.
The Giving Pledge →
Bill Gates Convinces 40 Billionaires to Give Away Half Their Fortunes
Quite an attention grabber don’t you think? Even better it’s actually true. Bill Gates & Warren Buffet…
“Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier.”
– Blore’s Razor
Tech Support - xkcd →
I recently had someone ask me to go get a computer and turn it on so I could restart it. He refused to move further in the script till I said I had done that.
“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when...”
– Woody Allen
Religion - Maps of War →
5000 years in 90 seconds!!!
Parenting Geeks →
How Guys Check Out Girls →
How do they do that?
Girls are like ninjas…seriously.
8 Awesome Webcomics You Don’t Want To Miss →
Newbie Guide to Windows Backups →
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
So its Thursday and your…
5 Websites For Writers To Cure Writer’s Block →
Create A Google Custom Search Engine For Your... →
“The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be...”
– Wernher Von Braun
“I’ll try being nicer if you’ll try being smarter.”
– Anon
“Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It just happens to be very...”
– Anon
Some Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics →
“An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.”
– John Buchanan
“Don’t accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are...”
– Robin Morgan
Send This To Every Person Who Writes You An... →
WatchI want this!!!
IBM INNOV8 2.0 →
The INNOV8 BPM simulation game brings IT and business together for process model innovation
tumblrbot asked: WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?
This Old CRT Monitor Is A Cute Dog's Bed! →
This Is What Happens When The GPS Is Wrong →
Robert Ziegler, was doing what most people would do, driving his car and following the instructions of his GPS. The only problem? His GPS led him to a road where he couldn’t get out.
Oops…I did it again! →
No, I definitely don’t mean that song. It’s what two of my friends said to me when their Vista crashed (yet again I might add). So like the good tech support gal that I was, I sat down to…
BBC - Dimensions →
Would be nice if it worked for India though…
B.C. →
