Oh my god. I haven't laughed this hard since Noises Off. I managed to not fall out of my chair.
Behold, Star Wars [All three movies!] as retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi.
Direct link to video for my RSS friends.
If you're in the cool kids' club, you might see an invite to the new Gmail Custom Time beta.
This is way cooler than paper, and — Dare I say it? — cooler than the moon.
I haven't seen this clip before. I knew the phrase "a series of tubes" came about as a congressman explaining the internet; Heck, there's even a Wikipedia article.
My brother's improv troupe, Murphy Improv, has their debut performance tonight in Austin.
Steve Martin has a piece in the Smithsonian mag about his comedy. I can't quite call it a funny article, but I know that at least two of you (Josh and Marc) will appreciate it.
If you don't feel like reading a bio piece interspersed comedy insight, I'll just quote one of his bits for you.
I had the plumber joke, which was impossible to understand even for plumbers: "OK, I don't like to gear my material to the audience, but I'd like to make an exception, because I was told that there is a convention of plumbers in town this week—I understand about 30 of them came down to the show tonight—so before I came out, I worked up a joke especially for the plumbers. Those of you who aren't plumbers probably won't get this and won't think it's funny, but I think those of you who are plumbers will really enjoy this. This lawn supervisor was out on a sprinkler maintenance job, and he started working on a Findlay sprinkler head with a Langstrom seven-inch gangly wrench. Just then this little apprentice leaned over and said, 'You can't work on a Findlay sprinkler head with a Langstrom seven-inch wrench.' Well, this infuriated the supervisor, so he went and got Volume 14 of the Kinsley manual, and he reads to him and says, 'The Langstrom seven-inch wrench can be used with the Findlay sprocket.' Just then the little apprentice leaned over and says, 'It says sprocket, not socket!' [Worried pause.] "Were these plumbers supposed to be here this show?"
Seriously, it's like the national holiday of geeks everywhere.
Google's in on it.
So is BoardGameGeek, not to mention that classically forgotten game, Poisson d'Avril.
Slashdot gives us a good article on top pranks.
Who could forget the quaint Kremvax?
Or IP over Avian Carrier? (That's teh webbernets flying around on little birdies, kids.)
The day is young! Do you have Prince Albert in a can?
I know a lot of you sling code or know someone who does. Here's an aural bit of funny for you: Jonathan Coulton's Code Monkey in a variety of media: Artist's site, direct MP3, lyrics and flash-based player. Heck, if you need video with your funny, there's even a World of Warcraft video.
Yeah, I know this is old news for those of you what follow Slashdot. Gimme a break, okay?
If you've ever played an RPG ever or are remotely aware of the Lord of the Rings in any medium whatsoever, you should go read these comics.
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Are you still using Microsoft's Internet Explorer? Why, for all that's good in the world, why? Get with the program and get Firefox.
DriveSavers have saved my bacon (and data) at least twice. If you need data recovery, I highly recommend them.
You can always buy me stuff from my ThinkGeek wishlist or my Funagain wishlist.
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