29
2009
Caution – Zombies Ahead!

Ah yes, to live in a college town. Our local paper reported that a couple of construction signs near UT were hacked, displaying funny messages as seen above. I love the fact the traffic controller, Bruce Jones, gave high praise to the hacker: “He speculated that the hacker could be a computer genius from UT.” Though I agree this is a bit childish, I can appreciate the humor behind such pranks. It is good to [...]
9
2008
Facebook dislikes – it is how you say it
I ran into this article that made me laugh: Top five things to hate about Facebook What it spoke about are things that I am guilty of doing and admit are annoying, but what was funny was the following statement found in the article: It reminded me of a statement I once heard in a meeting: Both statements are cool refreshing analogies desperately needed in otherwise useless reports. Thank you for the perverse humor, I [...]
11
2008
Colorado Springs the fittest city. My work there is complete
So I got my latest issue of Men’s Fitness and in there was a list of the fittest cities with Colorado Springs leading the way. Many examples provided such as how a social meet up at CS means meeting at a trail-head is very true. But you see, it was because I was there blasting on the trails. Give me a year or so and you will find Austin on the list.
19
2008
Make a scammer do real work
We all know about the Nigerian scam letter, which looks something like this one: My Dear Greetings,I know this mail may come to you as a surprise,I am Barrister Mussa Issah the solicitor/counsel to the late Sanni Abacha who was then before his death, the President/Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Just yesterday his widow wife Mrs. Mariam Abacha called to intimate me of the condition of her family over the pursuance [...]
10
2007
Funny times on the tube
Kicking back after soccer practice, I scan the HD channels to see what would be fun to watch. CW had this absolutely hilarious show called the Reaper which was about a man who discovered that his parents had sold his soul to the Devil. Sam, the lead character, must hunt down escaped souls for the devil while holding down a mundane job at a Home Depot look-a-like. What makes this show click is not Sam [...]
Austin Tech Events
- Austin Code Dojo Working Session June 20, 2013
- Door64 Happy Hour - Downtown - Sponsored by netSpend June 20, 2013
- Door64 Happy Hour - North June 19, 2013
- From Napkin to Revenue June 15, 2013
- Austin Adobe User Group Meeting June 14, 2013
- Polyglot Programmers of Austin Work Session June 13, 2013
- Designing for Visual, Hearing and Mobility Needs June 13, 2013
- Recording Great Audio for Podcasts & E-Learning June 13, 2013
- From E-Learning to Mobile Learning Workshop June 13, 2013
- The Austin Python Monthly Meetup June 13, 2013

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