This is funny, and fits well with my experience of Vim (though I'm an only an intermediate level user). It's true that Vim is a little bit addictive, and you keep finding yourself coming back to it.

Stuart is trying to learn Brazilian Portuguese and finding it hard. Very hard. I can totally sympathise, as my efforts have been even more lame. Whenever I try to pronounce a word, I cringe inwardly, imagining how mangled it sounds to the person listening. If you can't even really hear what a sound is supposed to be, it's very hard to reproduce it.

A tale of a mentally challenged dog who doesn't know what to do with stairs, and apparently can't escape from a blanket. Hilarious, and the drawings are adorable.

Science merit badges. Some of the stories that go along with the badges are hilarious, particularly the ones which involve blowing things up accidentally, or causing the building to be evacuated. I'm eligible for a few myself, but you'll have to guess which!

"We think http://www.rousette.org.uk/blog/ is written by a man."

Darwin award deserved here! And a Nelson Muntz 'HA HA!'

Scarily accurate. I think I could fit most of my posts into one of these 7 categories.

It's funny because it's true.

"Your nerd knows very little about a lot. For many topics, his knowledge is an inch deep and four miles wide." Frighteningly true of me.

I've seen one of these in New Caledonia. My host caught it (VERY carefully), and put it in a steel saucepan with the lid held down with heavy bricks. It released itself over night. A crab to respect...

Excellent comic: I like Joanna and her EMP cannon. :-)

Just plain hilarious.

Brilliant satirical cartoon on the current anti-wifi hysteria. I think that "WiFi Routers: Silent, Blinking DEATH?" would make a fantastic t-shirt.

Absurdly compelling version of 'My Humps' (Black Eyed Peas) by Alanis Morissette. I don't know whether to laugh or cry, but either way, it's a work of genius. [Via the pool of radiance]

Brilliant Star Trek-inspired inspirational posters. I particularly like 'Vulcans'. Considerably brightened up my lunch break. [via TextDrive forum]

Very funny.

If only I had a CAUSE STUDYING spell. Or a MAGIC PEN to speed up marking.

Fantastic thread of funny comments about a pigeon culling policy in Kingston.

Great series on reading Moby Dick. A bookmark shows that I gave up on p. 121 when I tried reading it years ago. And I'm actually interested in whales!

Number 8 is a doozy.

I've watched this video so many times because it's so cute. The owner must be pretty brave to let those sharp claw and teeth loose on his lovely shiny MacBook.

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Brilliantly dark comedy on the hell that is work. Episodes 12, 9 and 6 particularly recommended.

Made me laugh out loud at lunchtime. I could have really done with a 'stresstwig' to snap this morning.

This is just fantastic, and the comments are even better.

Using 3x5 index cards as a PIM. "Disadvantages: Won't play MP3s or OggVorbis files. Workaround: whistle or hum. Ever try to whistle or hum detroit techno? Don't listen to techno. Do interpretative dance."

If only the TVs infesting Central Trains had a remote sensor, I'd buy one of these like a shot.

Useful if you ever need to know if someone is really unconscious or just faking it.

Weird and funny. I'm glad I'm not the only one who occasionally dreams in Perl. hairfs and port 69? are particularly worth a read.

A brilliant comic strip - if you are or have been a graduate student, this will ring horribly true.

There's nothing like a bit of philosophy employing food and bathroom furniture.

An excellent and very amusing description of the Orthodox Easter service.