Eternal Copyright: a modest proposal – Telegraph Blogs
february 2012 by jpcody
Yet now, as we've instituted decade-long jail terms and unlimited fines for copyright infringers, it's time to take the next step in extending copyright terms even further.
satire
humor
law
february 2012 by jpcody
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Monologue: An Abstinence Coach Struggles with Analogy.
february 2012 by jpcody
So let’s talk about virginity. Virginity is fine. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with virginity. Virginity is just something you haven’t done yet, and there are a lot of things we never get to do, right?
humor
mcsweeneys
february 2012 by jpcody
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Open Letter: An Open Letter to the Gentleman Blow-Drying His Balls in the Gym Locker Room.
august 2011 by jpcody
You’re actually doing it. I mean, we’ve all dreamed of blow-drying our balls out in the open, but you’re actually doing it in front of me and at least sixteen other people that just finished exercising at this pricey sports club. Some of us will do it in private in our homes, or in a hotel room using a hairdryer a stranger might have just used to style their hair for that big business meeting in Denver. But not you. You are not confined to such social norms, norms that usually keep flapping, flag-like balls out of my eyes.
humor
mcsweeneys
august 2011 by jpcody
There's No "I" In Magic | American McCarver. Your Sports Blog.
august 2011 by jpcody
This makes for some awkward basketball. One brief session involved explaining that you cannot walk while holding the ball. The three-second rule has exposed our school system’s inability to teach kids to count higher than two. And, no, you will never, ever make that half-court shot. How do I know? Because the ball is landing on the free-throw line — that’s how I know.
humor
sports
august 2011 by jpcody
Stevey's Blog Rants: eBay Patents 10-Click Checkout
july 2011 by jpcody
The 10-click checkout system, known colloquially as 10CLICKFU -- which many loyal users believe stands for “10 Clicks For You” -- was recently awarded top honors by the National Alliance of Reconstructive Hand Surgeons. 10CLICKFU incorporates a variable number of clicks ranging from eight to upwards of fifteen, but eBay’s patent stipulates that any purchasing system that lies to you at least nine times about the “Now” part of “Buy It Now” is covered by their invention.
humor
patents
ebay
july 2011 by jpcody
Stevey's Blog Rants: Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns
july 2011 by jpcody
Hello, world! Today we're going to hear the story of Evil King Java and his quest for worldwide verb stamp-outage.1
programming
humor
july 2011 by jpcody
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: E-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone.
june 2011 by jpcody
MikeUnderscore2004@yahoo.com
MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com
Mike_WardAllOneWord@yahoo.com
AAAAAThatsSixAs@yahoo.com
One1TheFirstJustTheNumberTheSecondSpelledOut@hotmail.com
humor
mcsweeneys
MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com
Mike_WardAllOneWord@yahoo.com
AAAAAThatsSixAs@yahoo.com
One1TheFirstJustTheNumberTheSecondSpelledOut@hotmail.com
june 2011 by jpcody
15 Strat Tips For Crafting the Coolest and Most Impressive Twitter Bio
may 2011 by jpcody
There’s an art to stuffing the maximum amount of coolness and success into 140 characters or less, and I’m basically the Da Vinci Code for how to do that. Here are 15 of my proven strat tips on how to really jack your follower count by making your Twitter bio as effective as possible at tricking people into thinking you’re important.
humor
twitter
may 2011 by jpcody
Jibblescribbits: Most offensive Hockey Logo Ever?
may 2011 by jpcody
I was just dickin around on the glorious interwebs when I came across what might be the most racist team logo in sports history, if there wasn't a team named the "Redskins".
The Denver Invaders played in the Western Hockey league in 1963-1964 under the logo below.
racism
sports
humor
offensive
logos
The Denver Invaders played in the Western Hockey league in 1963-1964 under the logo below.
may 2011 by jpcody
John Lithgow Gives Newt Gingrich's Press Release the Dramatic Reading It Deserves - Gawker
may 2011 by jpcody
Matt Cherette — Did you catch yesterday's ridiculous press release by Newt Gingrich's waning presidential campaign? Stephen Colbert wasn't prepared to give the statement a dramatic reading—"I don't think I've got it in me to convey the epic genius of this verbal spanking"—but luckily actor John Lithgow did have it in him, and on tonight's Report, he delivered.
humor
politics
video
may 2011 by jpcody
It'll Never Work!
march 2011 by jpcody
Quotes from many sources. A particularly good source of quotes on this theme is: The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation by Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky (Pantheon Books, 1984).
This started out as a list of negative and pessimistic comments about new ideas, but, to provide some balance, I've begun to add a few overly enthusiastic and optimistic comments.
humor
quotes
technology
predictions
This started out as a list of negative and pessimistic comments about new ideas, but, to provide some balance, I've begun to add a few overly enthusiastic and optimistic comments.
march 2011 by jpcody
Frank Chimero - More Happiness
january 2011 by jpcody
It was more fun that way than if I had seriously looked for her. And maybe happiness is a bit paradoxical like that: if you stop pursuing it, there are fewer places for it to hide. You just have to be listening when it says “I’m over here!”
happiness
humor
january 2011 by jpcody
On Writing: How Conan wrote his pitch-perfect "People of Earth" letter - (37signals)
january 2011 by jpcody
When you think of great writing lessons, you usually don’t think of late-night TV hosts. But Conan O’Brien’s “People of Earth” letter was a pitch-perfect response to a crisis situation.
writing
humor
37signals
january 2011 by jpcody
An Interview With the Nativity Innkeeper « Whatever
january 2011 by jpcody
I mean that people still criticize me for not having room at the inn. They say to me, you couldn’t give a pregnant woman a room? You couldn’t give a room to the woman pregnant with the divine child? Couldn’t even spare a broom closet for the Baby Jesus?
christmas
humor
january 2011 by jpcody
Betteridge's Law of Headlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
november 2010 by jpcody
Betteridge's Law of Headlines states that "any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'no'".
humor
laws
november 2010 by jpcody
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: After You Hit a Home Run: A Guide for Major League Baseball Players.
november 2010 by jpcody
1. Point to God.
2. Kiss necklace
humor
baseball
2. Kiss necklace
november 2010 by jpcody
If Richard Feynman applied for a job at Microsoft - sellsbrothers.com
november 2010 by jpcody
Interviewer: Now comes the part of the interview where we ask a question to test your creative thinking ability. Don't think too hard about it, just apply everyday common sense, and describe your reasoning process.
humor
technology
november 2010 by jpcody
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: How to Put On a Sports Bra.
october 2010 by jpcody
1. Approach the sports bra with confidence, secure in the belief that you will wear it.
humor
mcsweeneys
october 2010 by jpcody
Alec Baldwin Insists you NOT Donate. | Maximum Fun
october 2010 by jpcody
In this spot recorded for our flagship station, WNYC, Television's Alec Baldwin insists that you not donate to public radio, under any circumstances.
humor
npr
october 2010 by jpcody
Andrew Horner: The reverse job applicant
october 2010 by jpcody
It was in this moment of bleak desperation that I rediscovered myself—in a burst of insight, I realized that for these past two long, painful years I had been content to lie to myself, to tell myself that it was okay to grovel. I had been pretending that it was acceptable for me to humbly ask somebody to do me the favor of hiring me, then to silently move on after the inevitable rejection. But no more! It was time for me to be honest with myself. I drove home in a euphoric daze, my drive-through order secure inside a grease-drenched paper bag in the seat next to me. As the shock from my epiphany faded away, I realized that I now knew exactly what needed to be done. I pulled into my neighborhood, parked on the curb, flung open the front door, dove for my laptop, and began composing my reverse job application.
humor
business
hiring
october 2010 by jpcody
Top funny source code comments | cObaia.net
october 2010 by jpcody
// no comments for you
// it was hard to write
// so it should be hard to read
code
comments
fun
humor
// it was hard to write
// so it should be hard to read
october 2010 by jpcody
Fuck the South
september 2010 by jpcody
Fuck the South. Fuck 'em. We should have let them go when they wanted to leave. But no, we had to kill half a million people so they'd stay part of our special Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves - yeah, those are states we want to keep.
humor
politics
september 2010 by jpcody
Woot : Amazon, Woot, and You: But Mostly Woot
july 2010 by jpcody
To be uncharacteristically serious for half a nanosecond, yes, Woot has signed an agreement to be acquired by Amazon. It shouldn't change anything much for us or you after the deal closes, we just figured you’d like to know a few details. You see, when two companies meet over drinks and some light jazz and decide they'd like to get to know each other better… You know what? Our CEO said it best in his letter to us employees...
humor
amazon
business
copywriting
july 2010 by jpcody
"Login" is not a verb
june 2010 by jpcody
Despite what many people --mostly in the computer field-- think, "login" is not a verb. It's simply not. Whether or not "login" is a word at all may spark a debate in some circles, but assuming it is then it may act as many parts of speech, but not as a verb.
I will repeat the important part for clarity: "login" is not a verb. It's simply not.
language
humor
grammar
login
I will repeat the important part for clarity: "login" is not a verb. It's simply not.
june 2010 by jpcody
Batteries Feel Included: 309
june 2010 by jpcody
So, you're in love with one of your friends, but she has a boyfriend and probably wouldn't have sex with you anyway.
humor
time-travel
june 2010 by jpcody
Marginal Revolution: Predictably Amusing
january 2010 by jpcody
Auto suggestion of searches for "How do I get my girlfriend to" and "How do I get my boyfriend to"
humor
autosuggest
january 2010 by jpcody
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: YouTube Comment or e. e. cummings?
january 2010 by jpcody
Hilarious. "Which one is it?"
comments
cummings
youtube
humor
january 2010 by jpcody
Ben Casnocha: The Blog: Contrasts in How Google Suggets Searches
november 2009 by jpcody
Someone once told me that there is nowhere we are more honest than the search box. We don't lie to Google. Period. We type in what we're thinking -- good, bad, and ugly. There's probably no piece of information that would better show what's on someone's mind than their stream of searches.
google
search
humor
november 2009 by jpcody
The many sliders of Photoshop CS4 - Neven Mrgan's tumbl
november 2009 by jpcody
These can be found in just Photoshop; I can’t imagine what I’d find elsewhere in the suite.
The most common out of all these seems to be second one, Brightness Adjustment.
They’re all ugly. The only near-acceptable one is the Layer Style slider.
None of these looks like the standard OS X slider.
photoshop
gripes
humor
The most common out of all these seems to be second one, Brightness Adjustment.
They’re all ugly. The only near-acceptable one is the Layer Style slider.
None of these looks like the standard OS X slider.
november 2009 by jpcody
Historical Tweets » Harriet Tubman Gets More Done With Less
september 2009 by jpcody
Historical tweet poking fun at 3/5ths compromise.
humor
september 2009 by jpcody
Big Contrarian → New law.
september 2009 by jpcody
Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that someone won’t mistake for the real thing.
fundamentalism
law
humor
september 2009 by jpcody
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