McSweeney's Internet Tendency: A 12-Year-Old Explains the Information Age's Facts of Life to Her Mother.
january 2011 by vielmetti
Think of a blog as a newspaper that people actually read.
funny
generation
humor
internet
january 2011 by vielmetti
xkcd: University Website
january 2011 by vielmetti
a checklist for your next usability review of a .edu site. (if we had wanted the site to be usable, we'd have kept gopher)
comic
funny
university
usability
xkcd
january 2011 by vielmetti
Thought of a Day
december 2010 by vielmetti
At any rate, now it's been linked by Gruber and Chart Porn and Huffington and Laughing Squid and probably other places but I'm tired of Google for a few seconds. Like I said, it's sad, and one reason is that the joke is funny but it fails to get at the real problem with this whole TSA nonsense, which is that it's nonsense. It serves no purpose except to make air travel slower and more uncomfortable.
But the true sadness is that this image isn't a Venn diagram, as you can easily see:
funny
ontology
tsa
But the true sadness is that this image isn't a Venn diagram, as you can easily see:
december 2010 by vielmetti
Groupon Thesaurus
december 2010 by vielmetti
hands = wrist-mitts, finger-docks, arm paddles, cheek slappers, open-faced knuckle sandwiches, Michigan silhouettes (only use in Midwest), turkey tracers/stencils, clapping utensils (good for events), knuckle wagons, 5-pronged pals, knuckle steaks, shake traps, high-five dispensers, nail farms, finger farms
language
groupon
michigan
funny
december 2010 by vielmetti
Untitled 1 - Boing Boing
december 2008 by vielmetti
Untitled 1
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, April 24, 2008 2:16 PM | permalink
internet
socialmedia
funny
boingboing
meta
so-meta-it-hurts
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, April 24, 2008 2:16 PM | permalink
december 2008 by vielmetti
Paulson 419 | ebogjonson.com
september 2008 by vielmetti
I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you.
419
funny
ha-ha-only-serious
september 2008 by vielmetti
YouTube - Rhabarberbarbara
september 2008 by vielmetti
barbara's rhubarb
video
funny
rhabarber
german
via:mahatm
september 2008 by vielmetti
Chillax - The Boston Globe
august 2008 by vielmetti
Funner. Impactful. Blowiest. Territorialism. Multifunctionality. Dialoguey. Dancey. Thrifting. Chillaxing. Anonymized. Interestinger. Wackaloon. Updatelette. Noirish. Huger. Domainless. Delegator. Photocentric. Relationshippy. Bestest. Zoomable.
chill+relax
chillax
writing
creativity
funny
language
words
english
via:bkerr
via:strudeau
august 2008 by vielmetti
Bug 448604 – Can't get out of Whistler
august 2008 by vielmetti
bugzilla log from the firefox team trapped in Whistler BC because of a rock slide
funny
news
firefox
humor
canada
mozilla
vancouver
rocks
bugs
bears
buses
whistler
we-gave-you-these-rocks
we-gave-you-these-bears
moz08
august 2008 by vielmetti
Whatever: How to Make a Schadenfreude Pie
july 2008 by vielmetti
I wondered to myself, "what would Schadenfreude Pie taste like?" / My guess: Dark. Rich. And oh so bittersweet.
Schadenfreude pie,
Schadenfreude pie,
I think that I will get some,
If someone else would die.
With apologies to Dennis Lee.
cooking
recipe
funny
recipes
sidebar
schadenfreude
pie
joy-in-the-misfortune-of-others
food
writing
desserts
scalzi
Schadenfreude pie,
Schadenfreude pie,
I think that I will get some,
If someone else would die.
With apologies to Dennis Lee.
july 2008 by vielmetti
Baby’s First Internet - The Morning News
july 2008 by vielmetti
It doesn’t matter what you say / just publish it twelve times per day.
comics
funny
humor
internet
toread
ha-ha-only-serious
july 2008 by vielmetti
One Laptop Per Child warning stickers
june 2008 by vielmetti
"Do not type with your feet"; "The laptop will not bring rain"
warning
olpc
funny
ha-ha-only-serious
via:gen
june 2008 by vielmetti
The Internet dies a little bit | MetaFilter
june 2008 by vielmetti
DEATH OF THE NET PREDICTED, FILM AT 11
funny
internet
sad
usenet
papa-whats-film
party-like-its-1993
june 2008 by vielmetti
'The Book of my Enemy Has Been Remaindered' - Clive James
february 2008 by vielmetti
The book of my enemy has been remaindered // And I am pleased.
free
funny
humor
poem
poetry
writing
books
publishing
february 2008 by vielmetti
I Love You, but You Love Meat - New York Times
february 2008 by vielmetti
who, like her, is an adventurous and omnivorous eater. Now, she said, she could not be happier. “A relationship is about giving and receiving, and he loves what I cook, and I love to cook for him,” she said.
funny
nyt
food
recipes
diet
omnivores-make-better-lovers
february 2008 by vielmetti
YouTube - Pachelbel Rant
december 2007 by vielmetti
the pachelbel canon in pop music
guitar
awesome
cello
funny
music
rant
youtube
party-like-its-179x
december 2007 by vielmetti
Severed Unicorn Head Superstore : For All Of Your Severed Unicorn Head Needs
december 2007 by vielmetti
a mark maynard production
fun
funny
unicorn
gifts
shopping
december 2007 by vielmetti
Calculated Risk: In Re Foreclosure Cases
november 2007 by vielmetti
“Fluidity of the market” — “X” dollars, “contractual arrangements between institutions and counsel” — “X” dollars, “purchasing mortgages in bulk and securitizing” — “X” dollars, “rush to file, slow to record after judgment
finance
funny
subprime
legal
law
securitization
credit-crunch
jurisprudence
november 2007 by vielmetti
The world's first and only stand-up economist
november 2007 by vielmetti
Economics humor has a new home: the Miscellany section of Economic Inquiry!
economics
funny
humor
november 2007 by vielmetti
Restaurant review: Divo, 12 Waterloo Place, London SW1 | Food and drink | Life and Health
november 2007 by vielmetti
There are many words I could use to describe the food served here, but this is a family newspaper and none of them should be available before the watershed. I can't deny my disappointment because the remaining candidates - awful, calamitous, the horror, t
funny
guardian
humor
restaurant
restaurants
review
reviews
foodie
uk
november 2007 by vielmetti
adw3345: Donut Robot of Love 2000
october 2007 by vielmetti
im on your roughbot eatin your doughnuts. (awesome)
2000
automation
awesome
blog
cooking
downtown-donut-authority
delicious
donut
donuts
doughnut
doughnuts
eat
ebay
food
fun
funny
hardware
humor
lolcats
robot
robots
roughbot
tech
technology
thanksgiving
tools
want
weird
wishlist
wow
yum
october 2007 by vielmetti
184 - A Belgocentric Map of Europe « strange maps
october 2007 by vielmetti
The Netherlands has shrunk to a small, northern appendage that ‘speaks a dialect of Flemish’. France ‘speaks a dialect of Walloon’, and West Germany (‘speaks dialect of Luxembourgeois’) – which is all sort of true, come to think of it.
strangemaps
neogeography
geo
belgium
luxembourgeois
language
dialect
funny
october 2007 by vielmetti
All hail the dancing hypno-hot-dogs
october 2007 by vielmetti
"none of them are as good as the hotdog one"
hotdogs
flash
video
microwave
awesome
funny
via:deusx
october 2007 by vielmetti
The Journal of Joe The Peacock. Yay.: An unordered list of thoughts I had during a conference call with a potential client today
october 2007 by vielmetti
Wait... First you wanted to clone Digg... Then you wanted to "add the social aspects of Facebook to it," and NOW you want it to be Wikipedia? Where the HELL did you spend your morning? In the "Web 2.0 Company Names to Memorize" symposium?
2007
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comedy
consulting
design
facebook
funny
internet
bubble
party-like-its-1999
october 2007 by vielmetti
Linguistic humor
october 2007 by vielmetti
decafalon the grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
fun
funny
humor
language
wordie
october 2007 by vielmetti
New Google Adwords Formula = Just Pay Us More
august 2007 by vielmetti
You gotta love the quality score, it’s mystery factor X, pretty much allowing us to get whatever number we want on the other end. It’s like simple algebra, and we googlers love maths. We could have just said “we’re going to take the most you are w
advertising
adwords
funny
ppc
seo
sem
google
quality-score
august 2007 by vielmetti
Poet Takes Extra 5 Minutes To Vague Up Poem | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
august 2007 by vielmetti
ANN ARBOR, MI—After completing a poem originally titled "Last Dawnbreak," local poet Keith Taylor spent five additional minutes removing verbs and punctuation in order to give the piece a level of vagueness more suitable for publication.
annarbor
fun
funny
humor
poems
writing
poets
local
keith-taylor
orion-orion
august 2007 by vielmetti
JON CARROLL: Unitarian Jihad
august 2007 by vielmetti
We will appear in public places and require people to shake hands with each other. (Sister Hand Grenade of Love suggested that we institute a terror regime of mandatory hugging, but her motion was not formally introduced because of lack of a quorum.)
fun
funny
via:whump
war
hugs
pineapple
august 2007 by vielmetti
Detroit Sold For Scrap | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
july 2007 by vielmetti
Detroit, a former industrial metropolis in southeastern Michigan with a population of just under 1 million, was sold at auction Tuesday to bulk scrap dealers and smelting foundries across the United States.
awesome
funny
michigan
detroit
tiger-stadium
july 2007 by vielmetti
Pretty Big Dig (2003) | Bravo!FACT | A Foundation To Assist Canadian Talent
june 2007 by vielmetti
I HAS A WALTZING BUCKET LOADER
art
awesome
construction
funny
performance
waltz
dance
excavator
june 2007 by vielmetti
SONGS TO WEAR PANTS TO
april 2007 by vielmetti
my favorite from this collection is "if the metro don't go there it don't exist" about the DC transportation system
funny
mp3
music
april 2007 by vielmetti
SF0 / Really Simple Syndication
april 2007 by vielmetti
a piece of a big urban game.
funny
games
rss
sf0
a2b3
april 2007 by vielmetti
Cats in Sinks - for all your cat and bathroom needs
april 2007 by vielmetti
What is Cats in Sinks? It's obvious. It's about cats. And kittens. Who like sinks. And basins.
via:shirky
cats
sinks
lolcats
funny
photos
wtf-mate
april 2007 by vielmetti
The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel
april 2007 by vielmetti
As the 30th anniversary of the Alameda-Weehawken burrito tunnel approaches, it’s worth taking a look at the remarkable sequence of events that takes place between the time we click “deliver” on the burrito.nyc.us.gov website and the moment that our
burrito
eat
fiction
funny
tubes
via:deusx
via:revgeorge
mmm-burritos
april 2007 by vielmetti
'Most E-Mailed' List Tearing New York Times' Newsroom Apart | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
april 2007 by vielmetti
A feature on the New York Times' website that lists the stories most e-mailed by readers is destroying morale and escalating tensions among the once-dignified and professional Times staff, sources within the newspaper of record said Tuesday.
attention
funny
informationarchitecture
journalism
newspapers
nytimes
analytics
april 2007 by vielmetti
Fellowship of the Peep
april 2007 by vielmetti
some people have too much time on their hands. anyone for a Peeps of Warcraft?
peeps
funny
lotr
april 2007 by vielmetti
www.imaleno.com - Those Chiseled Features
march 2007 by vielmetti
lots of people have the distinctive jay leno chin ?!
a2b3
jayleno
fun
funny
chin
‽
march 2007 by vielmetti
Lance Steele | Oort-Cloud
march 2007 by vielmetti
Lieutenant Lance Steele of the Galactic Patrol scowled with grim determination. His airship’s engines didn’t behave like diesels, the weather was implausible, the sentence structure was a nightmare, and his characters wanted to pitch the obvious Russi
scifi
fiction
character
fun
funny
march 2007 by vielmetti
Instructions - lite brite for the net
february 2007 by vielmetti
we have a genuine one of these in the office
design
funny
games
litebrite
hoaxdevice
february 2007 by vielmetti
Photos: cell phone charger
january 2007 by vielmetti
"macgyvering a cell phone charger" during a power outage
funny
january 2007 by vielmetti
indexed
december 2006 by vielmetti
daily index card full of venn diagram humor.
analog
blog
cards
funny
indexcards
index
logic
paper
sketching
ui
visualization
december 2006 by vielmetti
Cognitive Edge: They did not respect or sit still for the devotional sacrifice
november 2006 by vielmetti
Socrates: And the cause of this surprising change in fortune?
Glaucon: I did what you suggested. I listened to the women
Socrates: What did they tell you?
Glaucon: Many things. But in short they said to make boundaries, create attractors, stabili
planning
management
chaos
via:jimmcgee
funny
birthday
kids
Glaucon: I did what you suggested. I listened to the women
Socrates: What did they tell you?
Glaucon: Many things. But in short they said to make boundaries, create attractors, stabili
november 2006 by vielmetti
Frito-Lay Angrily Introduces Line Of Healthy Snacks
november 2006 by vielmetti
In January, Frito-Lay will launch a Flat Earth marketing campaign based on the slogan, "Bet You Can't Eat Even One."
health
humor
funny
november 2006 by vielmetti
Beyond the Beyond: Overheard at IDEA 2006
october 2006 by vielmetti
Bruce Sterling's mashup of two days of talks at Idea. Did we really sound like this? Yup.
funny
futurism
ideas
quotes
conference
idea2006
language
october 2006 by vielmetti
The Turbo-Encabulator in Industry
april 2006 by vielmetti
once retro turbo-encabulation becomes the new craze, watch for shortages of key raw materials
funny
technology
usability
via:hackers
april 2006 by vielmetti
Wikipedia | Edward Vielmetti
september 2005 by vielmetti
Wikipedia generally frowns on self-promotion, but I'll try to make it longer, Brian.
wikipedia
funny
september 2005 by vielmetti
Institute for Backup Trauma
april 2005 by vielmetti
John Cleese in this 7 min anti-tape, pro-disk funny video ad
cleese
backups
tape
ihatetape
funny
april 2005 by vielmetti
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