Something Shiny

Although I’m not a huge fan of the design of this t-shirt, I do very much agree with the sentiment. I’ll even admit I could use a sip from the fountain of smart from time to time, particularly on a Monday morning.

TypeTees – T-shirt: Forget Youth. What This World Could Use Is a Fountain of Smart..

Well, I’ve got to say, I didn’t see that coming… Click the pic to head over to the Xkcd site to check out more random humor.

I do find myself wondering what the series of events would be that leads to Rain Man being shot at by Dirty Harry.

There, I Fixed It has an advent calendar even Bad Santa could appreciate.

As xkcd points out in the strip below (and I can agree with based on my 12/22 birthday), folks born on or around Christmas can miss out on some of the attention they might otherwise get on their birthday.

On the other hand, there are some perks too. For instance, I only had to go to school on my birthday once as a kid.

Day-old Basic Instructions on hiding gifts. Click the pic for the full strip.

A couple cat related items came recently. Xkcd illustrates the technical complexity of making you laugh at some silly cat on the internet. The second item is a silly cat on the internet.

See how that ties in?

Were fax machines ever cool? I understand they served a purpose before the days of email and the internet, but I’m unclear as to why they even exist anymore.

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen something like this, if not this very picture before, but it’s still clever and it still makes me laugh.

So, are you a “the pie’s a third eaten” or “there’s 2/3 of the pie left to eat” kind of person?

Although the pie doesn’t look all that tasty, all this talk of pie is making me hungry…

Via this isn’t happiness

While pretty much everyone agrees Windows 7 is the best Windows in the history of Windows (which it should be since it’s the latest, right?), Basic Instructions takes a look at why it feels so good to move to the new OS.

1/3 to 1/2 of of the benefit of any new OS is the cleansing powers of a fresh installation.

Click the pic for the full strip.

Perhaps a bit belated, but funny none the less. Click the pic to see the full strip.

Ok, this is pretty hilarious.

Via Gizmodo

Fresh Basic Instructions from Scott Meyer, click the pic for the full strip.