Jan 13

CyberNotes: Funny Microsoft, iPhone, Facebook and Wii Parodies

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This article was written on September 28, 2007 by CyberNet.

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Fun Friday

Today’s Funny Friday article is taking a look at parodies. According to Wikipedia, a parody is a “work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, or the subject of the work.” That’s exactly what our Gallery includes today – a lot of poking fun and ridiculing of Microsoft, the iPhone, Facebook, and the Wii. Enjoy!

—Microsoft Surface—

—iPhone Parody, God Wanted One—

—Microsoft Next Gen iPod—

—iPhone No Flash Support—

—Facebook Infomercial Parody—

—Wii Fit—

—Apple Switch Parody Commercial—

—World of Warcraft Parody—

—Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death—

—Apple Intel Advertisement—

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Jan 13

Microsoft mocks Google, likens WebM to failed Esperanto language

Posted in: Chrome, Google, Humor, Microsoft, Today's Chili

If you fancy yourself a codec nerd then you’ll love a tongue-in-cheek piece penned by Tim Sneath, Senior Director of Windows and Web Evangelism at Microsoft. Sneath, posing as the President of the United States of Google, calls for Esperanto (aka, WebM) to replace English (aka, H.264) in order to foster global peace and understanding.

Though English plays an important role in speech today, as our goal is to enable open innovation, its further use as a form of communication in this country will be prohibited and our resources directed towards languages that are untainted by real-world usage.

Brilliantly played following Google’s announcement to drop H.264 from Chrome. Esperanto, as you might recall, was the universal second language designed in 1887 to facilitate international communication. Something that never quite worked out judging by the preponderance of English spoken by humans everywhere except Parisian cafes and taxi cabs.

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Jan 02

The Onion: new CEO wonders how Radio Shack is still in business

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Between its questionable marketing decisions, a decor that oozes a sort of early 90s discount mall vibe, and desperate employees (even if they are the source of cell phone leaks from time to time), whenever we do make it to Radio Shack it’s always a rather humbling experience. And, as The Onion points out, we’re not the first to have noticed. Indeed, according to the website, the company’s new CEO “said Monday that he still has ‘no idea’ how the home electronics store manages to stay open.” But it seems that the company’s upper-level management is seriously trying to crack the code:
[T]heories about RadioShack’s continued solvency involves wedding DJs, emergency cord replacement, and off-brand wireless telephones. Another theory entails countless RadioShack gift cards that sit unredeemed in their recipients’ wallets. Day has even conjectured that the store is “still coasting on” an enormous fortune made from remote-control toy cars in the mid-1970s.

Which reminds us: we need to hit The Shack later today to pick up a 90 minute extended range cassette tape for our stereo dual-dubbing cassette deck.

The Onion: new CEO wonders how Radio Shack is still in business originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 02

CyberNotes: Words of Wisdom from Homer Simpson

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This article was written on August 03, 2007 by CyberNet.

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Funny Friday

With the recent release of The Simpsons Movies in theaters, I thought it was an appropriate time to turn to Homer Simpson for some words of wisdom. Simpsons fan or not, his “wisdom” is funny. Feel free to share your own favorite moments from the show whether they involve Homer, or any of the other characters. I’ve also included a YouTube video that’s a compilation of Homer’s funniest moments. Happy Friday!

From the mouth of Homer Simpson…

  • Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers.
  • Maybe, just once, someone will call me “Sir” without adding, “You’re making a scene.”
  • What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.
  • Marge, you’re as beautiful as Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda.
  • Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably.  The lesson is, never try.
  • Operator! Give me the number for 911!
  • Bart, with $10,000, we’d be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like…love!
  • I’m normally not a praying man, but if you’re up there, please save me Superman.
  • Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.
  • Marge, don’t discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn.  It’s what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.
  • Doughnuts. Is there anything they can’t do?
  • All my life, I’ve had one dream, to achieve my many goals.
  • Dad, you’ve done a lot of great things, but you’re a very old man, and old people are useless.
  • “To Start, Press Any Key.” Where’s the ANY key?
  • I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.

 

Source: Thatwasfunny.com

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Dec 21

BBC comedians ridicule tech naming schemes, make us laugh along the way (video)

Posted in: Apple, BlackBerry, Humor, RIM, Today's Chili, uk, united kingdom, UnitedKingdom, video, xbox 360, Xbox360

They say all good comedy has a modicum of truth to it, and there’s no denying that the jargon that’s built up around technology is littered with opportunity for mockery, fun-poking, and general satire. Leave it to two old pros from the UK, then, Harry Enfield and Ronnie Corbett, to summarily dispatch Apple, BlackBerry, Orange, Microsoft and everyone in between in one of the better tech-related sketches we’ve seen. See them do their thing after the break, but be warned: the video contains (a lot) more than your recommended daily allowance of fruit puns.

[Thanks, Thanasis]

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Dec 19

CyberNotes: Funny Newspaper Headlines Take 2

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This article was written on July 25, 2008 by CyberNet.

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Fun Friday

About seven months ago we took a look at some of the headlines from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They’re the real headlines that viewers send in which they find in newspapers across the country. There are so many funny headlines out there that we decided to put together a round two:

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Nov 19

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Videos: The Ghostbusters Are Kind of Dicks [Video]

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Everybody’s been clamoring for Ghostbusters 3, but in this video, they’ve come back and it might not be a good thing. You know, because they’re dicks. More »

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Nov 11

CyberNotes: 20 of Life’s Unanswered Questions

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This article was written on November 02, 2007 by CyberNet.

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Fun Friday

Friday is here once again! Today we thought we’d list some of life’s unanswered questions, and maybe you’ll have some time this weekend to ponder them.

  1. Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
  2. Can you cry underwater?
  3. When the French swear, do they say pardon my English?
  4. Why when people ask you “what three things would you bring with you on a desert island?” no one replies, “A boat.”
  5. If the FBI breaks your door down do they have to pay for it?
  6. Why do penguins have knees?
  7. Why do blacklights look purple?
  8. After they make Styrofoam, what do they ship it in?
  9. If a person suffered from amnesia and then was cured, would they remember that they forgot?
  10. You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes? Why can’t they make the whole plane out of the same substance?
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  11. Why is it called a TV “set” when you only get one?
  12. Why do we put suits in a garment bag and garments in a suitcase?
  13. Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
  14. How did Walt Disney figure out how to make people pay to stand in lines all day?
  15. Why do most cars have speedometers that go up to at least 130 when you legally can’t go that fast on any road?
  16. Can blind people see their dreams?
  17. Why do hot dogs come in packs of 8 when hotdog rolls come in packs of 10?
  18. Why are boxing rings square?
  19. Why do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?
  20. Why is it called football when you hardly use your feet?

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Nov 09

CyberNotes: Useless (but interesting) Facts

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This article was written on June 06, 2008 by CyberNet.

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Fun Friday

These weeks sure fly by, don’t they? It’s Friday once again so we’re stepping away from Technology news for a second to have some fun. Today we’re looking at useless facts that are interesting nonetheless. If you know of an interesting fact, post it in the comments below. Have a great weekend!

  1. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle (read more here).
  2. The word “queue” is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
  3. Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.
  4. More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.
  5. The “spot” on the 7-up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes – he was an albino.
  6. 3,115 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled
  7. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
  8. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
  9. The average rain drop falls at 7 miles per hour.
  10. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.
  11. In Disney’s Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid *which is “Disney” spelled backwards.
  12. Annually, 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States.
  13. Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4 cents to make.
  14. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
  15. The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump.
  16. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
  17. The sound you hear when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
  18. Back in the mid to late 80′s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.
  19. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
  20. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
  21. Almonds are members of the peach family.
  22. The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.
  23. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10th of a calorie.
  24. 11% of the world is left-handed.
  25. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
  26. 25% of a human’s bones are in feet.
  27. A jellyfish is 95% water.
  28. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
  29. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
  30. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

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Nov 05

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: A Gross Misuse of Inception [Video]

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Let’s be honest: if you really had the power of inception, you wouldn’t waste it on something as mundane as corporate espionage. You’d do exactly what this guy does. Creep. More »

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