Archive for the 'Humor' Category

  • Norway Seeks To Break Addiction To Microsoft

    According to Newsmax.com Norway has decided to do something’s about Microsoft’s death grip on the computer market by raising compatibility standards between operating systems and using more open source software.
    In other words, they’re tired of paying huge fees to Bill Gates every year too…
    The Norwegian government said Friday it will increase its use of freely [...]

  • Dilbert’s Marketing Lessons - The MP3 Player

    Dogbert’s marketing plan DOES sell the Ebonian Mp3 player… but leaves the customers haunted by their guilty little secrets…

  • Bizarre Auction Action - He’s Selling His Left Lug Nut - Cheap PPC Ads

    Here’s a bizarre auction. If you were looking to go slumming on ebay, you’ve found it here.
    He’s selling his left lug nut, except, of course he never get’s around to mentioning that it’s not actually a piece of his anatomy.
    But this is all about viral marketing and the more outrageous, the more traffic, good [...]

  • New PC Operating System Functionality Will Eliminate All Competition

    One of my readers secretly smuggled a photo of his firm’s new computer functionality.
    Once unveiled in the market place, his firm believes they will immediately capture 100% of the corporate market and much of the home computer use market - at least for users over age 35.

  • IRS Computers Can’ t Handle Bill Gates’ Tax Return

    Though I’ve listed this as “humor” it’s also true.
    Bill Gates revealed today that the IRS has to use a special computer to record data for his personal tax return.
    From MSN Money

    America’s principal bean counters must regularly face the gargantuan monstrosity that is Bill Gates’ tax return, an undertaking of such magnanimously complex proportions that the [...]

  • And They Said It Couldn’t Be Done

    When introducting newbies to the computer, I routinely tell them… don’t worry there’s NO WAY you can destroy this thing just by clicking the keyboard.
    Yesterday my wife got a frantic call from someone in the neighboring office.
    “Look what I’ve done to my computer!”
    When she went to inspect the damage, she asked “what did you do?”
    “I [...]

  • George’s Rules Of Business

    George works with Bio Fuels Energy Corporation.
    I wanted to pass along his “Rules of Business” for your consideration.

    George’s Guide for Managers
    1. You never want your revenue dependent on machinery or people running at 100% capacity.
    2. Never base a business on an input that only comes from a single vendor.
    3. Morality counts. [...]

  • A Statistical Formula For Writing A Best Seller

    From the Guardian UK
    A group of statisticians has laboured for months to crack the secret of producing best selling novels - only to find that under their formula The Da Vinci Code should have been a flop.
    This year’s runaway bestseller should have had only a 36% chance of reaching the charts, according to Atai [...]

  • DogBert’s Retirement Plan

    Dogbert’s doing retirement plan seminars these days and he has a unique idea for generating income in retirement. Unfortunately, not everyone liked his plan…

    Decide for yourself…

  • Working At Home Isn’t A Day At The Beach

    Dane posted this yesterday just when “it” happened.
    My wife was busting her fingers against the keyboard typing her brains out on a project when she got “the call”.
    It was her mom wanting her to make a quick dash for some prune juice because another family member wasn’t making any quick dashes at all.
    I kid you [...]