Tag: HUMOR

Sometimes 'The Onion' hits the satirical nail so square on the head it transcends simple humor (like this post 9/11 classic) and becomes a reflection of the current state of the world. It's recent video "news" clip, 'Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of 'Friendster' Civilization,' works not just because Friendster is an easy punchline -- but because it speaks volumes about how future generations ...

Computers in the classroom are a given at this point. It's hard to walk into a lecture hall without seeing the glow of dozens of laptop screens and hearing the light clicking of keyboards. One student though, at an unnamed school, decided he was tired of dealing with the constant din of students tapping away at their keyboards. So, to make a point, he lugged an aging, noisy typewriter to class to ...

You might not know it, but every decision in this world can be broken down into an easy-to-follow flowchart. Literally, every one. When to pull out your iPhone, what cereal to eat, even whether or not 'It Was a Good Day' are all flowchartable. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that deciding what to do online has finally gotten its own diagram to help you work through the options. The first ...

We love our single serving sites around here -- People of Walmart, Texts From Last Night, This is Why You're Fat, etc.... When we spot one that gives us an actual glimpse into people's lives (rather than just giving us the same endlessly funny joke), we get excited. The idea behind Good Morning Face is simple. Readers place a camera by their bed, then snap a photo of themselves on waking ...

Gather around, all you Internet wanderers, for a little story of a cat and a cheezburger. Once upon a time, a young entrepreneur took a fat gray cat and put, in a sans serif font like Arial or Impact, the words "I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGER." Thus, a meme was born. But, as Mental Floss points out, the world of laughter and cats has been closely intertwined since the turn of the century. The gray cat, ...

We're constantly looking to reach out and communicate with people. Here in 2009, we have countless ways to do so (e-mail, Twitter, texting, Facebook, LinkedIn...), but for some that just isn't enough. They've got to take something as mundane as a Wi-Fi network name and turn it into a message for anyone close enough to stumble upon it. Most people will just stick with the default, "Linksys," or go ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/12/04/top-5-late-night-tv-tweeters-and-5-who-should/'; Perhaps it's due to the never-ending grind of churning out funny material on a daily basis, or the pressure from TV networks to keep things light, but there's a serious dearth of good tweeters from the legions of late night TV. Letterman and Conan apparently can't be bothered to Twitter, and Kimmel, ...

If elephants are the Jackson Pollocks of the Animal Kingdom, then orangutans may be the new Ansel Adams of the jungle... or the drunk, trigger-happy sorority girl. Nonja, an orangutan at the Vienna Zoo, now has her own Facebook page dedicated to the photos she takes herself with a digital camera. Armed with a Samsung ST 1000, all the 33-year-old Nonja has to do is click and whatever her eye ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has endured public criticism, and even public attacks (albeit with groceries), but an aspiring portrait artist has decided to honor the beleaguered executive with a mosaic. The only drawback is that the portrait is composed entirely of images that feature the dreaded Blue-Screen-of-Death (BSOD). For non-Windows users, the BSOD refers to the screen which appears on a ...

The Web may be a wonderful, always expanding source of fun and inspiration, but we probably spend more time connected than we prefer. We've probably spent entire days by now diving deep into the depths of YouTube in search of nothing in particular. You start out searching for a jazz video you heard about, and before you know it, you'll have gathered anyone within shouting distance to show them ...

Ever wonder what the Net-addicted masses would do if the Web suddenly disappeared? So has Cracked, which enlisted its readers in a contest to create Photoshopped images of what a world without the Internet might look like. We don't want to ruin all the surprises, but highlights include: a theater full of people watching a live performance from an adorable cat; a resurrected Virgin Records ...

Google has photographed nearly every street in America, and it's working on expanding Street View to the rest of the planet. Ever wonder how Google put together this impressive and intrusive feature for Maps? Well College Humor would like to imagine it started with two pasty, humanoid blobs hired by Google to take a road trip across the entire country. Minus the Gumby like appearance (and ...

While usually well-intentioned, geeks are often awkward in social situations. (No, Facebook doesn't count.) We're talking about face-to-face conversation. Short of a permanent power outage, it might be the geek's worst nightmare. We understand nerves can get the best of a person sometimes. Nonetheless, there are times when direct communication is simply unavoidable. For example, a job interview. ...

Be honest. Most of your friends' Facebook status updates are boring. Who cares if Tina is "boreddd in class," or if Ben "got way 2 wastd this wknd." You want to read something interesting, not a recap of a day nearly as mundane as your own. That's why video game characters need a larger presence on the social-networking site. College Humor gave us a preview of what a these status updates would ...

The Nobel Prizes are always preceded by the Ig Nobel Prizes, which honor research that "makes people laugh and think." This year's Ig Nobel winners have turned tequila into diamonds, studied full versus empty beer-bottle-to-head injuries (turns out they both hurt), and even designed a bra that, during your average chemical warfare blitz, doubles as a pair of gas masks for you and a friend. Dr. ...