Category: Humor
April 1 Roundup
Collecting some good April Fools jokes:
- NPR: New England Suffers Maple Woes
- Water on Mars (via the Esoteric Science Research Center)
- Star Wars Holiday Special released on DVD (via Slashdot)
- My own Googolplex Theaters
- Other round-ups at CNET, at Slashdot, at Urgo, and at Wikipedia
Unusual Flash Sighting
I noticed this SUV as I got on the freeway after work. We apparently kept pace with each other, because it was there on the off-ramp as well. It was then that I noticed something red on the back:
Yes, a plush Flash doll was jammed into the trailer hitch!
Hazard Construction?
Here’s a photoblog flashback. This picture was taken in 1999, so I assume the project has long since been completed:
Something about the combination of “Hazard” and “Cannon Road” seemed…apropos. And somewhat ironic when considered in light of construction.
(I did find one Hazard Construction Company on Google. I assume this is them, since they’re based in the right county.)
Senior Xing
I’ve only seen these signs in Irvine. I suspect that says something about them:
Perhaps an important warning to drivers, but it’s not a well-designed road sign. There’s too much detail, for starters—detail you’re not going to see clearly zooming by at 35 M.P.H. Compare to the stick figures of the standard school crossing sign, or even to the bunny crossing sign.
More importantly, the cues chosen to identify senior citizens are temporary, in the sense that they’ll look dated not too long from now. Why a hat, for instance? Continue reading
A most ingenious paradox
A sign spotted in a parking garage the other day:
Next step: prove black is white—but be very careful at the next zebra crossing.
Everything you know is wrong!
Black is white, up is down
And short is long…
Another honest spammer
Found this in our mail server logs:
relay=OWNED.HACKED.BITE.ME [IP removed], reject=550 5.7.1 No mail accepted from known spam hosts or exploited systems
This was a connection we rejected because the sending IP was on the Spamhaus XBL list of exploited systems. (Everything from reject on is the error message we returned.) Apparently whoever wrote the spam tool decided to advertise that fact when sending mail.