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Humour

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XKCD - Daddy, Junior, and Spook

XKCD is, in many ways, the pinnacle, so it seems, for geek humour. Blending maths, physics, linux, and virtually every geeky field in between with the joy of sarcasm and a every so slightly twisted wit. Now, of course this raises the question of webcomics in general, but I think that will have to wait [...]

Friday Fun: What People Do

Time for a bit of slapstick! Enjoy a collection of funny video clips; sure to cheer you up at the end of a hard week!
[Image by Black Glenn]

Friday Fun: Age of Conan

Griefing is bad, kids. OK? On the other hand, this is a hilarious video of someone making innovative use of his horse in Age of Conan. Er, no, I mean, it’s bad. Oh, just watch it.

Friday Fun: Just like that

Get yourself ready for the weekend with a laugh: enjoy these jokes attributed to the great late Tommy Cooper.

Friday Fun(?): Net Neutrality on The Daily Show

John Hodgman (the PC guy from the Apple ads) explains Net Neutrality on the Daily Show. Enjoy this (rather old) video of his take on the issue of prioritising Internet traffic.

Red vs Blue: Reconstruction

Heard of Red vs Blue? No? OK, here’s a quick into: Red vs Blue is the story of two opposing Halo teams, entirely filmed within Halo, and with a wicked sense of humour. Was that quick enough?

Communication made easy

Sometimes you need to talk to someone - to apologise, complain, or something else - and you just don’t know what to say. What if there were some easy to fill in forms that helped, though?

Friday Fun: 8-bit paintball

Not a game this week, but a cool video from CollegeHumor.com - what would paintball look like depicted in 8-bit graphics?
Warning: has sound and needs flash.

See more funny videos at CollegeHumor

Complaint Department

Just wanted to share a funny pic with you today:

No idea where this originally came from, I’m afraid it was just lying around in my files. If you know who the original artist/copyright holder is please let me know and I’ll add the acknowledgment.

The Doctor Is In

The Doctor’s trusty transport

After so long on air, you’d expect Doctor Who to have racked up a few good quotes, and Piper has collected a load of them together here. Great for the fans out there, and probably mildly interesting for everyone else ;)
Some of my favourites:

The Brigadier: Naturally enough, the only country that could [...]