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Category Archives: Friday Fun
Is Your Paper Running Late?
Yes, I made a couple of simple alterations to this Dilbert comic strip, but it seemed appropriate. As the semester winds down and you wonder if your final paper will come in on time, think of this.
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I Hope He’s Better at House Flipping!
How many things are wrong with this sign? First, he has not one, not two, but three sets of unneeded quotation marks. Second, he seems to have placed a hyphen before “Buy,” which I read as a minus sign. Therefore, … Continue reading
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When Dinosaurs Ruled JCCC
Over the five days of Spring Break 1996, roughly twenty JCCC faculty gathered in the Educational Technology Center to be trained on such essential web tools as Hotdog Pro, Photoshop, and Macromedia Director. At least Photoshop is still around. In Hotdog … Continue reading
Is This You?
The Procrastinating Writer (slightly amended from Dilbert)
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Just Too Cool–Slow-Motion Scenes from a NY Day
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Diagramming Orwell
Did you ever have to diagram sentences in school? Here are some first sentences from famous novels diagrammed to perfection.
Theremins, Real and Virtual
Check out Theremin, a very odd little audio synth with a web interface. Then hear a genuine theremin played by some guy with way too much time on his hands to learn this thing.
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The Great Language Game
Want to feel totally ignorant? Play The Great Language Game where you are given multiple-choice options on identifying a language as it is spoken. Yikes, I stunk it up when I played.
Are You Kidding Me?
This video has several height-related shots that make me…uh…squirm.
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Coffee Day Intolerance
Yesterday, I scarcely need to remind you, was National Coffee Day, prompting a friend of mine to post this on his Facebook: The day after National Coffee Day is always a let-down. No one says, “happy Coffee Day” anymore; no … Continue reading
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