December 2009
53 posts
Learn the phonetic alphabet →
Shared by Ben
Easily the handiest thing I learned in Amateur Radio that can be applied to IT.
How often have you been on one end of a telephone conversation that went like this?
A: "Okay, give...
Arduino Project #1: Trivial Morse Beacon →
Santa was very nice and I got a nice Arduino for Christmas. I’ve been meaning to snag one of these for a while but I kept putting it off. After reading the great documentation they have, I…
YouTube - Making Prodigy's "Smack My... →
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Stumbled across this one kind via some other link I think one of you shared. This one may be less humorous, but it’s far more amazing (no offense) — Especially given the fact that…
Christmas Is All Pope & Circumstance →
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“Hello, Vatican Worshiper Support?
(Church | Westlake, CA, USA)
Me: “Good afternoon, thank you for calling [church’s name]. How can I help you?”
Customer: “Yes, I’d like to…
Lessons From the Funny Pages: How I Became... →
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I have to admit, I tried the toilet-paper-in-the-toilet thing before, without success.
Calvin and Hobbes: you can’t read just one.
Like many others of my generation, I…
PaulDotCom Episode 179 posted, featuring yours... →
The episode of PaulDotCom I made an appearance on has been posted:
Part 1
Part 2
Hear me discuss cigars, G. Schneider & Sohn beer, and decoding digital signals.
Another Leak, the worst so far: →
Arweena, a spokes-elf for Santa Claus, admitted a few hours ago that the database posted at WikiLeaks yesterday is indeed the comprehensive 2009 list of which kids have been naughty, and which were nice. The source of the leak is unclear. It may have come from a renegade reindeer, or it could be the work of a clever programmer in the Ukraine. Either way, it’s a terrible black eye for...
Camera Hack: How to find a lost camera →
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Hack? No. Hilarious? Yes.
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That’s A Bummer, Bill →
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EPIC
Smooth Whipped Criminal →
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YOU DON’T MESS WITH A MAN’S CAFFEINE!
(Coffee Shop | Dallas, TX, USA)
(We’d just opened one Sunday when a man comes in and robs us at gunpoint. During the robbery, the robber…
Home Sweet House Arrest →
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Holy crap…
realityworstgame.jpg →
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Truth.
Appearing on PaulDotCom tonight →
I’ll be appearing tonight on PaulDotCom Security Weekly on Episode 179 tonight around 8:30PM helping Larry discuss the legal ramifications and technical aspects of decoding pager traffic and…
MBTA Hiring Safety Consultant →
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“Quick! Give more money to our consultants!” “They’re spending it as fast as they can sir!”
The MBTA has hired an independent safety and security consulting firm to assess…
But I thought it was “No Coke. Pepsi.” This throws... →
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Finally, they made a Pepsi dispenser that didn’t suck!
Pepsi Machine Fail
A Pepsi machine carrying exclusively Coca-Cola products.
Picture by: dunno source Submitted by:…
Blastoise is always a win →
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Are you kidding me. Calculus win. I loved it when TAs had a sense of humor.
Calculus Fail
Picture by: ALBATOS Submitted by: Onishadlink via Fail Uploader
Man fires AK-47 at Mass. restaurant →
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My home town everyone!
LYNN — A man who police say opened fire with an AK-47 in a Lynn restaurant after workers refused to serve him alcohol has been ordered held without bail.
Obama: Bailout Savings To Be Used For Jobs →
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“Hey, it cost us less! Let’s spend that too!” Uhhh what?
The government will lose less than expected from the federal bailout program, and the Obama administration wants to use the…
Joel fought back… And we all lost… →
The web is abuzz with articles regarding the finalized ruling of the SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum case that was tried in my fine state of Massachusetts. Most coverage is focusing,…
You Want Darts? The Nerf Raider’s Got ‘Em →
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Need to get this for work…
Image: Hasbro
Recently Nerf sent me one of their new dart blasters, a big, rifle-like gun called the N-Strike Raider that packs a really huge…
Secret Service Discovered Salahis' White House... →
“Did you discover it through their Facebook, or was it your own discovery that some interlopers had entered?”
“We did not discover that on our own.” Sullivan replied. “We were advised of it the following day.”
“Advised by who, sir?” Norton inquired.
“Facebook.”
I can picture some junior USSS agent logging into Facebook the...
“In a roll call vote (all the better to point fingers at lady haters later, my...”
– Katherin Mangu-Ward, Congress Protects Breasts from Science, Themselves - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine (via jeffmiller)
