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Archive for the 'Humour' Category
A superb mix of animation styles go into this video description of procrastination.
Yep, pretty sensible…
[via Gizmodo]
A hilarious collection of photos which didn’t turn out the way the subjects were expecting.
[via Cynical-C]
The Ultimate Machine by Claude Shannon and Marvin Minsky.
About 7 years ago I was reading an article on Claude Shannon and came across one of the funniest ideas I had ever heard. Claude, you see, was one of these incredibly brilliant engineers with an obviously great sense of humor. As I understand it, he, along with Marvin Minsky came up with an idea they called the “Ultimate Machine”. Basically a plain box with a switch on the top. When you flip the switch, a hand comes out of the box and flips the switch off. Thats it.
[via BoingBoing]
Looking for more ways to sit with a laptop? check out the Laptop Karmasutra for some inspiration.
[via FunForever]
The latest in internet meme’ery, YoungMe - NowMe, take a picture of yourself re-enacting a childhood photograph.
[via Neatorama]
Ok, not actually by Saul Bass, but if Star Wars had been made twenty years earlier this could have been the introduction.
[via Laughing Squid]
Anything but low quality, Nik Daum’s Dordles are not quite drawings, not quite doodles, often funny and always entertaining.
[via It's Nice That]
Oh yes, a special Christmas advertising parable.
[via CreativeTechs]
Ever find yourself in a situation that simply requires a formal apology? Now, you too, can take any kind of thought, emotion or embarrassment out of saying ’sorry’ (or many other social expressions) with the aid of the Bureau of Communication’s pre-designed forms.
[via Josh Spear]
Classic rendition of facebook for old people, click the image to zoom in. Also a quaint reminder of what facebook was like before all of the terrible application spam.
[via Seth Godin]
Some classic advertising from the golden ages of computers. You know, before this guy realised he could send that 19Mb powerpoint presentation using this new electronic mail.
[via Neatorama]
A very entertaining Simpsons parody of ‘everyday’ by Noah Kalina.
[via Laughing Squid]