As most geeks I surround myself with Mountain Dew, chips, and other junk food while I am working for long hours at the computer (which is usually everyday). Part of my junk food includes sugar which I usually get from something I am sure all of us have had from time to time, Life Savers. As of this morning though, I am saying farewell to one of my favorite candies. Why? Well…
Do you remember all of the jokes you and your friends used when you were growing up about “Your Mom is so…”. Well, it turns out there is a YourMom.Com site which specializes in a mom jokes. Here are a couple of the ones I found amusing. Be sure to check out the geek section.
One of my good friends who likes to play with old technology and make it do something weird and unusal sent me a link to his latest experiment. It seems he has turned a Tandy 8088 into a web server. That is right, 8088, Tandy, web server.
I am not sure if there is anything to this or not, maybe just a coincidence but I received this from Rob and from Matt today. Basically just do what it says and see if it freaks you out. Then call Microsoft to file a complaint.
1. Go into Microsoft Word.
2. Type in all caps: NYC
3. Make the font size 48
4. Change the font to webdings and read what it says
5. Then change the font again, this time to ‘Wingdings’ – now it’s scary.
I don’t think this story can have ANY more irony in it. It seems that after Chugadie and I created our online store yesterday it has been shutdown by Abdul Popal who works for CafePress.Com. Here is the leter that I received: