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10 things you did not know about Karmic Koalas

Mike — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:11:20 +0000

10 things you did not know about Karmic Koalas (or maybe you did)

They originate from Barcelona, Spain.
You can help create this wonderful creature from 25-29 May 2009 (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS)
They will be available worldwide in October 2009, consider adopting one.
They may not be brown.
They are crafty hackers, since it is a unknown fact that bamboo make great cantennas.
They can make servers dance in the clouds.
A Karmic Koala is amazing looking, even when it first starts up.
They are one of the worlds fasts booting animals, much faster than the Chummy Cheetah.
Community, they like saying community more than Jono Bacon. Community Community.
Under their fur is another fist (of open source goodness).

Book Phrase Meme

Mike — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:41:10 +0000

Just started reading this book.

” He had, in fact, gone out of his way to staple things incorrectly just so he could prevail on his teacher to unstaple them, giving him another glimpse of the blood-chilling mandibles in action.”
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

meme howto

Grab the nearest book.
Open it to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

If the Matrix ran Windows

Mike — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:38:44 +0000

Best Video Ever!!!
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1886349

Don’t Copy That Floppy

Mike — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:34:11 +0000

A 1992 rap video about copy protection. If these kids used Open Source software, they would not have this problem. Warning this song will get stuck in your head.

Thanks to ubuntu-geek on the Ubuntu Forum for pointing it out to me

Ubuntu… I Choose You

Mike — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:47:04 +0000

I want to get the Legendary Sabdfl card for my deck.

Thanks to xkcd for the great web comic.

Will it Blend: iPhone

Mike — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:05:22 +0000

The iPhone. Will it Blend?
Doesn’t the black dust look like “evil” from the movie Time Bandits.

Humor: Don’t Call Us Grandpa

Mike Basinger — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:59:16 +0000

I turn 40 in July, and found this rather funny.

Cartoon done by Scott Johnson, a local (Utah, USA) web cartoonist and podcaster.
Website: http://myextralife.com/

Monday Funny

Mike Basinger — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:31:10 +0000

Found this picture on the net this weekend.

Superhero Web Humor

Mike Basinger — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:19:24 +0000

I’m still a fan of superhero comics, and at 39 years old I do a mean imitation of the Comic Book Guy. Here are some web sites that show the funnier side of the superhero genre.

Seanbaby’s Superfriends Page (NSFW-ish): This page dares to ask the question, why does a woman who grows a 100 foot tall wear a leopard skirt.
Superdickery.com (NSFW-ish): Before the age of political correctness, comic book covers did not always show Superman as the symbol of truth, justice, and the America Way, and things were just weird.
Superman: How it should have ended (DIVX)(YouTube): Well, it does make sense.
Secret Wars Re-Enactment Society: Civil War Re-Enactment is a popular hobby in America, what if a group decided to re-enact Marvel’s Secret Wars.

Worst blogpost ever!