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A list of problems solved by MacGyver

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:53:05 GMT

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver

Teach the Controversy

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:43:24 GMT

T-shirts for the next time you’re out partying with folks from the Kansas State Board of Education.

Link: http://controversy.wearscience.com/

GTAIV - Naked Gun Edition

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:58:32 GMT

Spoof of the spoof.

Link: http://www.gamesradar.com/video/v-2008060611222593060

Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:56:44 GMT

Link: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/10/10bryan.html

50 Greatest comedy sketches of all time

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:47:42 GMT

Link: http://www.nerve.com/dispatches/nerveeditors/50GreatestComedySketches/05/

Cinematic Titanic

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:26:38 GMT

MST3K is back!

Link: http://cinematictitanic.com/wpmu/index.php

The A.V. Club interviews Anthony Bourdain

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:46:38 GMT

Link: http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/anthony_bourdain

Hand Bell Hero

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:51:51 GMT

The Flash game.

Link: http://www.vml.com/handbellhero/

Mahna Mahna

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:04:45 GMT

Drop tables

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:37:06 GMT

A mom’s exploits, on XKCD.

Link: http://xkcd.com/327/

Play it as it lies

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:14:37 GMT

Reminds me of an old Miller Lite commercial.

Cat avoids sink, caught by garbage can

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:07:45 GMT

Ugh. I’m cringing that I’m even posting this, but I laughed.

Link: http://gigglesugar.com/655907

James Lileks makes fun of comic books

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:40:44 GMT

Hilarity ensues.

Link: http://www.lileks.com/institute/funny/index.html

Top 10 worst sci-fi shows

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:12:36 GMT

The opening sequences of the worst sci-fi tv shows of all time. (Includes Automan!)

Link: http://forevergeek.com/sci-fi/top_10_worst_sci-fi_shows_ever_wvideos.php?fromrss=1

When gamers have babies

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:24:54 GMT

Level 1 human.

Link: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/when-gamers-have-babies-level-1-human

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest: 2007 Results

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:26:55 GMT

Challenge: Write the worst opening sentence imaginable. I link to this every year, and every year I think, “I need to enter that next year.” I should set a Backpack reminder… anyway, congrats to winner Jim Gleeson — of good ol’ Madison, Wisconsin no less.

Link: http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2007.htm

No direction, period.

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:44:00 GMT

Posted specifically for my brother, who never misses an opportunity to educate me on the prolific Bob Dylan’s cultural importance.

Schrodinger's LOLcat

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:26:37 GMT

Maybe.

Link: http://www.joeydevilla.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/1/2991328.html

Many Worlds, Many Treats

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:11:02 GMT

How to explain quantum physics to a dog.

Link: http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2007/05/many_worlds_many_treats.php

Leave It to Beaver

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 03 May 2007 06:41:04 GMT

A freeze-framed note to Ward is finally read word for word.

Link: http://www.shorpy.com/leave-it-to-beaver

8 important lessons learned from '80s cartoons

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:45:06 GMT

Like the one from The Smurfs: Communism works.

Link: http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=815

Police Squad!

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:11:54 GMT

Rob Paravonian hates Pachelbel

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:40:23 GMT

... and so do I.

Upside-down Internet

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:28 GMT

Jokes to play on neighbors who steal your wifi

Link: http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html

Compu-Promo

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:19 GMT

Lileks take on ‘60s computing

Link: http://www.lileks.com/institute/compupromo/

DHH in CRN

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:12 GMT

Anil Dash: “Blue Steel!” Too true.

Link: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=124362649&context=photostream&size=l

The Movie Timeline

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:34 GMT

A history of everything, according to movies

Link: http://www.paulkerensa.com/movietimeline/

The cutting edge

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:22 GMT

Moore’s law for razor blades

Link: http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5624861

The Forbidden Fruit

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:44 GMT

Penny Arcade gets better and better — especially now that they’re on Macs

Link: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/03/03

How to be creative

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:26 GMT

“The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props”

Link: http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html

Anti-telemarketing counterscript

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:10 GMT

Questions to ask your favorite telemarketers

Link: http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html

Clue Confessions.

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:10 GMT

“When we all were fleeing, a variation on that old polar-bear joke came into my head: I don’t have to outrun Boddy, I just have to outrun Mrs. Peacock.”

Link: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/1/5stallard.html