Ah, ineptitude.com. Just the name conjures up a certain… well, lack of something. And boy, does this website deliver on that promise! For those of you stumbling upon this digital wasteland for the first time, perhaps lured in by the intriguing name, let me offer a brief history. Back in the early 2000s, this domain was apparently intended to be a repository of things that…
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My Uniden phone has a Do Not Disturb button. When I press it, it makes a loud beep and then goes into DND mode. While in DND mode, pressing the button silently takes it out of DND mode. Yeah, I don’t get it either.
Searching for the phrase “search engine” within several popular search engines generates some surprising results. While I thought that each search engine would list themselves first within their results, that wasn’t necessarily the case. Below is a list of search engines along the first 5 results of searching for the phrase, “search engine”. The number following the search engine name is the position that search…
In today’s news it was reported that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill making it illegal not only to send text messages while driving, but reading them as well. Also in today’s news was a report that California wants to display ads on the Amber Alert signs while not in use.
I bought two bottles of bubbles. You know, you dip in the wand, blow and bubbles float around gently? Well, the bubbles I bought do no such thing. They’re called “Super Miracle Bubbles” and believe me, the only miracle is that they don’t work! Dip, blow and what do you get? Either it pops immediately before the bubble is formed or the bubbles that are made…
http://goateesaver.com/ This is one of the dumber inventions I’ve seen in a while. Their slogan? “Real men wear goatees.” In reality, what they should be telling you is that “Real men know how to shave their goatees.” The only way I’d call this thing “revolutionary” is if it was invented between 1775 and 1783. I’ve been the proud owner of a goatee for over 10 years and…
