Special Interest Group on CRAP

There is a traditional list of anniversary gifts, and there is the revised list below. Paper Plastic Caulking WD-40 Duct tape Styrofoam P.V.C. Gelatin Latex Naugahyde Rayon Spackle Fiberglass Oil Salt Cortisone Vinyl Ink Plexiglass Straw Aloe Terra-cotta Teflon Salmon Silver Soy Balsa Sponge Cardboard Soup Terrycloth Suede Glue Down Burlap Leaves Glycerin Wicker Soil [...]

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If +1 is the equivalent of “Like”, then +0 is the equivalent of “Meh”.

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A few years ago I worked on a coupons project at Google, and I ended up getting on a mailing list from the Food Marketing Institute in order to understand manufacturer’s coupons. The email they still send me is pretty funny.

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I suppose they are related…

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I saw a photo posted on Facebook that was tagged with Andrei Broder and Prabhakar Raghavan (both of Yahoo research). It’s ironic that both have worked on algorithms for contextual advertising, but the ads on Facebook next to the photos were hilarious. One of the ads is for “rich dads”. I’m not sure if that [...]

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Where I work at Google they have a program called “Testing on the Toilet” where the put up things in the bathroom stalls for software engineers to read. I wonder what is next.

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Has anyone else noticed how the airlines have steadily devalued frequent flyer miles over the years? I just cashed in some miles to fly to Boston on United, and after much hassle with an arcane web site, managed to secure some economy seats. United has something called “Economy Plus”, but in reality, they created a [...]

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Does this sound familiar? It’s from 1929…

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I like it that the cooks at Google are creative. Creativity breeds more creativity, and I’m lucky to have such good food at work. Just the same … Fennel Ice Cream? Just say no.

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When my daughter first showed this to me, it really cracked me up. In this age of divisiveness over religion, we could use some more humor in the world. I’ve said before that some people take religion far too seriously, but I suspect that Jesus would laugh.

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