Special Interest Group on CRAP

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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DAMN that is a big bike. Seen at Google (more information at www.unwheeldy.com

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Disclaimer: this is unrelated to my own child (I think) I recently came across the following cartoon, which is a joke that is so obscure that few people will get it (you need to know what sql injection attacks are). Still, if Frank Zappa could name his daughter “Moon Unit” (sister of Dweezil), and David [...]

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My wife handed me a newspaper article saying how to opt out from direct marketing lists, and how to opt out from preapproved credit offers. These have single-handedly created a market for personal shredders, and I’m tired of filling up landfills. When I went to the web site of the Direct Marketing Association*, they lead [...]

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There is a crying need for a button on most consumer electronics these days. I call it the “FUCK YOU” button. I’ll offer a few examples: You put a DVD into your DVD player, but none of the buttons on the remote will function until you finish watching the promotions, the FBI copyright warning, and [...]

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