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Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:43:00 -0700 Apple Maps Wreak Havoc with New Yorker Cover | Mad Magazine http://fotofah.posterous.com/apple-maps-wreak-havoc-with-new-yorker-cover http://fotofah.posterous.com/apple-maps-wreak-havoc-with-new-yorker-cover

Apple’s new iOS 6 launched last week with much fanfare. But there are some bugs still to be worked out with Apple Maps, according to which Lexington Avenue is in New Jersey, the Washington Monument  has moved across the street and the Brooklyn Bridge is half under the East River. With over a half billion searches in the first few days, the new operating system is creating some unexpected problems.

MAD Magazine NewYorker View 2012

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Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:40:00 -0800 Famous album covers updated with kittens http://fotofah.posterous.com/famous-album-covers-updated-with-kittens http://fotofah.posterous.com/famous-album-covers-updated-with-kittens

http://thekittencovers.tumblr.com/page/2#

See also newer ones on page 1 (llnk from bottom of the page)

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Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:34:00 -0700 A funny guide to women in the movies: “Flick Chicks” http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-funny-guide-to-women-in-the-movies-flick-ch http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-funny-guide-to-women-in-the-movies-flick-ch
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Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:52:00 -0700 Photoshop's New Hover Hand Tool (parody) http://fotofah.posterous.com/photoshops-new-hover-hand-tool-parody http://fotofah.posterous.com/photoshops-new-hover-hand-tool-parody

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6616758/photoshops-new-hover-hand-tool#

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Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:57:00 -0700 Dad Photoshops Family Trip Photos to Convince His Kids that Ewoks Exist http://fotofah.posterous.com/dad-photoshops-family-trip-photos-to-convince http://fotofah.posterous.com/dad-photoshops-family-trip-photos-to-convince
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lol

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Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:47:00 -0700 I did laugh out loud http://fotofah.posterous.com/i-did-laugh-out-loud http://fotofah.posterous.com/i-did-laugh-out-loud

I’d gotten help via email from Posterous. When I clicked on a link in it to give kudos to the rep who’d replied to me, I got the following:

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Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:13:00 -0700 The Worst 50 States in America (humor) http://fotofah.posterous.com/the-worst-50-states-in-america-humor http://fotofah.posterous.com/the-worst-50-states-in-america-humor
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Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:07:00 -0700 Internet Outages from Hurricane Could Force People to Interact with Other People, Officials Warn (funny) http://fotofah.posterous.com/internet-outages-from-hurricane-could-force-p http://fotofah.posterous.com/internet-outages-from-hurricane-could-force-p
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A HT to my friend, Stanley Leary, for the link (via his tweet). :-)

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Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:40:00 -0700 A movie theater etiquette manifesto (excellent!) http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-movie-theater-etiquette-manifesto-excellent http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-movie-theater-etiquette-manifesto-excellent
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Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:15:00 -0700 Twitter, Facebook & Google+ propaganda posters (funny and well-done) http://fotofah.posterous.com/twitter-facebook-google-propaganda-posters-fu http://fotofah.posterous.com/twitter-facebook-google-propaganda-posters-fu

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Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:02:00 -0700 Some very funny and sarcastic responses to signs http://fotofah.posterous.com/some-very-funny-and-sarcastic-responses-to-si http://fotofah.posterous.com/some-very-funny-and-sarcastic-responses-to-si

http://www.happyplace.com/4286/brilliantly-sarcastic-responses-to-completely-well-meaning-signs

Here's one which I found lol funny

 

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Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:22:00 -0700 Google ‘Email Intervention’: Make Your Luddite Friends Feel Bad http://fotofah.posterous.com/google-email-intervention-make-your-luddite-f http://fotofah.posterous.com/google-email-intervention-make-your-luddite-f

funny :-)

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Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:49:00 -0700 Great book title from an article on Netflix streaming to 43 more countries http://fotofah.posterous.com/great-book-title-from-an-article-on-netflix-s http://fotofah.posterous.com/great-book-title-from-an-article-on-netflix-s
Orange Is the New Black: My Year In a Women’s Prison

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Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:38:00 -0700 The main types of people you’ll find in meetings (funny, insightful...true) http://fotofah.posterous.com/the-main-types-of-people-youll-find-in-meetin http://fotofah.posterous.com/the-main-types-of-people-youll-find-in-meetin
You Don't Say: English grammar, language, usage and journalism blog by John E. McIntyre

You Don't Say

English grammar, language, usage and journalism blog by John E. McIntyre

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Around the table

Those whom the Lord wishes to punish for their waywardness he sends to meetings. These are the types you can expect to find there.

The Circumlocutor: Listen to him take eight minutes to paraphrase the four-paragraph text in front of you, and then realize that you are not quite sure what his point was. You are not permitted to scream.

The Quidnunc: Never mind the ostensible purpose of the meeting, He wants to chatter about what the big boys at corporate are up to, or who is in line to get the vacant office, or who is angling for a job with the competition.

The Realityist: Like the Quidnunc, he has no interest in the actual meeting. His function is to take up several minutes of everyone’s time with inane chatter about what he saw on television the night before, or some sporting event. His centripetal force tends to drag others along with him.

The Maverick: No matter what the group says, he has a different take on it. He not only thinks outside the box, he is never inside the box.

The Clotpoll: Apparently receiving signals from outside our solar system, he never quite gathers what is going on. His identifying mark: The answer to his question is the sentence immediately preceding his question. He is the reason everything has to be explained three times.

The Idea Assassin: No matter what anyone proposes, he will immediately spot and proclaim the flaw in it. We’ve tried it before, and it has never worked. They tried it elsewhere, and it didn’t work. It flat out can’t work. (And you’re a bit of an ass for having suggested it.)

The Auld Reekie: He only eats dishes prepared with garlic, he has gone European about deodorant, or he has some kind of kink in his digestive system. Better sit across the table from him.

The Literalist: He reads aloud every word on his PowerPoint slides.

The Anarch: He arrives late with a sheaf of papers, which he has trouble organizing. The items he wants to talk about are not on the agenda, and the items on the agenda he distributed are from a previous meeting. Questioned, he goes blank.

The Grand Inquisitor: He’s The Boss, and his behavior can, and will, combine elements of all the previous types.

NOTE: These people are the reason that nothing of importance is ever accomplished at meetings, which is why you have to go off by yourself, talk individually to people, and figure out on your own what has to be done.

 

*Please do not write objecting to the masculine pronouns. In three decades of attending news meetings, I have always been sitting at a table of white guys, who supply these types. I have not encountered enough female or minority participants in news meetings to be confident that I have a representative sample.

 

via weblogs.baltimoresun.com

 

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Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:18:18 -0700 Meanderthal: a person walking slowly on a busy sidewalk as they text http://fotofah.posterous.com/meanderthal-a-person-walking-slowly-on-a-busy http://fotofah.posterous.com/meanderthal-a-person-walking-slowly-on-a-busy

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Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:54:00 -0700 How not to behave on an airplane (excellent survey questions with some funny choices) http://fotofah.posterous.com/how-not-to-behave-on-an-airplane-excellent-su http://fotofah.posterous.com/how-not-to-behave-on-an-airplane-excellent-su
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:46:44 -0700 Tech companies organizational charts (funny) http://fotofah.posterous.com/tech-companies-organizational-charts-funny http://fotofah.posterous.com/tech-companies-organizational-charts-funny
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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:16:00 -0700 Funny: Buildityourself IKEA Stonehenge http://fotofah.posterous.com/funny-buildityourself-ikea-stonehenge http://fotofah.posterous.com/funny-buildityourself-ikea-stonehenge
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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:39:00 -0700 A Twitter Crash Course (video from TIME) http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-twitter-crash-course-video-from-time http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-twitter-crash-course-video-from-time

They mention HT, but I've never seen that used in a tweet. Hmmm...

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