Archive for the ‘Funny’ Category

Signs around the office

Posted on the April 14th, 2009 under Funny by Al

We have some sign-happy people around the office.

~ Posted by Al

Birthday Snowman Fun 2009

Posted on the April 6th, 2009 under Family, Funny by Al

The Twitter Tale of an Illinois Power Outage

Posted on the January 27th, 2009 under Funny, Personal, Reflection by Al

You may have seen the various Twitter reports of incidents as they’ve taken place, or shortly there after. The most recent, and most news worthy, is the account shortly after the US Airways plane landed safely in the Hudson River (Wall Street Journal post). A month earlier a Continental airplane slid off the runaway in Denver and the story unfolded via Mike Wilson’s Twitter account. Not all events are news worthy. Nonetheless even small, localized event are chronicled on Twitter as they occur.

On Monday January 26, 2009 a power outage occurred in parts of McHenry County, IL (Northwest Herald report). Below are the tweets that chronicled this event from a few Twitter users.

Power out in what looks like the whole neighborhood. Family all downstairs preparing for zombie attack. @rbieber (Woodstock, IL) 20:31

Power is out… what the heck. @jolisouci (Capron, IL) 20:32

so many candles lit I feel like I’m living the last scene in Carrie. @rbieber 20:35

WOW major power outage. Parts of Woodstock, IL and Capron, IL according to @rbieber and @jolisouci. Any other reports? @frumpa (Woodstock, IL) 20:41

Power is back on. Too bad I couldn’t pause this PBS special on Oppenheimer’s trial! @jolisouci 20:43

@jolisouci how long was power out for you. We only lost power for a minute but sounds like @rbieber is still in the dark (know what I mean?) @frumpa 20:44

Power outage longer than Linux server UPS lasts. There goes my uptime @rbieber 20:45

Jonna still doesn’t get this Twitter thing. She replies to me verbally. @rbieber 20:47

forgot to tell the family I was afraid of the dark. Panic setting in. @rbieber 20:48

Can’t breathe … Oh wait this is a power outage. Not stuck in space …  @rbieber 20:49

Dammit, I just put by Braille books in the basement yesterday. @rbieber 20:58

Dear god. I’m sorry for goofing on Ubuntu Christian Edition. Please turn the lights on now. @rbieber 21:04

Is in hell: power is out in the whole town and Ron is entertaining the family with ifart @jonna404  (Woodstock, IL) 21:06

I eat chocolate fudge pop tarts and drink Guiness - two things you can’t find in the dark. Just my luck. @rbieber 21:09

Power back on. @rbieber 21:12

@frumpa your power just went out? Ours was out for about an hour, came back at 9:10 @imps (Woodstock, IL) 22:00

There you have it, citizen’s journalism at it’s best.
Also, more information on the iFart app for the iPhone.
Posted by Al Degutis
More information on the iFart app for the iPhone here.

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)

Posted on the January 15th, 2009 under Funny, Leisure by Al

A friend of ours, Ron Bieber, shared this in his Facebook feed. Being a Star Wars fan, I wanted to shared it with everyone. Enjoy.


Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Bohemian Christmas Rhapsody Video

Posted on the December 23rd, 2008 under Funny, Holiday by Al

This is classic. A co-workers says one of the elves looks like me, or vice-versa. Enjoy.

Frumpa’s Elves

Posted on the December 22nd, 2008 under Family, Funny by Al

The grandkids have been practicing long and hard to give you this wonderful holiday presentation.

Note - I have the video for family members (i.e. no need to buy it).

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

If the video above doesn’t load/play due to have holiday traffic, try this link.

Batman and Joker Interrogation Scene

Posted on the August 6th, 2008 under Funny by Al

Classic!

“I’m not here to make friends.” Phrase of the year?

Posted on the July 10th, 2008 under Funny, Leisure by Al

What does this say about the people who participate in reality TV shows?

By the way, Gordon Ramsey rocks!

- Al Degutis

3G iPhone Activation - Cooley calls Jobs

Posted on the July 3rd, 2008 under Business, Funny, Technology by Al

One of the best video podcasts, by best I mean entertaining, online is CNET’s Buzz Report with Molly Wood. Each report features a segment with Brian Cooley, aptly named What the Hell? With the 3G iPhone right around the corner, I wanted to share this clip from the June 12, 2008 Buzz Report

-Al

Photoshop for the iPhone

Posted on the June 25th, 2008 under Business, Funny, Technology by Al

Adobe sent a representative, a software engineer, to the Midwest Astro-Imaging Conference which I organized and hosted last week. I was able to get him to share some details on a future version of Photoshop. I’m pretty excited after seeing this product demo of Photoshop for the iPhone, as I plan to get the 3G iPhone in July.

- Al