Degutis Insights » Funny http://www.degutis.com/blog rambling, rambling, rambling Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:46:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Sledding 2009 http://www.degutis.com/blog/sledding-2009/ http://www.degutis.com/blog/sledding-2009/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:00:47 +0000 Al http://www.degutis.com/blog/?p=1028

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~ Posted by Al

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

]]> http://www.degutis.com/blog/star-wars-retold/feed/ 0 Bohemian Christmas Rhapsody Video http://www.degutis.com/blog/bohemian-christmas-rhapsody-video/ http://www.degutis.com/blog/bohemian-christmas-rhapsody-video/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:54:50 +0000 Al http://www.degutis.com/blog/?p=489 This is classic. A co-workers says one of the elves looks like me, or vice-versa. Enjoy.

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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.

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Classic!

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By the way, Gordon Ramsey rocks!

- Al Degutis

]]> http://www.degutis.com/blog/friends-phrase-year/feed/ 0 3G iPhone Activation – Cooley calls Jobs http://www.degutis.com/blog/iphone-activation-cooley-calls-jobs/ http://www.degutis.com/blog/iphone-activation-cooley-calls-jobs/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:36:08 +0000 Al http://www.degutis.com/blog/?p=42 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

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