this is mikel.org

Michael Boyle's weblog

  • home
  • archives
  • about
  • words

Separated at birth?

April 1, 2007 by Michael Boyle

Separated at birth?

Justine HeninHaley Joel OsmentTennis player Justine Henin and Haley Joel Osment.


Tags: Curiosities, Funny

Overheard in a hotel lobby:

June 29, 2006 by Michael Boyle

Overheard in a hotel lobby:

rm -r *. “Here’s what I want you to type. ‘are em’ … yes. The letter ‘r’ and the letter ‘m’, together. Now type a dash. Yes, like a hyphen. OK, and then another ‘r’. Yes rm space hyphen r.” From Jeff Veen.

Tags: Curiosities, Funny

I never really paid much attention

January 6, 2006 by Michael Boyle

I never really paid much attention

to ThinkGeek before, but this PowerSquid Outlet Multiplier – basically a power bar that you can use without wasting outlets on power bricks – got my attention. I wish there were a Canadian ThinkGeek though. Is there?

Tags: Curiosities

Better late than never:

September 12, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Better late than never:

The iTunes 5 Announcement From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal User Interface Theme.

Tags: Curiosities

I’m not sure why I find it so funny,

September 7, 2005 by Michael Boyle

I’m not sure why I find it so funny,

but on the front page of Le Devoir today is a story about the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or, in french, le «monstre de spaghetti volant».

Tags: Curiosities

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 6
  • Next Page »

search

recent

  • Diouf Article
  • Anil Dash: We’re not being alarmist enough about climate change…
  • Learning about Gutenberg
  • From the “I thought I’d heard it all” file
  • One year since his passing: The Day Prince’s Guitar Wept the Loudest

Archives

Google Social Networks International Affairs Email Sports Browser Personal War Internet Canadian Politics Montreal NYTimes Canada Media Software Web Design Microsoft US Politics Arts Funny Test Design Music Web Copyfight Search GNE Apple Blogging Business Wired Friend
Michael Boyle Blog
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2000–2023 · Michael Boyle

Copyright © 2023 · Modern Portfolio Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in