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Jorge Cham, who is a Phd graduate from Stanford University, writes and draws these humorous comics about the life of graduate students. We laugh because there is often some nugget of truth to the comics.
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Category: Fun
Beautiful Pavement Art by Julian Beever
Take a look at the beautiful pavement art by Julian Beever. Some of them look so realistic that they appear three-dimensional. And with the camera angle adjusted just right, you can get this amazing illusion.
“Contour” Marble Puzzle Game
Found this game called “Contour” on Kongregate.com. Play game here »
You guide a marble to its goal by applying contours to the playing surface. You can even create and edit your playing field.
Video of Robot Dog
This mechanised robot dog by Boston Dynamic does a pretty good job of navigating through various terrains such as gravel, snow, and ice. It stumbles a few time when pushed or slipped on ice, but it knows how to recover quite well.
Alan Greenspan explains to Letterman What He Does
Here is a funny conversation between Alan Greenspan and David Letterman. Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman, tries to explains to Letterman what his role is when he was in that position. And I think he did a good job explaining it.
I always like to hear Alan Greenspan speak. Because as he says himself, “I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I’ve said”.
Alan Greenspan’s memoir is The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
Video of Flash Stick Figures: “Animator vs Animation”
This great animation was by Alan Becker. The original is at alanbecker.deviantart.com where he mentioned that it took him three months to do.
If you have ever worked with Adobe Flash, then this will look familiar. Fun and cool. Note that the sound effects are excellent.
Here is a sequel also animated by Alan Becker…
“Code Monkey” Song by Jonathan Coulton
For better sound quality, you can listen at MP3 at JonathanCoulton.com or on listen to Jonathan Coulton on Last.fm.
Or read the lyrics as you listen. Or here on YouTube if you like kinetic typography.
Last.fm has more videos of Jonathan Coulton.
This is a song by Jonathan Coulton about a software coder (code monkey) who likes a girl. Jonathan quit is day job of writing code, and now he writes songs instead. You can find more songs by Jonathan Coulton at JonathanCoulton.com
Michael Moschen’s Unique Juggling Set to Music and Motion
Watch Michael Moschen’s unique juggling act set to music and motion.
Joke: Evolution of a Programmer
Take a look at the code of programmers of various levels linked here.
They are all writing the standard “Hello World” program. Especially funny is the one by the “Chief Executive”.
Funny Tech Songs and Talk about “Simplicity Sells”
David Pogue, New York Times columnist, starts off with a funny song about tech support. Before the talk has ended he also did a funny “Bill Gates Song” and another funny song on Steve Jobs. The rest of his talk is quite funny too as he shows why people like simplicity and as he shows examples of the opposite.