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If you remember the Muppets and Rick Astley, this will either have you laughing on the floor or completely horrified!

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For those of you who are unfamiliar with Red Green, he is the quintessential handyman/technologist! There is nothing that he can’t do with same spare pieces of junk and a roll (or two) of duct tape. For example, power Windows:

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I saw this today and I just had to share it:

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You know that if The Onion is reporting on it, it has to be funny (and untrue)!

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I ran into Mystery Science Theater 3000 when I was on a trip to Minneapolis. I couldn’t believe how funny this show was! Any, yes, I can write about this on a tech blog because two of the silhouettes are robots!

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This has absolutely nothing to do with anything technical.  I’m just a Weird Al fan and I got tickets to his upcoming concert.  So, as a primer to my friends who do not know Weird Al, here are some links to his work on YouTube:

Some are the original videos while others are fan videos.  Enjoy!

• White and Nerdy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlsiw5lmEzw
• Eat It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkq7HLBe178
• Trapped in the Drive-Thru; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmGVYki-oyQ
• Bob: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_pYYff7qP0
• Yoda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPyxstgk8oM
• Dare to be Stupid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nIlFsERnmk
• I Lost On Jeopardy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAPcagtoaMs
• The Saga Begins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYyK_zQh45U
• Smells Like Nirvana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbvawlSLBOc
• You’re Pitiful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLazcdE3r2s
• Like a Surgeon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N26KWq7MmSc
• Amish Paradise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY
• Canadian Idiot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt1_6uz_sVU or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TfBbR6L0M
• Couch Potato: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO08cs2r0kg
• Bedrock Anthem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEQUpAICv6w
• Gump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWmiO4SavZI
• You Don’t Love Me Anymore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4L1_nGqths
• Don’t Download This Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C93_0L2Z9c
• I’ll Sue Ya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIllRdSzSug
• Spam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjqZ0aIAgFM
• The Night Santa Went Crazy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-Mce9VpmY
• Pancreas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrXUVSxeZYQ
• Another One Rides the Bus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmEEnWEaeRk
• Spy Hard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVZHug2ZImk
• Ode To a Superhero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV-L14ReUsE
• Virus Alert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejtSBGAnvdQ
• Polka Power: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yugldxpRDMo
• Bohemian Polka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG8yGfBsC98
• One More Minute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udMSWpcCGfI
• Fat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCoLTbbEmRU
• Angry White Boy Polka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l12IKGw7yy8
• Germs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqSKqS91UdA
• It’s All About The Pentiums: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vaNeaWQoHI
• Headline News: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qctaV_VaA8
• Beverly Hillbillies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPObq_EvIg8
• Jerry Springer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SON2ONW55-Y
• Hardware Store: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2IA4pPc1JE
• I Think I’m A Clone Now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrSgF5RQqXE
• This is the Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ko0odz9pEI
• eBay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYl4KIW230w
• Hey Ricky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwld8BZCo_Q
• My Bologna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4_G7HHJ0GE
• Living With A Hernia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvCR7ZTjar0
• I Love Rocky Road: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtJkwpXeMNA
• Pac Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941ssF8yIr8
• Confessions 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvOCuJAbYsA
• Constipated: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_GbmTtRSlc
• Pretty Fly (For a Rabbi): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6IXTB7Xp84
• Can’t Watch This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5DwvcaPU_A
• Girls Just Want To Have Lunch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjSCtkTqdAM

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1. …your newborn baby’s crying wakes you at night and your first thought is, “I wonder if anyone has submitted a comment on the blog?”
2. …you don’t know how much you pay for food each month but you know how much you earned in advertising on your blog today.
3. …someone says, “How are you doing?” and you reply with “Check my blog.”
4. …your closest friends can find your blog but not your house.
5. …you don’t know who won the federal election because there was nothing in your RSS feeds.
6. …you are surprised to learn that most syndicated television shows don’t have an RSS feed.
7. …you learn of your upcoming divorce in a comment feed from a post entitled “Blog vs. Spouse: The Never Ending Debate”.
8. …asked who has had the biggest influence on your life, you respond, “Darren Rowse“.
9. …the house is on fire and you run past the dog and the family photo album to grab a scrap of paper with a post idea on it.
10. …you firmly believe that your next post will get Dugg this time for sure.
11. …you can submit a post to your blog from your:
    • computer
    • tablet
    • personal internet device
    • PDA
    • cell phone (text, photo, video, and voice)
    • chumby
    • robotic avatar
    • steam engine
    • bathroom
12. …your grandma says that she used to journal and you ask her, “Wordpress or TypePad?”
13. …you get excited because your site is unreachable!

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You’ve heard about them. You’ve seen a few of them. Here are all of the Mac ads that I could find on the web!

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If you’ve ever worked the help desk, you will relate to this!

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In a bad attempt at balanced writing, here are the ten (hopefully humerous) reasons to not buy Vista today:

1. It’s not Linux.
2. It’s not Linux.
3. It’s not Linux.
4. It’s not Linux.
5. It’s not Linux.
6. It’s not Linux.
7. It’s not Linux.
8. It’s not Linux.
9. It’s not Linux.
10. It’s not Linux.

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