People with no sense of humor Freak Me Out.
I find the lack of a sense of humor very disturbing. I guess I feel that humor is such an integral part of being human that the lack of it makes me question very humanity of the subject. That's just how I am.
On the other hand, matters of taste concerning humor is no problem for me. Personally, I find the collective works of Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler hilarious, but I suspect most people would just be offended. I also consider the combination of a coulple of friends, alcohol and Joe Cartoon to be a good idea, and I've read every single UserFriendly comic strip published to this date. I'm pretty darn sure that this associates me with a rather small minority.
In any case, if you don't have a sense of humor, today's entry is not for you.
A softer world.
Petri of /var/log/orava pointed me to web comic a softer world which looks like something I would definitely like to read from now on. Seldom have I seen such an elegant merger of graphic design, photography and humor. It gets a Max's Extra-special Sooper-Recommendation -Award. Yes, I just made that up.
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If you've been on the Internet for as long as I have (ten years and counting) you probably have recieved an email from Bill Gates asking you to test his new email tracking program. I sure did, but I also realized it was a hoax. But lot's of people didn't... Wired is running a story on the Bill Gates email tracking hoax, complete with a history of the hoax and some interesting observations about the social engineering aspects which cause people to respond to stuff like this. Via Slashdot.
Given the importance of the Internet in modern society I really think schools should teach critical thinking and data validation techniques on the Internet. Typing something into Google and sourcing your info from the first site you find at random is generally a Bad Thing.