Archive for the ‘Technology Humor’ Category
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Welcome mobile readers! If you’re browsing via cell phone, I’ve written this limerick just for you:
Ode To The Mobile Web
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My blog has gone mobile — how cool!
You can surf on a cellular tool
While on foot, in your car,
Or wherever you are.
Mobile web browsing — cellulars rule!
If you’d like to subscribe to this humor blog’s mobile feed, click on the mobile icon just under my photo on the right sidebar. And don’t forget to subscribe to my political satire blog’s mobile feed too.
Oh — I almost forgot — if you’d like to turn your own blog into a mobile site, here’s how to do it. And you might even earn some advertising and affiliate revenue doing it.
Tags: Mobile Browser, Mobile Web, Mobilize
Posted in Blogging Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Mobile Web, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | Comments Off on Ode To The Mobile Web (Cell Phone Browsing Humor)
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Website owners, webmasters, and people who specialize in search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) tend to be an obsessive bunch, perpetually checking stats in their quest for better numbers. What do improved numbers mean? In theory, they beget better placement in search engine results pages (SERPS), more sales, and higher ad rates.
This obsession tends to reach a frenzied peak roughly four times a year, when Google’s Toolbar is updated, and you learn if your latest PageRank has risen or (heaven forbid) dropped. And while some may claim that they don’t care about PageRank, nobody believes them.
In honor of Google PageRank update season, which apparently is upon us, I’ve written this limerick:
Ode To The Google PageRank Obsession
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Google PageRank obsession is back,
‘Cause an update is due, which we track.
Have our efforts paid off?
Although many will scoff,
We need proof that we’re leading the pack.
(You can find more of my computer and technology humor and limericks here, including my song parody Webmaster’s SEO Complaint.)
Tags: Google Humor, Google Limerick, Net Humor, PageRank Satire, PR Update Humor, Rank Obsession, Search Engine Limerick, SEM Humor, SEO Humor, SERPS, Web Humor, Webmaster Humor
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Computer Humor, Google, Internet Humor, Limericks, Search Engine Tools, Technology Humor | 4 Comments »
Monday, May 21st, 2007
If you’ve ever registered for a site or an email list, you’re surely familiar with those frustrating anti-spam CAPTCHA forms. CAPTCHA, which is an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart,” generally does a really good job of blocking … me:
Captured By CAPTCHA (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The CAPTCHA form used on their site
Quickly conquered computerized blight,
Because bots can’t decode
Any image it showed.
But then neither can I—there’s my plight.
(You can find more of my technology humor here.)
Tags: Bot Humor, CAPTCHA, Forms, Internet Humor, Site Registration, Spam Humor, Technology Satire
Posted in Computer Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Spam Humor, Technology Humor | 7 Comments »
Friday, April 20th, 2007
Early in our marriage, my husband Mark worked as a computer programmer and was on over-night call:
Sleepless In Geekdom
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My husband’s a super-smart geek
Who’s on overnight call once a week.
And those questions they pose
After wrecking our doze
Sound, to me, much like Latin or Greek.
UPDATE: Happy International Programmers’ Day, January 7th!
And happy Geek Pride Day, May 25th!
Tags: Computer Satire, Geek Humor, Geek Pride Day, Husband Wife Humor, Insomnia Humor, International Programmers' Day, January Holidays, Marriage Satire, May Holidays, On Call, Sleeplessness, Technology Satire
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Marriage Humor, Odd Holidays, Sleep & Insomnia Humor, Technology Humor, Workplace & Career Humor | 4 Comments »
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Boot-Licked
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My new laptop refuses to boot,
So I’m thinking of filing a suit.
Plug and play this sure ain’t.
If it started, I’d faint.
Lots of loot for this trash don’t compute.
Tags: Boot Failure, Computer Satire, Laptop Humor, Law Humor, Money Limerick, Plug And Play, Technology Satire
Posted in Computer Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Technology Humor | 5 Comments »
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
A Spam Filter That Really Works Would Be Nice (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My filters should block them, but nay!
Spam emails beset me each day,
Pushing stock, naked boys,
Drugs for sex, naughty toys—
All ad nauseam. Please, go away!
Tags: Spam Filters, Computer Satire, Drug Spam, Email Humor, Internet Humor, Porno Spam, Spam Humor, Stock Tip Spam, Technology Satire
Posted in Computer Humor, Email Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Marketing Humor, Spam Humor, Technology Humor | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Backup Blues
By Madeleine Begun Kane
They told me to back up my drive,
Which has crashed—it’s no longer alive.
Had I heeded their warning,
I wouldn’t be mourning
My data, which didn’t survive.
Tags: Backups, Business Satire, Computer Satire, Computers, Crashes, Hard Drive, Lost Data, Money Satire, Technology, Technology Satire
Posted in Business Humor, Computer Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor, Workplace & Career Humor | 11 Comments »
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Would you trust a wine tasting robot? What about a robot that thinks humans taste like bacon? (Via Majikthise)
Wine Tasting Robots, Oh My! (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Wine tasting robots, oh my!
It’s a concept that some might not buy.
Yet men oft opine
Quite ineptly on wine.
So perhaps I shall give one a try.
What Do People Taste Like?
By Madeleine Begun Kane
What do people taste like?
I surely do not know.
A cannibal might tell you,
Or the artist Vin Van Gogh.
Maybe we’re like chicken,
Or tuna in a can.
No, it’s “bacon,” says one robot.
Did it taste a Jewish man?
(You can find my food and drink humor here.)
Tags: Jewish Humor, Cannibals, Electromechanical Sommeliers, Robots, Wine Humor, Wine Tasting
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Robot Humor, Science Humor, Technology Humor | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
My husband Mark and I have a weekend hideaway, a respite from the pace of New York City life. Our country haven is smaller than most; it was once optimistically measured at 400 square feet. In fact, it’s so petite that the very act of staying there more than a day without a single quarrel is persuasive proof of a sound relationship.
On a recent weekend there we were happily hiding out, luxuriating in nature, listening to the birds, and breathing in the fragrant non-New York City air. Suddenly, we were assaulted by a distinctly unpacific sound. No, not sundry talking heads screaming about Iraq. It was even worse than that. … (False Alarm is continued here.)
Tags: Automobile Humor, Car Alarms, Country Living, Husband Humor, Modern Life, Technology Humor, Vacation House, Weekend Home
Posted in Car & Driving Humor, Family & Relatives Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Marriage Humor, Relationship Humor, Social Satire, Technology Humor, Vacation Humor | Comments Off on False Alarm
Friday, September 15th, 2006
How’s this for a corporate nightmare? Every Segway Personal Transporter ever manufactured has been recalled due to a “software glitch in the scooters that can make riders fall.”
This recall calls out for a limerick, don’t you think? So here’s my Ode To The Segway Scooter:
The maker of scooters called Segway
Has recalled them from road, walk, and hedgeway.
Their software’s quite galling.
It’s prone to cause falling.
Now lawyers have fresh “we allege” prey.
Tags: Business Limerick, Computer Humor, Lawsuit Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Litigation Humor, Money Limerick, Personal Injury, Personal Transporters, Product Liability Humor, Product Recalls, Riding Scooters, Scooter Defects, Segway scooters, Software Bugs, Technology Humor
Posted in Business Humor, Computer Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Leisure Time Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Recreation & Fun Humor, Sports Humor, Technology Humor | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
You praise my weblog
And I’ll mention your blog.
You link my weblog
And I’ll link to your blog
Weblog,
Your blog,
Weblog,
Your blog,
Let’s call the whole thing off.
You laud my rampage
On Bush’s last outrage.
You say I’m so sage,
Go check out my web page. …
(Bloggers’ Rhapsody is continued here.)
Tags: Blogger Humor, Blogging Humor, Computer Humor, Marketing Humor, Publicity Humor, Technology Humor
Posted in Blogging Humor, Computer Humor, Marketing Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Publicity Humor, Social Satire, Spoof Lyrics, Technology Humor | Comments Off on Bloggers’ Rhapsody (Can Be Sung To Gershwin’s “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off”)
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
If your husband ever invites you to join him on a business trip, be sure to ask him these questions:
1. Will you ever get to see him while he is not — technically — asleep?
2. What will he do, if you accidentally lock yourself out of your hotel room in the middle of the night while you are not — technically — dressed?
Unfortunately, I didn’t think to ask these questions when my husband Mark invited me to join him for a six-week Boston business trip. So I had to learn the answers the hard way. …
( A Traveler’s Net Woes is continued here.)
Tags: Business Travel Humor, Computer Humor, Hotel Humor, Husband Wife Humor, Internet Outage Humor, Laptop Humor, Marriage Humor, Net Connection, Travel Humor
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Business Humor, Computer Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Internet Humor, Marriage Humor, Relationship Humor, Technology Humor, Travel Humor | 2 Comments »
