John P.

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The Old “Bucket of Water Over the Door” Trick

water-dumped-on-head-above-doorHere is something to get your week off to a good start. Now, you might not want to be the one opening the door, but I guarantee you’ll wish you were there to see it in person!
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Cracked LCD Desktop Wallpaper

I downloaded this completely cool desktop wallpaper that makes your LCD look like it has been broken, and a bunch of people at work keep asking me what happened to my monitor. Awesome!


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Balls of Steel’s New Game ‘Urban Sprinting’

Urban SprintingThere are a few curse words in this one, but it’s exceedingly amusing anyway! This clip comes from a UK TV show called Balls of Steel.

There is a guy in the UK who’s invented his own game called “Urban Sprinting”. Basically the deal is that he’s got a device that I’m assuming he can turn on which will set off the alarms at retail stores that are designed to catch shoplifters.

Do you see where I’m going with this yet? Yep, he doesn’t steal anything, but he sets off the alarms and then runs to get the security guards to chase him! As far as he’s concerned the game doesn’t end until he’s able to get to a hamburger joint and order a burger.
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The Old ‘Flour In The Hairdryer’ Prank

Flour In The HairdryerGood lord, this is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life. In fact, I’m pretty sure it is the funniest 30 seconds I’ve ever experienced.

Make sure you go to the bathroom before you watch this because you might just wet yourself from laughing so hard…
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Extract Revenge with the Annoy-a-tron

The AnnoyatronThink Geek brings us the Annoy-a-tron - a gadget that’s very effective at disturbing that guy in the sales department or your “friend” down the hall.

With its thin design and embedded magnet for easy hiding, the Annoy-a-tron can be placed in a variety of locations. Select one of the three sound choices (2 kHz, 12 kHz, or alternating) and push the switch to the on position. Place it in a proper hiding spot and let the “fun” begin.
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Google Gulp“At Google our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it useful and accessible to our users. But any piece of information’s usefulness derives, to a depressing degree, from the cognitive ability of the user who’s using it.

That’s why we’re pleased to announce Google Gulp (BETA) with Auto-Drink (LIMITED RELEASE), a line of “smart drinks” designed to maximize your surfing efficiency by making you more intelligent, and less thirsty.”

Have a swig of Google Gulp.
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Google Pidgeon Rank System

Google Pigeon RankHere is the latest white paper from Google explaining the technology behind how their search engine functions.

Here is an excerpt:

“The common gray pigeon can easily distinguish among items displaying only the minutest differences, an ability that enables it to select relevant web sites from among thousands of similar pages.”

A truly fascinating read.
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