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This is my idea of what constitutes humour. You are free to disagree.
Random websites
These are websites which I find interesting!
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The XKCD comic (as the leftpondians call it - we in the UK
would call it a cartoon strip).
This is a quite techy, geeky, science oriented (not necessarily all at once)
comic. Hardly anyone understands them all, but hovering with the mouse usually
brings up a bit more. Perhaps an acquired taste.
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If you get hooked on XKCD, you will occasionally not
be able to comprehend a particular comic (partially, or at all).
Help is at hand in the form of the
explain xkcd wiki.
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All of us have, at times, suffered from clueless management.
Dilbert
is a long suffering engineer in this comic - you're almost certain to
recognise your equivalent of the pointy-haired manager (I certainly do!),
and also some of Dilbert's colleagues.
Jokes
There are so many sites, one could waste a life on them. But here's what I like.
- Jumbo Joke
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This is always good, and you can just pick a random joke. Warning:
some jokes might be offensive to some people.
Satire
Well, my interpretation of it.
- DHMO.org
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A very convincing site. I expect the Daily Mail loves it.
- Oxidane.org
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Another one for the Daily Mail.
The Ten Commandments of Electronics
I like this, and would acknowledge it if I knew its origin.
- Beware the lightning that lurketh in an undischarged capacitor, lest it cause thee
to be bounced upon thy buttocks in a most ungentlemanly manner.
- Cause thou the switch that supplies large quantities of juice to be opened and
thusly tagged, so thy days may be only on this earthly vale of tears.
- Prove to thyself that all circuits that radiateth and upon which thou worketh
are grounded, less they lift thee to high frequency potential and cause thee to
radiate also.
- Take care thou useth the proper method when thou taketh the measure of high
voltage circuits so that thou doth not incinerate both thee and the meter; for
verily, thou hast no account number and can easily be replaced, the meter doth
have one, and as a consequence, bringeth much woe unto CEO, Accounts & the
Supply Department.
- Tarry not amongst those who engage in intentional shocks, for they are not long
for this world.
- Take care thou tampereth not with interlocks and safety devices, for this will
incur the wrath of thy Seniors and bringeth the fury of the Safety Officer down
about thy head and shoulders.
- Work thou not on energised equipment, for if you doth, thy buddies will surely
be buying beers for thy widow and consoling her in other ways not generally
accepted by thee.
- Verily, verily I say unto thee, never service high voltage equipment alone, for
electric cooking is a slothful process and thy might sizzle in thine own fat for hours
on end before thy Maker sees fit to end thy misery and drag thee into His fold.
- Trifle thou not with radioactive tubes and substances, lest thou commence to
glow in the dark like a lightning bug, and thy wife be frustrated nightly and have
no further use for thee except thy wage.
- Commit thou to memory the works of the Prophets, which are written in the
Instruction Books, which giveth the straight dope and which consoleth thee, and
thou cannot make mistakes - yeah, well, sometimes, maybe.
Other stuff
Stuff that doesn't fit well into a category.
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