The Happy Moron

Have you ever seen Wall-E?
You know, the movie with the adorable, heartfelt, noble little robot? The one who falls in love with a girl robot who’s too advanced for him and too powerful for him?
The little guy who is overmatched and outgunned by the big world around him, but who doesn’t know it and who [...]

You know he prepped the answer, but…
It’s still a great answer!

A restaurant.
“I’d like the Valseschotel.”
“Certainly sir.”
A short wait. Drinks. Conversation.
The food arrives.
“Excuse me, I ordered the Valseschotel”
“Of course, sir. This is the Valseschotel.”
“It doesn’t look like Valseschotel to me.”
“It’s the way we always make it, sir. Have you had it here before?”
“No, but a friend told me I would love it. That can’t be it.”
“But, [...]

MIT lives to serve
I was blown away by the observation that C was designed as a common/portable machine language (true) for single processors. It’s quite correct – C works best as a portable assembly.
Simply put, processor design has changed radically changed in the last 40 years, but our portable machine language has not. [...]

I’m trying out a little game I thought up. The game is to retell a fairy tale or children’s story while omitting one of the major characters.
This is Jack and the Beanstalk, without the beanstalk (Part 2). Part 1. Part 3. Part 4.
Jack the Bandit
Hired muscle is welcome in almost any bandit gang, and [...]

Stay far, far away from InTrust Domains.
I received this e-mail the other day:
From: “John Timmers” <john@servicesbyinitrust.info>
Domain Sale Notice:
happymoron.com is coming available for sale in a few days.
Since you own the domain thehappymoron.com, we thought you’d be interested in happymoron.com.
If you do have interest in acquiring happymoron.com, please fill up priority notice form availble
here: (link omitted)
and [...]

I’m gonna have a son. I’m gonna name him, “Sleeve.”
It will be great. I can just imagine the introductions he’ll have.
“Hi, I’m Sleeve.”
“I’m sorry, did you say, ‘Steve’”.
“No, Sleeve.”
“Sleeve?”
“Yes, that’s right, ‘Sleeve’”.
“That’s a kinda funny name.”
“I don’t think it’s that funny.”
“If you don’t mind me asking, why did your parents call you ‘Sleeve’?”
“Because of you.”
“Me?”
“It’s [...]

Hey, it’s vintage! White people like it.
I feel like a stinkin’ hypocrite posting this when my own CSS is broken and my site is devoid of content, but it’s just too much fun. Without further ado:
The Vintage Web.
Bonus link: The always entertaining Web Pages That Suck.

I didn’t know people were doing this stuff. I should have guessed.
To me, these stories illustrate something about the internet.
At work are basic, understandable human forces and fundamental human problems. Kids like to party.
On the one hand, the internet gives us a power that we’ve never had before. An individual can organize an event that [...]

This is a fantastic story.