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Oct 25 2005

the peasant wagon standoff

it’s 6:30 in the morning, you’ve taken the peasant wagon (public transit) to work. when you arrive at your stop in the centre of gotham city you attempt to get off, but…
why do people feel the need to try and push in when everyone is unloading off the bus? i’m leaving, i’m creating a […]

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Oct 19 2005

swipe your card the other way, no the other way

most everyone now has a debit card and uses it on a daily basis at point of sale terminals or automated bank machines.
it seems inevitable that you’ll pick the way it doesn’t fit into, or can be read by, the machine.
at some point there will be a smart human that can devise a diagram that […]

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Sep 27 2005

179-336-0280 calling from india, i mean california, i mean, well i don’t know

getting strange calls on the phone? calls from strange area codes?
apparently we’re not alone. people all over canada and the US are receiving phone calls from 179-336-0280, a number that seems to be linked to a VOIP (voice over internet) account for a company allegedly commiting telephone fraud.
they are using a VOIP telephone account to […]

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Sep 27 2005

the culture of “no”

Published by superfunkomatic under rants and raves

in big organizations it’s often way easier to say no to things, than to give any effort whatsoever to make change or evolve.
frequent quotes - “why change? why do work? it’s been that way all along. no ones ever done that before, why should we start? why should we be different?”
the scary part is that […]

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Jul 13 2005

get off your phone a-hole

i don’t know how many times i’ve had near-death experiences walking, driving or being on my motorcycle due to the fact that some tool is driving while talking on their cellphone. seems obvious to me that the two don’t mix, but for those that need proof - Read on

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