Tag Archives: Humor

The 2026 Ig Noble Prizes

Posted on 2026-09-11 by jcs

We nerds have no problem understanding, at least at a general level, the Nobel Prizes. We may not understand the details of the physics, chemistry, or biology involved or the exact details of what the winners did to win the … Continue reading →

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The Vim UserGettingBored Autocmd

Posted on 2026-09-03 by jcs

Evan Hahn has an amusing post about the Vim UserGettingBored autocmd. Autocmds in Vim are essentially like hook functions in Emacs. They get fired when certain events happen in the editor. Way back before Vim 6.0, Bram Moolenaar added the … Continue reading →

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Some Thursday Humor

Posted on 2026-08-13 by jcs

I don’t see anything in my feed worth writing about so I offer this bit of humor to help you get through the day. If you’ve ever wondered why an S-expressions is called an sexp, here’s your answer. Like all … Continue reading →

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Microsoft, IBM, And The TAB Key

Posted on 2026-05-06 by jcs

Raymond Chen has an amusing story just in time for Mothers’ Day. It’s a story from the joint OS/2 development effort of Microsoft and IBM about the mismatch in organizational structures between Microsoft and IBM. In those days, at least, … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: AWS Is Down, I Can’t Sleep

Posted on 2025-10-24 by jcs

Farce comes to the Internet. All right, farce comes to the Internet again. With the failure of AWS this week, many, many services were interrupted, including my Spanish learning app. It was annoying but, after all, you can always practice … Continue reading →

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A Little Bit Of Humor

Posted on 2025-08-08 by jcs

I have no idea if this is legitimate but I find it hilarious. It does seem like Google, though.

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The Ten Commandments Of The Church Of Emacs

Posted on 2025-03-24 by jcs

It’s Monday. Most of us are looking around bleary eyed wondering what happened to the weekend that just started. Here’s a little humor to get you warmed up for what’s to come. Over at the Emacs subreddit, bruchieOP posts the … Continue reading →

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Getting Car Sick With Lisp

Posted on 2024-11-17 by jcs

Just a quickie today. Over at the Lisp subredit, breck says that he used to program in Lisp but got car sick. It’s a pretty weak pun but the commenters took up the challenge and kept the ball rolling. DrownNotably … Continue reading →

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How Emacs Packages Get Delivered

Posted on 2023-10-06 by jcs

Just a quick bit of humor today. In case you were wondering how the magic of delivering Emacs packages to you worked, here’s the explanation: In case you are wondering how your emacs packages get delivered: byu/fuxx90 inemacs

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Live In Emacs Or Die

Posted on 2023-09-22 by jcs

Today, we have a bit of humor that we can all relate to. Reddit has a post announcing the Web browser NYXT inspired by Emacs. I don’t know anything about NXYT but I did love this comment from noooit: Comment … Continue reading →

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