Archive for the ‘Internet Humor’ Category
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
It sounds like something out of George Orwell: E-book editions of 1984 and Animal Farm have been vanishing from people’s personal Kindles. I might add that these e-books have been purchased and fully paid for.
Amazon, at the request of an Orwellian publisher, has been repossessing these e-books without permission and refunding the purchase price. (More commentary here, plus my three verse limerick about this outrageous invasion of privacy, plus an update about Amazon’s welcome Kindle policy change.)
Update: If you would like to read this general humor blog on your Kindle reader you can subscribe right here.
If you would like to read my other political satire blog on your Kindle device, you can subscribe right here.
And my limerick about Kindle blogs is here.
Tags: E-Books, Kindles, Orwellian, Privacy
Posted in Business Humor, Computer Humor, Crime & Punishment Humor, Internet Humor, Kindle Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limericks, Media Humor, Money & Finance Humor, Privacy Satire, Technology Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | 5 Comments »
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
My Advice To Spammers
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear spammers, I wish you’d take heed.
A spell-check is something you need.
Though I’m surely no Freud,
You should really avoid
Sending “greeting” cards spelled more like “greed.”
Feel free to write your own limerick using the same first line and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, please join my friends in that same activity in my limerick-offs.
Tags: Computers, Email, Freud, Greeting Cards, Limericks, Spam, Spelling, Technology, Writing Prompts
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Communication Humor, Computer Humor, Email Humor, Internet Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Spam Humor, Technology Humor | 14 Comments »
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Aim for brilliant
In just one-forty characters.
Settle for inane.
Tags: Creativity, Microblogging, Twitter
Posted in Communication Humor, Computer Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Internet Humor, Mental Health Humor, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | Comments Off on My Twitter Motto (Haiku)
Friday, October 10th, 2008
I sure hope many of you use (or at least are familiar with) Twitter. Because Twitter is today’s limerick and haiku topic. First, my limerick:
Twitter Jitters
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I really don’t mean to sound bitter,
But it’s hard to fit humor on Twitter.
Posting tweets so damn short
Is a challenging sport,
Cuz there’s no time for laughs — just a titter.
And now my Twitter haiku (senryu):
My tweets on Twitter:
Memories, links, mutterings.
Fragments of a life.
As you might have guessed, I use Twitter. If you’d like to, you can follow my Twitter Tweets here.
But now, of course, it’s your turn. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write some verse about Twitter. When you’ve posted your poem(s), please return here and add a direct link to your themed poetry, using Mr. Linky.
Limerick and Haiku Prompts Participants
UPDATE: Mr. Linky is now closed, but you can still add links to your verse about Twitter in the Comments. And if you’d like to participate in a new poetry prompt, you can always find my latest one here.
Tags: Creativity, Internet Verse, Microblogging, Prompts, Tweets, Twitter
Posted in Communication Humor, Computer Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Internet Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Mobile Web, Poetry & Prompts, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | 8 Comments »
Monday, September 24th, 2007
I dedicate this to everyone’s who’s ever been driven mad by a website or blog outage:
Web Withdrawal Woes (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
This outage has led me to think
I’ve gone bonkers, berserk—need a shrink.
I keep checking the site.
It’s still down—what a plight!
Web withdrawal may drive me to drink.
Tags: Addiction Humor, Computers, Internet Limerick, Net Addict, Net Humor, Psychology Humor, Site Outage Poem, Techie Humor, Technology Verse, Web Addict, Web Humor, Web Withdrawal
Posted in Addiction Humor, Anxiety & Stress, Computer Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Mental Health Humor, Technology Humor | 2 Comments »
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Sometimes spam frustrates me so much, that I’m forced to turn it into haiku. How do I do it? I simply mix and match phrases from various annoying email solicitations and turn them into Spam Haiku. Here are some examples:
My college pictures
Enhance your anatomy.
Proven effective.
New technology.
Frustration and hopelessness.
Xanax, Valium.
Amazing orgies.
Pictures are hard to believe.
Are you strong enough?
Play Texas Hold’em.
Your future is in your hands.
Never type again.
Large screen DVD.
Is your husband performing?
Big trading alert.
Stocks in an up trend.
Best pain reliever ever.
Be happy again.
Be a love hammer.
Penis enlargement breakthrough.
You can split and merge.
Pelvic pain is real.
Computers are infected.
Contact our doctors.
Tags: Annoying Email, Computer Verse, Haiku & Senryu, Spam, Spam Poetry, Spam Verse, Technology Verse
Posted in Computer Humor, Email Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Internet Humor, Marketing Humor, Spam Humor, Technology Humor | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Welcome mobile readers! If you’re browsing via cell phone, I’ve written this limerick just for you:
Ode To The Mobile Web
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My blog has gone mobile — how cool!
You can surf on a cellular tool
While on foot, in your car,
Or wherever you are.
Mobile web browsing — cellulars rule!
If you’d like to subscribe to this humor blog’s mobile feed, click on the mobile icon just under my photo on the right sidebar. And don’t forget to subscribe to my political satire blog’s mobile feed too.
Oh — I almost forgot — if you’d like to turn your own blog into a mobile site, here’s how to do it. And you might even earn some advertising and affiliate revenue doing it.
Tags: Mobile Browser, Mobile Web, Mobilize
Posted in Blogging Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Mobile Web, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | Comments Off on Ode To The Mobile Web (Cell Phone Browsing Humor)
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Website owners, webmasters, and people who specialize in search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) tend to be an obsessive bunch, perpetually checking stats in their quest for better numbers. What do improved numbers mean? In theory, they beget better placement in search engine results pages (SERPS), more sales, and higher ad rates.
This obsession tends to reach a frenzied peak roughly four times a year, when Google’s Toolbar is updated, and you learn if your latest PageRank has risen or (heaven forbid) dropped. And while some may claim that they don’t care about PageRank, nobody believes them.
In honor of Google PageRank update season, which apparently is upon us, I’ve written this limerick:
Ode To The Google PageRank Obsession
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Google PageRank obsession is back,
‘Cause an update is due, which we track.
Have our efforts paid off?
Although many will scoff,
We need proof that we’re leading the pack.
(You can find more of my computer and technology humor and limericks here, including my song parody Webmaster’s SEO Complaint.)
Tags: Google Humor, Google Limerick, Net Humor, PageRank Satire, PR Update Humor, Rank Obsession, Search Engine Limerick, SEM Humor, SEO Humor, SERPS, Web Humor, Webmaster Humor
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Computer Humor, Google, Internet Humor, Limericks, Search Engine Tools, Technology Humor | 4 Comments »
Monday, May 21st, 2007
If you’ve ever registered for a site or an email list, you’re surely familiar with those frustrating anti-spam CAPTCHA forms. CAPTCHA, which is an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart,” generally does a really good job of blocking … me:
Captured By CAPTCHA (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The CAPTCHA form used on their site
Quickly conquered computerized blight,
Because bots can’t decode
Any image it showed.
But then neither can I—there’s my plight.
(You can find more of my technology humor here.)
Tags: Bot Humor, CAPTCHA, Forms, Internet Humor, Site Registration, Spam Humor, Technology Satire
Posted in Computer Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Spam Humor, Technology Humor | 7 Comments »
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
A Spam Filter That Really Works Would Be Nice (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My filters should block them, but nay!
Spam emails beset me each day,
Pushing stock, naked boys,
Drugs for sex, naughty toys—
All ad nauseam. Please, go away!
Tags: Spam Filters, Computer Satire, Drug Spam, Email Humor, Internet Humor, Porno Spam, Spam Humor, Stock Tip Spam, Technology Satire
Posted in Computer Humor, Email Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Marketing Humor, Spam Humor, Technology Humor | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
If your husband ever invites you to join him on a business trip, be sure to ask him these questions:
1. Will you ever get to see him while he is not — technically — asleep?
2. What will he do, if you accidentally lock yourself out of your hotel room in the middle of the night while you are not — technically — dressed?
Unfortunately, I didn’t think to ask these questions when my husband Mark invited me to join him for a six-week Boston business trip. So I had to learn the answers the hard way. …
( A Traveler’s Net Woes is continued here.)
Tags: Business Travel Humor, Computer Humor, Hotel Humor, Husband Wife Humor, Internet Outage Humor, Laptop Humor, Marriage Humor, Net Connection, Travel Humor
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Business Humor, Computer Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Internet Humor, Marriage Humor, Relationship Humor, Technology Humor, Travel Humor | 2 Comments »
