Humour
Well before the Web, Usenet used to be the only way to waste time while writing a thesis. Much of the humor here dates to my grad student days...
Contents
Geek
- [What if computer users bought cars]
- [How to hunt an elephant]
- [Life before computers]
- [Geek nursery rhymes]
- [If Dr. Seuss were a geek]
- [Hindi film songs to illustrate programming constructs] (really)
Academic
- [Understanding the university power structure]
- [Universal Grade Change Form]
- [Decoding professors]
- [Decoding letters of reference]
- [Rules of the Indian Road]
- [US naming ceremony]
General
- [Who's on first]
- [Light Bulb Jokes]
- [18 Unnatural laws]
- [Application for Canadian Permanent Residency] (from the New Yorker)