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Friday IT Fun: Google Job Experiment, Motherboard City, More

By Chris Paoli
05/14/2010

This week's tech comedy may help you find a job, give you a time-sucking hobby, or even make you feel not so bad about illegally downloading that recent South Park. If you've found something you think other IT pros will appreciate, send an e-mail to [email protected] so we can include it in next week's edition.

The Google Job Experiment (youtube.com) – Flip the script and have Google search for you.
Motherboard City, Population: 2048KBytes (gizmodo.com) – The coolest thing to do with those unused and outdated motherboards.
Five Insane File Sharing Panics from Before the Internet (cracked.com) – Data piracy isn't such a new thing after all.
Introducing Le Book (youtube.com) – This classic clip from overseas shows the birth of the IT help desk.
Batfight (funnyordie.com) – In this week's random entry, Will Ferrell's movies may not bring the laughter they used to, but his comedy lives on in Internet shorts.

About the Author

Chris Paoli (@ChrisPaoli5) is the associate editor for Converge360.

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