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Friday IT Fun: Kickoff

By Chris Paoli
09/10/2010

Instead of arguing online with your friends over your gutsy move to draft five place kickers to your fantasy football team, check out these links. 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.

7 Ad Campaigns That Prove Microsoft Was Never Good at This (Cracked.com) - They know their advertisements don't matter. If the ad campaign for Windows 8 was showing your grandmother being mugged, you'd still buy it.
The Dog That's Tweeting, Not Barking (Guardian.co.uk) – I weep for mankind…

The Human Pac-Man Performance (YouTube.com) – This is what happens when you have 100 friends, an empty theatre and too much time on your hands.
The 15 Worst Jobs in Sports (SportsPickle.com) – Pretty decent list, but they forgot one: Joe Madden's 24-hour on-call Tofurkey chef.

About the Author

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

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