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Friday IT Fun: Glitches Are Your Friend

By Chris Paoli
10/15/2010

You've been clicking refresh on Redmondmag.com all day for this. Well, it's finally here. 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 Reasons Computer Glitches Won't Go Away (Ever) (Cracked.com) - And honestly, if they did, what would you be doing? Manual labor? Pshhhh.
How to Piss Off your Nerdy Friends (Collegehumor.com) – They're your friends. Why do you have to make them angry? You're messed up.
Tech Support (xkcd.com) – I had a dream like this the other night. Except replace the technical support team with zombies. And replace the phone call with me endlessly falling.
Geeky Pumpkin Carvings (Walyou.com) – Nothing says Halloween like carving an Internet Explorer jack-o'-lantern.

And because it's hard to get people to do anything without a little incentive, one lucky reader who signs up for our new Twitter feed during the month of October (or until I feel like choosing somebody) will be randomly selected to receive the timely and highly practical MCSE Training Guide: Internet Explorer 4, plus a T-shirt. Add it now!

About the Author

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

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