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Friday IT Fun: All Hail Watson

By Chris Paoli
02/17/2011

This week: Jeopardy champion. Next week: the world. 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. Also, keep up with us all week long on Twitter.

Culturally Biased (HijinksEnsue.com) - The only way to defeat Watson is with…love.

Murdoch He Wrote (ColbertNation.com) – Look for the upcoming Friday IT Fun app, giving you access to a harder-to-read version of this column for only $9.99.
Gawk-Blocking (Penny-Arcade.com) – Everybody is complaining about the new redesign just because it's something new and different... Oh, it also is terrible.
Abraham Lincoln: Portrait of a Crazy Badass (Cracked.com) – Take some time this President's Day weekend with this portrait in awesomeness.

About the Author

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

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