IPDuck: January 2014

Friday, January 24, 2014

Two Videos

Two videos showed up today. The first one is "A Conference Call in Real Life."
This is what happens if a phone call happened in person -- especially "Happy hour in 5."

The second video is "A Bad Lip Reading of the NFL." As one coach says, "Look, I can spin around!"

Monday, January 20, 2014

Internet Users Ditch “Password” as Password, Upgrade to “123456”

ArsTechnica brings us this headline of the day . . . and important network security tip.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Drumpants!

Want to be able to play the drums . . . with your PANTS? Of course you do.

Why a Duck?

The "IP" part of this blog's title is self-explanatory -- the abbreviation for the shorthand term "intellectual property." But what to call the humor part of the name? It turns out that the duck is the funniest animal alive. A 2002 study confirms that jokes mentioning ducks are funnier than others.

If you think about it, that makes sense. Think of the funniest joke you know, and replace one of the characters with a duck. It instantly becomes even funnier. You might not even need the punchline. For example, which is funnier:
"A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar . . . "
-- OR --
"A priest, a rabbi, and a duck walk into a bar . . . "

And needless to say, "Weird Al" Yankovic's "I Want a New Duck" is MUCH funnier than Huey Lewis' "I Want a New Drug."