Amazingly dumb, quixotic font choices keep jumping out everywhere.
More along the lines of puzzle-solving than joke-telling, check out my pangrams with a desktop publishing twist. Come up with some of your own.
I really do WORK at home. Those of you who work-at-home know how difficult it can be sometimes to convince friends and family members that our jobs are real even if we do them at home. Several years ago my son brought a friend home and was explaining to him how I work at home on my computer. I hear the friend come into my office while I'm laying out a magazine page that included an ad with puzzle pieces as part of the artwork. A few moments later I overhear him telling my son, "Your mom isn't working. I just looked and she's in there doing a puzzle game on her computer." I was working, really I was.
MS Macintosh? We have lots of computer parts around our house and for several years I used to fiddle around with rebuilding old computers. My son took an interest and even did a science project once about the inner workings of a computer. When his computer class teacher asked if anyone knew about desktop publishing he was the only one to raise his hand (he better know what it is). Unfortunately I then learned that he wasn't quite so computer-savvy as I might have thought. He had to ask the teacher how to get Windows up and running on the school computer — they use Macs. <sigh>
Relax, take a break. Here's some funny stories and amusing anecdotes about those wonderful computers we all know and love (usually).
- You Know You're a Font Fanatic If...
From the Type & Fonts forum this discussion thread is full of funnies by and about those who love their type (for some, maybe a wee bit too much?). - The Six Patron Saints of Graphic Design
Have a little faith. Meet St. Anxiete, the patron of impossible deadlines and foamy coffee, St. Pantone, the patron of pretty colors and office pets, along with St. Concepta, St. Exacta, St. Pixela, and St. Typo. It's a hoot. - Computer Humor
Lists and funny tech support stories. Don't miss the one about the lady unable to print yellow from her color printer and I got a chuckle from some of the computer one-liners. - Tech Tales October 1999
Customer can't understand why a monochrome printer can't print color and another has a bit of problem grasping how fax software works. And dozens of other true (we think) stories from real tech support folks. - Tech Tales September 1999
The fellow using Paint needed to take a few lessons in inches vs. pixels, plus more funny technical support adventures. - Tech Tales August 1999
How do you get your printer to print in landscape mode? I hope this isn't it — and more tech humor including a desktop publisher who had problems helping someone open graphic files — scroll down to "Left/right -- what's the difference?". - Tech Tales
Did you enjoy the previous Tech Tales? Dig into even more of them here - months and months and months worth. - Design Humor - The Art of Graphic Wit
This could be a fun read. It's a book about visual farce and the use of humor in graphic design projects. Buy it online or look for it at your local bookstore or library. - About Humor
Mike Durret dishes up funny stuff in a multitude of flavors, including computer geek humor. - The Snake in the Computer
Real or a hoax? About Urban Legends Guide David Emery examines the evidence.
