Funny on Michael Doornbos

I very rarely close the door on the dog crate. Apparently in the middle of the night the dog moved to the floor and the cat decided she was a dog.

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 07:01:33 +0000

Send letters

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:34:28 +0000

I stole this from the internet

This week's company email...

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:05:47 +0000

Just the beginning of the internal weekly company email to share this week. I could share the rest, but it’s classified and I’d have to you know…

“Good Morning, I’m writing this from my toilet paper fortress. I’ve donned my homemade face mask which may or may not have been hastily fashioned from various unmentionables I’ve found in the house. To my left is my close air support hand sanitizer cannon and to my right is the Lysol launcher. Alright, now that we’ve set the scene… on with the updates. "

Rules for pilots

Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:41:09 +0000

I can’t find what newspaper this came from to attribute it to… But it’s pretty funny… because these are all very very true

Don't be a fool, stay in school

Sat, 02 Apr 2016 14:24:29 +0000

Caleb and I were in our bank branch manager’s office yesterday and he showed us a fraudulent check he just busted someone on. He just happened to see the payer name was “Ford Motor Crop.” The moral of the story is to stay in school. Spelling is important.

XMAS JAMMIES

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:50:01 +0000

If you don’t like this there may be something mentally wrong with you…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kjoUjOHjPI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&enablejsapi=1&w;=854&h;=480]

Prepare to have your ears explode with Christmas cheer :-)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:08:18 +0000

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5zGXCCDHrA&w;=560&h;=315]

Trike Drifting

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:52:13 +0000

I don’t know why, but this is really great. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_wzaldYmyk&w;=560&h;=315]

Archived Comments

eBON (2012-09-20 13:16:00):

Pure awesome!

mrdoornbos (2012-09-20 13:21:00):

Stole it from you :-)

Yeah, I'm an influencer in...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:57:56 +0000

Just logged into Klout for the first time in a long time and got: “Klout believes you are influential about Bacon”. Heh. Also Astronomy, Podcasting, and Github.

I think I like the bacon one the best.

Suffered a minor casualty at NewSpace 2011 last week :-(

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:13:34 +0000

Just 2 feet from the floor, my poor phone wasn’t strong enough to withstand the impact. Our dog Brandy spent some time reflecting on the short life of this phone (plus she’ll pose for a picture when there’s a treat in her future)

Smash the design button

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:46:56 +0000

I saw this live at TEDxNASA this year. As I’ve said before, I’ve been to both TEDxNASA events and didn’t love them. This talk however is outstanding. There are so many great concepts in this 18 mins. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE4D7OsIzuk&w=550&h=320]

Archived Comments

Chris Radcliff (2010-11-23 01:21:00):

Outstanding is right.

The most important question you need to ask yourself: why not?

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:18:55 +0000

I’m already planning SpaceUp DC 2.0, but in case you missed how rediculous I’m willing to look in the name of Space Exploration:

(Photo credit: Chris Radcliff)

Haley Stephenson did a terrific writeup of her experience at SpaceUp DC here. I have two favorite quotes from it:

An important aspect of the unconference was the opportunity to have fun and enjoy the things that interested us in space in the first place. We fiddled with pipe cleaners (out of which one person constructed the space-time continuum), built spaceships and rovers out of Legos (our “green” ship was powered by Lego conifers), conducted a MoonPie eating contest (beware the banana flavor), and held what is probably the first Tribble war ever (they’re not as soft as they look). If this all seems quite silly, then take a moment to think on what sparked your interest in space and what fuels it now. When did you realize that space is cool?

Another BP Spill

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:09:08 +0000

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM&color1;=0xb1b1b1&color2;=0xd0d0d0&hl;=en_US&feature;=player_embedded&fs;=1]

Archived Comments

Nikki Brungard (2010-06-10 18:43:21):

I love this so much I can hardly stand it. ;)

Jess (2010-06-17 21:05:22):

Word.

Found my doppelganger

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:02:16 +0000

The Super Bowl Shuffle is coming back

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:24:48 +0000

Mike Singletary and Jim McMahon are involed in a new promo for Boostmobile, and yes, it looks like the SuperBowl shuffle is the inspiration for the ad campaign. Check it out at boostmobile.com/shuffle

iPad vs. a Rock

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:08:36 +0000

via iPad vs. a Rock « The Jason Calacanis Weblog.

Archived Comments

Bookmarks for February 5th · LR2 Blogs (2010-02-05 07:19:09):

[…] Michael Doornbos » iPad vs. a RockComparing an iPad to a Rock. The iPad wins by a hair. […]

Red_Bird (2010-01-31 02:11:40):

LOLthat's terrible

Nanogirls

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:13:46 +0000

This is just … yeah. See scientists can have fun! You know you were just thinking “I like it when the girls stop by. To my lab.”

Come on, you know you were.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MubNtDwjJ2w&w=425&h=344]

Do you want to date my avatar?

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:56:46 +0000

The Guild just gets better by the minute: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU&w=425&h=344]

Apparently Gaylord Focker has started his own business

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:04:12 +0000

Archived Comments

N Brungard (2009-06-27 05:11:35):

One of my all-time fav movies. I just laughed out loud.

Science Funding Explained, SMBC Style

Wed, 20 May 2009 08:27:32 +0000

Archived Comments

Jewels (2009-05-20 00:46:25):

LOL, I like the part with the pretty exploding pictures. ^_^

Maxiue1 (2009-07-27 09:51:59):

Interesting post. I have stumbled this for my friends. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.

Craigslist Proxy (2009-06-06 09:43:01):

Interesting post. I have just bookmarked this at stumbleupon. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

Craigslist Proxy (2009-05-29 05:16:15):

Was a good read. I'll be back for more.

I should know better than to leave home without paper and a pencil

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:32:23 +0000

I’ve been doing a lot of writing lately. I gave myself a deadline of today to finish an article I’ve been thinking of for a week and spent the whole day having writers block. As soon as I walked out the door to pick up our Chinese takeout for the evening, 100 ideas came swarming into my head. In my Jeep was a pen, but I cleaned it over the weekend and there was not a scrap paper in sight.

The internet is like a vagina, or maybe Joey Bishop

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:54:02 +0000

Apparently, it’s like a vagina, or alcohol, or a Chinese road. Yep one of those. Doc Searls has the skinny.

I think the internet doesn’t really exist, but what do I know.

People are wierd.

Me(me)

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:34:38 +0000

1. Take a picture of yourself right now. 2. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair…just take a picture. 3. Post that picture with NO editing. 4. Post these instructions with your picture.

Archived Comments

Jewels (2008-09-26 16:00:59):

Photographer wife winces at these instructions. Wants to put husband’s hand down. Wants him to sit up straight. Hates the lighting in the room and wants to adjust white-balance. explodes.

Microsoft commercials, good riddance Seinfeld

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:22:50 +0000

Microsoft finally came to their senses and dropped those stupid Seinfeld/Gates ads that left everyone scratching their heads. The new ones are a direct dig on Apple’s Mac/PC ads (finally) and have some interesting tidbits like “I’m a human being, not a human doing, not a human thinking. A human being”.

A least these are interesting. Microsoft still looks like they want to be the cool kids but know that Apple actually is, but at least these are direct and don’t involve shoe stores or and underwear adjustment by Gates.

Quote of the day

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:43:17 +0000

My Nephew Xander looked at his mom (my sister) with a serious face this morning and said, “Mommy……Jesus had a DVD player.” Awesome.

Mayo anyone?

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:03:34 +0000

from Saturday Morning Breakfast

My processor graphs say my processors tummys are full

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:26:16 +0000

I find this a little amusing. iStats says that Screenflow is using 142% of my processors. Of course, it’s a dual core machine, so it’s really more like 142/2. I don’t know why, but I think that’s funny.

Yes, I’m a dork.

Being naked on the wrong day is awkward

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:44:39 +0000

One of those funny things someone created when they were probably in a boring meeting, or drunk, is Naked CSS Day. Yes, this is the day when you’re supposed to switch off your CSS on your sites and let them roam around in the buff.

Alas, I have missed this day once again (it was yesterday), so I’m off in search of something else to make naked and create my own naked day.

MD - Big math dork

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:15:17 +0000

My initials “MD” have always caught me flack like : “You should have been a doctor, then you’d be MD, MD” Well today my wife informed me that MD really stands for “Math Dork”

How true honey. How true.

Archived Comments

Jewels (2008-02-07 20:10:29):

Can ya blame me? Cause you were messaging me in binary. Doctor Dork. :oD

COD (2008-02-07 18:36:15):

It could also stand for Major Dork

It's scary how much I can relate to this

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:09:54 +0000

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuAJHaXKgFk&rel;=1]

Bill Gates clip

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:47:53 +0000

Bill Gates gave his last keynote at CES today. He did a video which you have to take your hat off for, it’s very funny: http://images.video.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf
Video: Bill Gates Last Day CES Clip

Another bubble

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:32:31 +0000

Got this one from Chris [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi4fzvQ6I-o&rel;=1&border;=0]

Only Lust Limits the Imagination

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:09:13 +0000

There are just no words to describe this. Only Lust Limits the Imagination (NSFW)

Quote of the day

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:45:00 +0000

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.- Neil Gaiman

The hot dog song

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:19:51 +0000

Kevin and I sang a, er, well, very strange song last week…[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8Ur8n26WY&rel;=1]

I'm adding a word to the english dictionary

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:43:51 +0000

because it annoys my wife. It’s: Fantacula

Archived Comments

Jewels (2007-09-27 17:14:27):

Oh yea? Ferrets. ferrets. ferrets. ferrrrrrrrrrets.

Jewels (2007-09-27 17:14:43):

and whatnot.

No fibbing when your Mom is a photographer

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:27:00 +0000

Caleb: Can I drive the boat Dad?

Me: Sure, as long as you sit down in the seat. No flipping around.

The next day…

Caleb: Can I drive the boat Dad?

Me: Buddy, yesterday you spent the whole time driving the boat while flipping all over the place.

Caleb: No I didn’t, I sat down in the seat the whole time.

No son, no you didn’t.

It was fun anyway buddy.

Practice anywhere

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:21:00 +0000

We were going to the Yankees/RedSox game a few weeks ago and saw this guy practicing the trumpet on the GW Bridge. Too funny:

FedEx cracks me up

Tue, 15 May 2007 07:28:00 +0000

I sent a package to myself from Alexandria VA to Fredericksburg VA yesterday via FedEx standard overnight. It’s currently in Indianapolis IN and will be here this afternoon. It’s traveling about 1200 miles to be delivered to an address 40 miles from the originating address.

Networks and woodchucks

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:06:00 +0000

How much net work could a network work, if a network could net work?

It's the iBasement

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:25:00 +0000

My wife just clued me in on Soyburger’s Mac collection. Check out the wall of iMacs….

here a mac, there a mac…

View the whole flickr account.

Quote of the Day

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:10:00 +0000

“I am not young enough to know everything.” – Oscar Wilde

Something stupid that is just stupid funny

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:04:00 +0000

Crazy Weather

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:01:00 +0000

Right now, this very second, my kids are flagging down the ice cream truck.

Jan 14th and the ice cream truck is here.

It’s 70 degrees.

A present for Dad

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:09:00 +0000

When I came into my office this morning, I found a present from my son:

Yes, that’s a whoopie cushion.