Category «Interesting or Funny»

A couple funny GIFs

I’ve always loved GIFs and the ancient animated file format introduced by CompuServe way back in 1987 just seems to be hanging in there, if not making a comeback. The problem back in the day was they weren’t particularly efficient and even a short one would be large, at least for the time. Now, with mega-megabyte …

A pangolin? WTH? An Armored Ant Eater!

How come I never heard of these? Kinda looks like a cross between an armadillo and an ant eater, almost dinosaur-like. Weird how it kinda walks on two legs most of the time. The name reminds me of an old Bugs Bunny cartoon about a Hoboken-born penguin. The bum that wants to eat him says, …

“Happy Birthday” now in the public domain!

Not a lot of people know this, but restaurants usually don’t sing “Happy Birthday” because this would be a commercial use and subject to a performance royalty. However, starting today everyone is free use “Happy Birthday” without having to pay a license fee, as a California federal court ruling just entered the popular song into …