HUMOR
SITES
404 Purgatory
A tribute to 404 errors, this page links to some interesting "404 - Page Not Found" pages from across the Net. Includes basic information on custom error pages for various webservers.
Broken by Design
A weekly comic strip portraying life at an up-and-coming web design firm.
The Cannonical Collection of Light Bulb Jokes
Q: How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: Only two, but the hard part is getting them into the bulb.
Centre for the Easily Amused
Home of a wide array of silly features, including the Peeling Paint Webcam.
The Corporation
Fake corporate press releases and humor products combined in a bizarre attempt at world domination.
Grey Matter Humour
An archive of jokes for computer programmers and techies in general. Some of the jokes are recycled Usenet postings, and some are original material.
Humor
Sound clips of frustrated computer users screaming abuse at tech support personnel. Warning: vulgar language.
Institute of Official Cheer
"Where old pop culture is subjected to our patented Re-Ironization Process, and converted into chipper, spiffy, feather-light postmodern commentary on commercial culture."
NetSlaves
A "new zine dedicated to real-life Dilberts." NetSlaves chronicles outrageous tales from web workers who feel they've been screwed by their current or previous employers.
The Onion
The Onion may be "America's Finest News Source" — if you're looking for outrageous spoofs and satire.
The Secret Diary of Bill Gates
This spoof site features diary entries allegedly from Bill Gates, head of Microsoft. Jokes about his wife, his house, his company - his whole life.
Segfault.org
Fake user-submitted news stories about computers and technology.
Silicon Valley Tarot
Get your online fortune read. But beware the Sea of Cubicles!
TechTales
A collection of strange-but-true tales (and some urban myths) from tech support folks.
The Tribe of Woolgatherers
A collection of jokes gathered by a fairly far-flung group of people.
Urban Legends
Gerbil humor, organ thefts, bizarre local ordinances, accidental death and dismemberment — all your favorite urban legends can be found on this site.
Useless Pages
A collection of sites that are just plain dumb.
User Friendly 
A very funny comic strip set in an ISP.
ARTICLES
Britannica.com Helps Decode Dennis Miller
Monday Night Football viewers who are confused by Dennis Miller's obscure pop culture, history, and literary references can go to Britannica.com for explanations. (9/14/2000 at Chicago Sun Times)
Dear Dot Downturn
Humorous advice on dealing with awkward situations caused by start-up failures. (7/6/2000 at Salon.com)
Design for a Better Living
"The Designer At a Glance: Tasks: Choose colors and move stuff around on screen. Necessary Skills: Command-C, command-V, repeat." (9/3/1999 at The Industry Standard)
Dottie Downturn Gets Mean
More dot-com etiquette advice from Dottie Downturn. "There is usually only one proper response when a friend asks you what you think of her new haircut, new boyfriend or new Web site. Lie." (8/3/2000 at Salon.com)
Dottie Downturn's Trauma
More off-kilter advice on etiquette in a failing dot-com world. (9/21/2000 at Salon.com)
Gathering for Laughs at the Online Water-Cooler
The year 2000 U.S. presidential election has provided rich fodder for amateur Internet humorists, whose jokes are passed to millions of people through mailing lists and circles of friends. (11/25/2000 at The Washington Post)
He's the Real Tourist Guy
After the September 11th attacks on the U.S., a picture of a tourist standing atop the WTC as a plane flew towards him circulated across the Internet; now, a man claiming to be the "Tourist of Death" explains why he created the picture.
(11/20/2001 at Wired News)
Reporter's Fake Job Irks Real Dot-Com
Internet consultancy Luminant Worldwide is considering legal action after the New Yorker published Rodney Rothman's article about conning his way into an unnamed Net company (poss. Luminant) and getting free snacks and massages there for weeks. (12/1/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Web Guru is Designer Friendly
Jakob Nielsen, usability guru, is a target of some web designers' anger; but he can also get people to laugh, whether intentionally or not. (1/19/2001 at Wired News)
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