Tag: just for fun

  • Another Solo Pub Trivia Performance

    —

    by

    Brendan Barry
    in , ,

    This past Wednesday I once again ended up playing trivia at the pub solo. Once again, I decided over the final pint that I would attempt to visualise my performance. One thing to keep in mind is that on Wednesday there were fewer teams competing—five instead of nine. And while I never placed higher than…

  • Clear the Cache

    —

    by

    Brendan Barry
    in

    Some of the aforementioned work that has been keeping me busy is the design of a new part of a website. And one of the most common things I hear when I ask why something is not displaying as I intended is “Have you cleared the cache?”. And that is why this Friday’s piece from…

  • Pub Trivia Performance

    —

    by

    Brendan Barry
    in , ,

    Wednesday night I had the dubious honour of playing the weekly pub trivia solo. Accordingly my team name was Hats Solo. (After I opted not to wear my fedora one night, another regular team called itself Where’s Your Hat?) I started strong, had a second wind, but still faded to a seventh place (of nine)…

  • Election Night Maps

    —

    by

    Brendan Barry
    in

    My apologies for the radio silence, everybody. The day job has been super busy the last several weeks. I am hoping to return to the regular schedule next week. In the meantime, enjoy this from xkcd. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.

  • US State Maps

    —

    by

    Brendan Barry
    in

    I was up late watching the British general election. So forgive me for phoning this one in. But we have a great piece from xkcd that looks at those choropleth US state maps. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.

  • The United States of Misspelled Werds

    —

    by

    Brendan Barry
    in

    The National Spelling Bee was this week and Google produced a map of the words each state seeks the most help spelling goodly. Naturally, there was a misspelling in their own graphic—unfortunately I do not have an image of that, but trust me they misspelled ninety as nintey in Maryland. Wisconsin, you need help. Credit…

  • Obsessions

    —

    by

    Brendan Barry
    in

    Can we all agree that it was just a long week? Time to find some funny. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.

  • Maintaining Your Photo Library

    —

    by

    Brendan Barry
    in

    Well yesterday sucked. But at least today is Friday. Also Cinco de Mayo. And so in addition to trying to find some mezcal tomorrow—anybody know a good spot in Philly?—we can wrap this week up with something on the humourous side. My mobile is a few years old now and I’ve been taking lots of…

  • Where Creativity Goes to Die

    —

    by

    Brendan Barry
    in

    I know I spent yesterday on the NFL Draft and that a lot of you would regard that as the lighthearted piece for the week. But trust me, here in Philly, it’s not so much. Just walk three blocks west from my flat. So today we have another piece from This Is Indexed that looks…

  • How to Identify Certain Birds

    —

    by

    Brendan Barry
    in

    The skies have lots of birds. Here’s a graphic from xkcd to help you identify them all. Because it’s Friday. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.