Humor – WiredPrairie

You’re doing it wrong, alt text and title attributes

Aaron — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:55:44 +0000

I had moved my mouse over an image on a local bank’s web site, and was surprised to see the name of the file pop-up.

The reason is that their web developer apparently doesn’t understand the meaning or intention behind the alt or title attribute of an HTML element.

Not that it isn’t handy to know the name of the file….

Maybe they could have used:

Passionate bank web site user
Man with loose tie
Man having good hair day
Or …. ?

(I noticed that they have this problem in many areas of their web site. Maybe their Banking skills are better than their web site skills?)

SuperUser.com, and my rise to fame?

Aaron — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:43:54 +0000

Or not really.

I joined SuperUser.com last year to ask one question that was unresolved at work. It has been my first and only question.

I find it funny that this yet unanswered question has given me a gold badge. I apparently am not the only person who needed help with this issue.

Now, if only these badges could be turned into some real coin, or prizes like in an arcade ….

Captcha, gone wrong

Aaron — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:20:20 +0000

On a Google site this morning, Captcha:

As I have a US English keyboard – I was unable to type the first word. (Anyone know what language that is? I thought Greek at first, but the “n” didn’t make sense.)

I then proceeded to skip through 8 more captcha’s before I found one I could actually recognize. Sigh.

Microsoft’s Windows 7 Start Menu

Aaron — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:26:19 +0000

OK, this is broken:

I’m thankful I don’t need to use the old cascading menus anymore, but this just ain’t right.

What’s in your start menu from Microsoft (or other companies)?

Silverlight installer doesn’t like Adobe Updater

Aaron — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:07:36 +0000

I found this experience quite amusing today…

Things that made me laugh today

Aaron — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:48:00 +0000

#1) Our cat, on our screened back porch, (who by the way, has only been allowed on the screen porch a few times) … apparently, things on the inside are better than being on the outside. She often sits on a desk that is on the inside of the window, longingly looking out the window. Apparently, she’d like to know what it looks like from the other side.

#2) Best Break up Letter, Ever?

#3) Highlight what’s bad

And a whole different type of humor:

#4) Stargate, built in backyard

404 – Programmers to Blame?

Aaron — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:31:48 +0000

From Kayak.com

Page not found (404)

Sorry, we could not find that page. Probably one of our "genius" programmers made a boo-boo. What can you do about it?

Web Programmers who hate their jobs

Aaron — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:16:27 +0000

From http://www.webdirections.org/sotw10/results/

IE5?!?!?

I see invisible windows …

Aaron — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:50:47 +0000

Electronical Products . . . !? Awesome!

Aaron — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:46:00 +0000

From a message that wasn’t marked as spam in my inbox:

“They can offer you all kinds of electronical products which you need like laptops, gps, TV LCD, cell phones, ps3, MP3/4, motorcycles, etc….”

I’m as a big of a fan of electronical products as the next guy, but I’m really excited about the electronical motorcycle! I’m in a good mood in shopping right now, so I should be set!

(Yes, I’m aware of the fact that there are electric motorcycles – I’m just skeptical they did and that they meant to specifically mention it).