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Fox News Home Page Goes Wacky

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CuriousLurker11/05/2013 2:17:40 pm PST

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Looks like somebody screwed up and pushed out a test page to the live site.

LOL, yeah, it looks like the kind of stuff web developers might do when bored. Sometimes I put weird stuff in my code comments just for shits & giggles when I come back and find it six months later.

When I have to make up names or email addresses for testing databases I use things like Hannibal Lecter, Bugs Bunny, etc. Ditto for graphic design stuff—letterheads almost always get filled in with lorem ipsum text, addressed to the Acme Roadrunner Trap Co., and signed by Wile E. Coyote.

I usually remember to change it before any clients see it, but on the rare occasions when forget, it makes for some funny (if slightly embarrassing) conversations. That, and forgetting to mute my speakers or close the secondary email client I use for personal stuff, which inevitably results in a email arriving and the client hearing George Carlin shout, “There’s a letter in your mailbox!” or Lieutenant Worf saying, “Captain, incoming message.”

Okay, I have a question for everyone: Do you use custom sounds for computer events? I used to have several, but now the only other one I use is wipeout for when I empty my recycle bin.