Noise to Signal

The tag cloud is dead. Long live the tag cloud.

The tag cloud is dead. Long live the tag cloud.(Grave marker for the tag cloud, where the epitaph is itself a tag cloud)
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Skip intro

Skip intro(presenter in a meeting) As this next slide demonstrates, the ROI of setting fire to your money isn't quite as favorable as blowing it all at the track, but still outperforms building a Flash intro pa
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Now, those Squidoo lensmasters - they know how to parTAY

Now, those Squidoo lensmasters - they know how to parTAY(party-goer to a friend, observing a group of guests) Good luck getting a word in edgewise... they're all Knol experts.
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As Amazon S3 goes, so goes the world

As Amazon S3 goes, so goes the world(One paleontologist to another, at a dig) At last, the fossil evidence to support our theory! The dinosaurs died off because their cloud computing platform collapsed!
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Maybe we should have used more gradients and rounded corners?

Maybe we should have used more gradients and rounded corners?(one partner to another, looking at an empty office) I don't understand how we could go bankrupt when we had such a kick-ass favicon.
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Revert... with extreme prejudice

Revert... with extreme prejudice(military officer showing his medals to a child) And this one is for covertly editing my country's Wikipedia entry.
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"Take me now, you magnificent beast" is well under the limit

"Take me now, you magnificent beast" is well under the limit(man to his date at a restaurant) I'm so glad you agreed to meet in person. There are some things that just can't be said in 140 characters.
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Short and sweet

Short and sweet(one person at a laptop, explaining to another person '...And you send your friends a status update exactly one character long.') Caption: Microblogging jumps the shark
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It's still a better reason than whether he wears a flag lapel pin

It's still a better reason than whether he wears a flag lapel pin(voter to campaign worker) Look, I'm sorry - there's just no way I can vote for a candidate who'd use Comic Sans as body type.
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Funny ha-ha, or funny peculiar, or funny oh-god-we're-all-going-to-die?

Funny ha-ha, or funny peculiar, or funny oh-god-we're-all-going-to-die?(businessperson to two colleages) Is it just me, or is the tragedy of the commons the funniest goddamn thing ever?
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