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Mar 09

The Best Jobs In America

The Best Jobs In America

This happens to me all the time at work.
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This happens to me all the time at work.

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Mar 03

Desperate cities beseech St. Google: bless us with thy fiber -

Google, KS?  It has to be better than Topeka.

Mar 02

[video]

Feb 25

Facebook Granted Patent on the News Feed - This Could Be Very Big -

The reason I think the newsfeed is so popular?  People are so overwhelmed with information now, they just want to be informed of the latest and greatest, no emails sitting unread that you have to click on one by one, just a constant stream of “I can reply if I’m interested, otherwise, no big deal.”  I wish my corporate email inbox worked that way.  May be a good idea for CernerWorks 2.0…

Feb 18

Why Piracy Works (via i.imgur.com)

Why Piracy Works (via i.imgur.com)

Feb 16

A conversation I have every month or so

dwineman:

Me: (tries to visit a local restaurant’s website via iPhone)
Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off.
Me: I just want to know how late you’re open.
Website: Nope.
Me: But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link up in the corner or something?
Website: I’m ignoring you.
Me: What if I’m on my phone because I’m out, looking for a place to eat? Didn’t that ever occur to you?
Website: Fuck entirely off.
Me: (gives up, switches to computer)
Website: Oh! Hi! What can I help you with today?
Me: What are your —
Website: Hang on, I’m loading the music.
Me: Really.
Website: You’ll love it. It’s “Girl from Ipanema” arranged for steel drum and keytar.
Me: No, you don’t have to —
Website: Loading…
Me: All I want is —
Website: I SAID DOT DOT DOT.
Me: (drums fingers on desk)
Website: There we go. Isn’t that nice? It’s… what’s the word. Ethnicky.
Me: What are your hours?
Website: Take a look at our menu! It’s a PDF of a screenshot of a scan of a Word document printed on a dishtowel. With fonts!
Me: I don’t care. What are your hours?
Website: Don’t worry, the menu loads in a new window so the music won’t stop. Can I show you some broken images?
Me: What. Are. Your. Hou. Rs.
Website: I… I don’t know.
Me: (goes to Denny’s)

Feb 10

[video]

Feb 09

AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com -

This site’s right up there with PeopleOfWalmart.com

American Idol

I have to admit, I’m an American Idol junkie.  Not just the episodes that are funny because people suck so bad, but also the ones that are on now, where you see some talented people start to shine.  A couple of these people start singing and I literally get goosebumps.  I love seeing the true artist come out in people you’ve never heard or seen before.