Well before the Web, Usenet used to be the only way to waste time while writing a thesis. Much of the humor here dates to my grad student days. Its most geek humour, so be warned.

• How to hunt an elephant


• Light Bulb Jokes


• Life before computers


• Hindi film songs to illustrate programming constructs (really)


• Application for Canadian Permanent Residency (from the New Yorker)


• Universal Grade Change Form


• What if computer users bought cars


• Rules of the Indian Road


• 18 Unnatural laws


• US naming ceremony


• Geek nursery rhymes


• Decoding letters of reference


• Decoding professors


• If Dr. Seuss were a geek


• Understanding the university power structure


• Who's on first