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ISP Sets 500 Modems to "Audible Noise Level"  March 25, 2002

Which is greater, your shiny new project or half a pound of lemons?  March 25, 2002

Project Manager Wants Moon on Stick by Next Thursday  March 17, 2002

Cost-Cutting Airlines to Install Self-Service Tea/Coffee Dispensers  March 17, 2002

Shock Realisation: WebCam is Sponsoring the Entire Web!  February 10, 2002

Confused Office Politics Reveller Signs His Own Warrant of Come-Uppance  February 3, 2002

The Killing Must Stop: Videogame "Baddies" Are Real People Too (says angry researcher)  January 27, 2002

Call Centers are like a "black hole" from which no energy can escape  January 20, 2002

Market Researcher to harness Millions of Tea Leaf Predictions  January 13, 2002

IT Support Department to Hire Rottweilers as Technicians  January 13, 2002

Honey Bear Special Report: Workers Are "Just Like Drones Around a Honey Pot"  December 23, 2001

Sun Boasts Next J2EE Spec Will Be Even More Russian Doll-Like  December 16, 2001

Market Researchers "Will start making accurate predictions by June 2004" says Market Researcher  December 16, 2001

Tech stocks soar as Top Tech Execs Buy "Old-School" Toilet Manufacturer December 2, 2001

Software company proudly announces that they have achieved CMM Level 1 November 25, 2001

Software company to hire infants as programmers November 25, 2001

Beaver Special: Beavers Really Not Rodents After All? November 18, 2001

Enterprising Company Taps Unlimited Power Source - Desperate Job Candidates November 18, 2001

Tech Start-up Suddenly Realises The Value of Money November 4, 2001

Lions, Tigers and Small Furry Bears to Be Released Into English Countryside October 28, 2001

60 Years of EJB Experience - The Most Employable Man in England? October 21, 2001

Microsoft: "Security is Really Not Our Problem!" October 21, 2001

Microsoft Teams Up With Music Biz to Blast Disagreeing Sites off the Internet October 21, 2001

Hairy Pint-Puller Lambasts Michael Schumacher October 14, 2001

Software Company Lubricates Its Wheels With Intranet Newsgroup Server October 14, 2001

GREP Tool Brought Kicking & Screaming Into the Internet Age October 14, 2001

Millions of English fans convinced that they played an essential part in Saturday's historic football match October 7, 2001

Government officials caught out in on-line shenanigans October 7, 2001

Microsoft to Rewrite The Internet September 30, 2001

Microsoft Newsgroup Postings: "Please like us, we'll give you candy!" September 30, 2001

Microsoft Bans Free Speech: Enterprising Website Emerges Victorious (kind of) September 23, 2001

Bootscrubber Lambasts Software Industry September 23, 2001

Cousin Joey Wins Massive Corporate Website Contract - Worth Billions September 16, 2001

Market Research Company Discovers the Perfect Demographic - Announces Amazing Poll Results September 16, 2001

Project Managers Love to Use Inane Phrases and Metaphors September 9, 2001

Steve Ballmer Whoops Complaints About Planet of Apes August 26, 2001
News Flash: LucasArts to release special edition of Escape From Monkey Island - featuring bounding Ballmer feverishly fleeing personal hell

XP Society's Annual Picnic - Just Smell That Fresh-Faced Enthusiasm! August 19, 2001

Extreme Perl Group Sues XP for Use of XP Acronym August 19, 2001

"Generation XP Convinced They Invented Programming" says OAP Betty Swanker August 19, 2001

Hi-Tech Lovers Personalised Cubicle With Pictures and Artifacts From Hot Fling August 11, 2001

Fanatical XP Splinter Group Takes Cult to Extremes (Part One) August 11, 2001

Fanatical XP Splinter Group Takes Cult to Extremes (Part Two) August 11, 2001

Cowboy Hackers Flock to Extreme Programming August 5, 2001

Revolutionary New .Biz TLD Hits Internet Community With a Damp Splat August 5, 2001

Project Manager Has Based His Entire Life on Requirements July 29, 2001

Conspiracy Theorists Unite: Air Conditioning is Out Of Control July 29, 2001

Reactive Programming (RiP) Special: VB Coder Invents New Methodology! July 22, 2001

Timmy Gonville LOVES Call Centers! July 22, 2001

QA Manager to Hire Triffids July 15, 2001

MS To Make Public all Hotmail Archives From the Last Four Years? July 15, 2001

Beijing 2008 Olympics Special: All Your Athlete Are Belong To Us!   (part one) July 13, 2001

Beijing 2008 Olympics Special: All Your Athlete Are Belong To Us!   (part two) July 13, 2001

Bad Manager Links Page Transforms Site into a Web Portal July 9, 2001

Apathetic Call Center Operator Agrees to Call Back in 5 Minutes July 8, 2001

IBM and Microsoft to "Give it just one more try, for old time's sakes" July 8, 2001

Old Man Asks Why the World is so Fast-Moving These Days July 8, 2001

Latest Formula 1 Racing Gearboxes to be Made Out of Toffee July 2, 2001

Managers' mid-May Manhattan march proves that the Chicken CAN come before the Egg July 2, 2001

X-Box Can Be "Just as Useful as a PC" July 1, 2001

Analysts Change Their Mind About Document June 22, 2001

Economy Watch Special Report: Employees Firmly Believe That as Long as They're Busy Then It's All Okay June 23, 2001

All Business Analysts are Part of a Borg-Like Autonomous Society June 17, 2001

Penguins Are Enemy of The State June 22, 2001

Smileys Get Serious June 17, 2001

Business Analysts Invent New Word June 17, 2001

Exclusive: Managers Hire Underground Trolls June 17, 2001

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Coffee Cups: Sun Sells Java to Microsoft!! June 5, 2001

IT Managers Vindicated!! June 5, 2001



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