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‘Socially Inept’ comedy show returns to Seattle to take on tech and roast techies for laughs

You may have your own internal, running dialogue that relies on tech and techies for comedic fodder, but an event… Read More

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Jeff Bezos’ startup advice, as told by ‘The Onion’: Hire well, value customers, and ‘realize someday I will utterly crush you’

For startups, it’s becoming increasingly impossible to avoid competing with Amazon as the company branches out into everything from real… Read More

How Seahawk are you, Seattle? Sorry, not much

I grew up around racehorses in California, so obviously I’ve been a Colts fan since I was a kid (because… Read More

Zach Galifianakis to President Obama: Why would you get the guy who created the Zune to make your Web site?

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama from President Barack Obama This is pretty hilarious stuff. President Barack Obama… Read More

Geek Humor: Jon Stewart rips Apple and U.S. Senators

This is absolutely hilarious. Comedian Jon Stewart rips into iPhone-loving U.S. Senators who were fawning over Apple CEO Tim Cook… Read More

Geek Humor: Gangnam Style meets Call Me Maybe in this ambitious VC holiday greeting

All, I can say is wow! First Round Capital, the New York and Philadelphia-based venture capital firm, certainly set the… Read More

LOLwork: Cheezburger TV show coming to Bravo Nov. 7

Bravo film crews have been hanging out at Cheezburger’s offices in lower Queen Anne, getting footage for the release of… Read More

Geek Humor: Watch Jimmy Kimmel’s classic iPhone 5 prank

This is pretty funny stuff, and speaks to the almost mythical status that consumers place on Apple’s design. Comedian Jimmy… Read More

Cheezburger gets Olympic spirit with ROFLympics

Cheezburger is turning its focus from cats to Olympians with a new site called ROFLympics 2012 that’s launched just in time for… Read More

Oh, no, now the FunnyJunk lawyer is reportedly suing The Oatmeal’s charity picks

The legal squabbles between Matthew Inman, the Seattle based Web comic better known as The Oatmeal, and Charles Carreon, the attorney… Read More

Ex-Expedia CEO wants to make the world laugh with new iPhone app Dinamundo

Erik Blachford helped build Expedia into one of the world’s largest online travel agencies, helping people from distant lands connect… Read More

Freak’n Genius: Animation startup uses Microsoft Kinect to tap your inner goofball

Kyle Kesterson may be known around Seattle as a talented designer, artist and active participant in the Startup Weekend hackathons.… Read More

Geek Humor: Stephen Colbert calls Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos a vindictive man

Comedian Stephen Colbert returned to the airwaves Monday night, and he didn’t waste any time taking a few cracks at… Read More

Enough, already! The ‘Shit People Say’ meme comes to the venture capital business

Is the whole “Shit People Say” meme getting out of control? We’ve already witnessed the “Shit Seattle People Say When… Read More

Startup Spotlight: BlooperBox is America’s Funniest Home Videos for the Web (minus Bob Saget)

Take America’s Funniest Home Videos, add a touch of Fail Blog and CollegeHumor.com and then mix in King of the Web… Read More

Geeks vs. Nerds: Where do your loyalties lie?

The infographic below developed by Seattle’s Killer Infographics certainly resonated with us, given our passion for all things geek. And… Read More

Planking, Pepper Spray Cop and other top Internet memes of 2011

Cheezburger is the master of memes, and 2011 created some memorable moments for lovers of Internet culture. From planking to… Read More

Trekkies beware: Cheezburger looks to corner the market on geek humor with new sites

Cheezburger may be best known for funny cat photos with captions, and the occasional break dancing mishap on Fail Blog.… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Ben and Emily Huh unlock secret to Web humor at Cheezburger

What’s it like being married to one of the worst-dressed men in tech? Emily Huh lives with that pain every… Read More

Geek humor with Siri: Robot love is not wrong, or is it?

A lot of folks love Siri, the popular voice-recognition application on the iPhone 4S. But some Seattle geeks have a… Read More

Have it your way on Cheezburger with new personalized Web pages

The folks over at Cheezburger are masters of user-generated content — obtaining and showcasing funny photos and videos from the… Read More

Cheezburger opens a new chapter: Beautiful photos

Cheezburger, the oddball Seattle based network of humor sites, is best known for its captions on funny cat photos and videos… Read More

Morning Radar: Sprint to offer unlimited data plan for iPhone 5; PopCap’s app; etc.

Sprint is planning to offer unlimited data plans for the iPhone 5 when the device debuts on the wireless carrier’s… Read More

Rapping VCs: This one goes out to all of you entrepreneurs

For those of you having a hard time getting back into the startup groove following the holiday weekend, here’s a… Read More

How book stores can compete against Amazon: John Hodgman suggests ‘downloading pods’

Amazon.com continues to grab market share from traditional book stores, and just last month Border’s bit the dust. But resident… Read More

Ben Huh challenges GQ to a geek fashion duel

The GQ fashion police on Wednesday called out Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh as one of the 15 worst dressed men… Read More

Stephen Colbert wants to know: Is Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh really a cult leader?

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is one of the most accomplished Internet entrepreneurs on the planet, having sold his online clothing… Read More

Time Waster: Cheezburger’s top 10 summer fails

It’s Friday, and the sun is finally shining in Seattle. But we’ve certainly missed out on a big chunk of… Read More

Geek humor: How Adolf Hitler would have reacted to the Amazon Web Services outage

It was just a matter of time. Amazon.com’s recent Web services outage has been memorialized in a “Downfall” parody on… Read More

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