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Humor — Archive · Vol 334 Issue 2

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The Register, Friday, January 16th, 2026

Engineer Used Welding Shop Air Hose To 'Clean' PCs - Hilarity Did Not Ensue

Vol 334 · Issue 2 · 2026-01-16

This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Wilson" who once worked as the boss of a welding shop attached to an engineering consultancy. Wilson set the scene by telling us this story came from the early 1980s, when AutoCAD was replacing drawing boards.

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The Register, Monday, January 12th, 2026

Techie Banned From Client Site For Outage He Didn't Cause

Vol 334 · Issue 2 · 2026-01-12

This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as 'Patrick' who told us he once installed an extra shelf of storage for a NAS at a local council office in Australia. The job initially went well. 'The staff left me alone in the computer room while I was tidying up the paperwork,' Patrick wrote. While he handled that administrivia, something caught Patrick's eye.

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