Design Contests & Competitions
Wizard of Woz? Caption contest
Sylvie Barak
11/2/2012 10:34 AM EDT
What can I say about this month’s caption contest cartoon? Well, it’s simply magical!
After all, what kind of techie would you be if you did not occasionally make use of a wizard?
Whether this magical creature is being a help or a hindrance is up to you to decide, dear reader.
Let the war(lock) of the wits commence.

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After all, what kind of techie would you be if you did not occasionally make use of a wizard?
Whether this magical creature is being a help or a hindrance is up to you to decide, dear reader.
Let the war(lock) of the wits commence.

Related Content:
August's caption contest winner announced!
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Caption contest: Mars attacks!
August caption contest: march of the Penguins
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David Ashton
11/3/2012 6:13 AM EDT
Who was it said: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic....?"
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David Ashton
11/3/2012 6:15 AM EDT
I think this new smartphone's radiation level is too high....I'm seeing stars....
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11/3/2012 9:51 AM EDT
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11/4/2012 5:07 PM EST
Remember when Wizards were just a program that set up something on your computer? Now, in the internet age, we can summon a REAL wizard!
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11/5/2012 9:33 AM EST
Now I know how to put the magic smoke back into the chips!
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11/5/2012 11:48 AM EST
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11/6/2012 9:00 AM EST
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11/6/2012 3:56 PM EST
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11/8/2012 9:19 AM EST
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11/8/2012 8:33 PM EST
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11/9/2012 10:50 PM EST
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A hologram projector in a cell phone! Now that's magic!
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11/12/2012 1:44 AM EST
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11/12/2012 1:24 PM EST
There, this gives you the power to always be the first in queue at the Patent office, and to be feared by all patent attorneys!
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11/12/2012 2:59 PM EST
Bob fortuitously stumbled across a powerful undocumented object descriptor, reserved for internal use only by the tool developer.
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11/12/2012 4:22 PM EST
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I threw off the shackles of the oppressive Laws of Physics, and enrolled myself at the Hogwarts Academy of Engineering Wizardry.
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11/14/2012 6:29 PM EST
After an exhaustive search of the existing literature, I found an untapped source of environmentally-friendly green energy: Pixie Dust!
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11/14/2012 8:09 PM EST
Rather than relying on education, experience, and equipment. Management found an economical solution to development costs.
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11/14/2012 8:11 PM EST
I would love to come in over the weekend.
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11/14/2012 8:14 PM EST
Wow, I finally understand tech support.
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11/15/2012 11:46 PM EST
Once again, Larry's fairy godfather manages to get past security, and lovingly makes him briefly forget that he's a nerd.
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11/20/2012 6:33 PM EST
If only I could have a brain. Wait, there's an app for that!
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MarkBort
11/25/2012 3:08 PM EST
Bob struck out on Black Friday; but even though lab-bound, he scored big-time with his new Cyber Monday Bargain Wizard app.
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11/26/2012 10:35 AM EST
Are you here to help me with the software installation?
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Denis.Giri
11/27/2012 1:33 AM EST
This is what separates engineers from common folk. The later think it's magic, the former know it is.
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11/27/2012 8:23 PM EST
The new and improved engineer, powered by wizardry.
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David Ashton
11/28/2012 12:05 AM EST
"I like all the technical wizardry, but can't you do it without the stars? They're really annoying...."
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