http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Articles tagged Other, The Lighter Side posted on SQLServerCentral.comen-us360sjones@sqlservercentral.com (Steve Jones)In the spirit of celebration at the end of the year, a break from the usual routine. Happy holidays to all and hopefully no one is working this weekend. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/asqlservercentralcomchristmas/1642/2007/12/24http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/asqlservercentralcomchristmas/1642/Sing along and enjoy a great holiday from SQLServerCentral.com http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/2774/2006/12/25http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/2774/On a holiday in the US, Hugh Scott brings us a little database poetry. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/2583/2006/09/04http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/2583/A Friday distraction from work when you have time. Can you figure out who has the dual 19" LCD monitors? http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/whohasthemonitor/2399/2006/04/28http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/whohasthemonitor/2399/Now that the novelty of the Xbox 360, the Razr cell phone, and King Kong have likely run their course, Red Gate Software presents a truly functional gift for the harried IT professional: A handy excuse generator for those projects that just don't work out as planned. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/2252/2006/01/27http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/2252/Holiday wishes to everyone out there with a song for the DBAs. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/newsqlqueriesarecomingtotown/2215/2005/12/23http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/newsqlqueriesarecomingtotown/2215/Are you up for a quick game of who's the best DBA? A little humerous diversion on one of the big holidays in the US. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/thedbagame/2168/2005/11/24http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/thedbagame/2168/A secret project is underway up in Redmond, according to sources not so high up in the development team. A port is partially working for various reasons. Read this exclusive scoop! http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/sqlserveronlinux/1814/2005/04/01http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/sqlserveronlinux/1814/Microsoft Corporation has announced plans to acquire the Website and Internet development corporation Higher Source for an undisclosed fee.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1816/2005/04/01http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1816/In the spirit of celebration at the end of the year, a break from the usual routine. Happy holidays to all and hopefully no one is working this weekend. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/asqlservercentralcomchristmas/1642/2007/12/24http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/asqlservercentralcomchristmas/1642/Another great article from David Poole looking at more user stereo types that the IT world must deal with. Read on for smile and a little fun. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/returnoftheusersfromhell/1459/2004/09/16http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/returnoftheusersfromhell/1459/What happens when you have a day job, a web site, a new job at work, and a baby? Chaos! See what Andy's been up to the past few months. It's off topic from SQL of course, but it contains an interested bit or two. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/andywhereareyou/1352/2004/05/14http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/andywhereareyou/1352/It's not SQL Server related, but take a break and see how you do. The highest I've seen so far is 1602. If you beat it send a screen shot (small, please) to sjones@sqlservercentral.comhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1276/2004/02/20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1276/Hopefully you never hear any of these from your sysadmin... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny43/505/2003/12/31http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny43/505/Another article by Joel Spolsky, this one discusses how and why he designed new office space for his development team. Maybe a little over the top, but we think he has the right idea.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1136/2003/09/26http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1136/From BBSpot. The Showdown http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/20010424175238/103/2003/09/01http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/20010424175238/103/Alien imposter? No, not that complicated. Andy saw an actor on TV that according to some looks JUST like our own Steve Jones. Steve is a good sport about such things and provided several photo's so you could judge for yourself. Of course, there is a little more to the story - read the article to see! http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/isstevejonesreallystevejones/1008/2003/05/26http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/isstevejonesreallystevejones/1008/I thought this was quite ironic when I found it. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny50/606/2002/05/15http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny50/606/I saw this at a local Auto shop and thought you'd like it. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny46/601/2002/05/08http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny46/601/Want to get more productive? Fit more work into normal working hours? Steve Jones found a relatively inexpensive hardware upgrade to help you. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/multiplemonitors/659/2002/04/26http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/multiplemonitors/659/A high-tech version of the classic children's tale. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny40/502/2002/04/17http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny40/502/I love Unix, but it is quirky. Here's a humorous look at its history. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny39/501/2002/04/10http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny39/501/Maybe we should make this a poll question... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny48/603/2002/04/03http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny48/603/I found this on the Internet, but I think it's really my own personal list. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny49/604/2002/03/08http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny49/604/Don't wear your pocket protectors out in public. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny47/602/2002/03/01http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny47/602/A real job application from McDonalds. That worked!!! http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny32/474/2002/02/15http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny32/474/Know any of these people? http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny42/504/2002/01/11http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny42/504/Things your non-technical friends don't want to hear in the lab... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny41/503/2002/01/04http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny41/503/Are you a geek? Take this quiz. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny38/500/2001/11/16http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny38/500/A brief description of some well known, and not so well known programming languages. Have you worked with any of these? http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny44/506/2001/11/09http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny44/506/