SQLServerCentral.com Articles tagged humor

Geeky Oscars

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:00:00 UT

This Friday Steve Jones takes a break from serious technical discussions. With the Oscar nominees announced there were lots of films left out of the awards. Are there some of these you'd recommend?

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Tester and Other Festive Arrangements

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:00:00 UT

A Christmas poem and a contest from Simple Talk.

Thanksgiving 2012 Bloopers

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:00:00 UT

A reel of bloopers for your Thanksgiving enjoyment.

Labor Day 2012

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 06:00:00 UT

Happy Labor Day from SQLServerCentral.

Happy Fourth of July 2012

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:00:00 UT

A holiday in the US has another blooper reel for you.

Stump the Wizard

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:00:00 UT

Today we have an editorial from Aug 3, 2007. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation. Today Steve asks the question about which fun games you might like outside of work.

Top 5 hard-earned Lessons of a DBA
New! Part 4, ‘Disturbing Development’ by Grant Fritchey, features the return of Joe Deebeeay and a server-threatening encounter with ORMs - read it here

Happy Memorial Day 2012

Mon, 28 May 2012 06:00:00 UT

It's Memorial Day in the US and Steve out is paying tribute to our soldiers and cutting grass on the tractor. He's left you a blooper reel to enjoy.

Happy Easter 2012

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:00:00 UT

Happy Easter 2012 from SQLServerCentral.

A Break from Databases

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:00:00 UT

A Friday poll that's a break from work, and should be a bit of fun. Today Steve Jones asks about movies, and what's been interesting from the last year.

Happy President's Day 2012

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:00:00 UT

Today is President's Day in the US and Steve Jones is on vacation.

‘Disturbing Development’
Grant Fritchey & the DBA Team present the latest installment of the Top 5 hard-earned lessons of a DBA – read it now

Merry Christmas 2011

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:00:00 UT

A blooper reel for the Christmas holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving 2011

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:00:00 UT

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from SQLServerCentral.

Labor Day 2011

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:00:00 UT

It's a holiday in the US today and Steve Jones provides a little entertainment for those people still at work.

Independence Day 2011

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:00:00 UT

A holiday in the US has most people away from work. Steve Jones leaves you a few thoughts and humor from his vacation.

Raw Materials - Recipe for Disaster

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:00:00 UT

A hardware problem disrupts a culinary algorithm.

Memorial Day 2011

Mon, 30 May 2011 06:00:00 UT

Happy Memorial Day from Steve with a few bloopers.

Happy Easter 2011

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:00:00 UT

It's Good Friday and the Easter holiday weekend with a number of countries having a bank holiday. Steve Jones is on vacation and providing us with a blooper reel for today.

Open Source SQL Server

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:00:00 UT

There's a new product out that is an alternative to Microsoft SQL Server. The new HummyBase product from Kenneth Ingols SQL Software gives you another platform for your databases applications with no re-coding and at a fraction of the price.

Improving SQLServerCentral

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:00:00 UT

Today Steve Jones talks about changes that are coming to SQLServerCentral.

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What Counts for a DBA: Adventurousness

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:00:00 UT

The ever changing nature of the relational database system requires administrators who relish risk and adventure. From the moment that Edgar F Codd proposed his 12 rules that defined the relational database management system, the language COBOL and the VSAM databases that had been so popular vanished as database administrators rushed to adopt the new system, keen as always to adopt the latest technologies, using hardware that had less power than the current middle school math student’s calculator: the relational era was born.

Merry Christmas 2010

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 07:00:00 UT

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from Steve Jones

Thanksgiving 2010

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:00:00 UT

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy July 4th, 2010

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:00:00 UT

Happy July 4th, 2010

Memorial Day 2010

Mon, 31 May 2010 06:00:00 UT

A short note to commemorate the Memorial Day holiday.

Decoding the SQL Server Index Structure

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:00:00 UT

A deep dive into the implementation of indexes in SQL Server 2008 R2. This is information that you must know in order to tune your queries for optimum performance. Partial scans of indexes are now possible!

No More NULL

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:00:00 UT

A change in the support for NULL values has Steve Jones commenting on the implications.

Insider Insights

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:00:00 UT

Insider rumours and gossip from the murky world of the Database Industry, and from the colourful characters that inhabit it.

Running SQL Faster

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:00:00 UT

Learn how to make your SQL Server perform better from MVP Gail Shaw.

Happy New Year 2010

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:00:00 UT

The first day of 2010 has Steve Jones blooper reel in addition to some well wishes.

Happy New Year 2010

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:00:00 UT

The first day of 2010 has Steve Jones blooper reel in addition to some well wishes.