﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="2.0"><channel><title>SQLServerCentral.com Content tagged The Lighter Side</title><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/</link><description>Content tagged The Lighter Side posted on SQLServerCentral.com</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>360</ttl><managingEditor>sjones@sqlservercentral.com (Steve Jones)</managingEditor><item><title>A SQLServerCentral.com Christmas</title><description><![CDATA[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.
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]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/2583/</guid><pubDate>2006/09/04</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/2583/</link></item><item><title>Who Has The Monitor?</title><description><![CDATA[A Friday distraction from work when you have time. Can you figure out who has the dual 19&#34; LCD  monitors?
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]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/2252/</guid><pubDate>2006/01/27</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/2252/</link></item><item><title>New SQL Queries Are Coming To Town</title><description><![CDATA[Holiday wishes to everyone out there with a song for the DBAs.
]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/newsqlqueriesarecomingtotown/2215/</guid><pubDate>2005/12/23</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/newsqlqueriesarecomingtotown/2215/</link></item><item><title>The DBA Game</title><description><![CDATA[Are you up for a quick game of who&#39;s the best DBA? A little humerous diversion on one of the big holidays in the US.
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]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/thedbagame/2168/</guid><pubDate>2005/11/24</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/thedbagame/2168/</link></item><item><title>SQL Server on Linux</title><description><![CDATA[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!
]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/sqlserveronlinux/1814/</guid><pubDate>2005/04/01</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/sqlserveronlinux/1814/</link></item><item><title>HIGHER SOURCE RAISES STAKES IN INTERNET INDUSTRY</title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation has announced plans to acquire the
Website and Internet development corporation Higher Source for an
undisclosed fee.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1816/</guid><pubDate>2005/04/01</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1816/</link></item><item><title>A SQLServerCentral.com Christmas</title><description><![CDATA[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.
]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/asqlservercentralcomchristmas/1642/</guid><pubDate>2007/12/24</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/asqlservercentralcomchristmas/1642/</link></item><item><title>Return of the users from hell!</title><description><![CDATA[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.


]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/returnoftheusersfromhell/1459/</guid><pubDate>2004/09/16</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/returnoftheusersfromhell/1459/</link></item><item><title>Andy, where are you?</title><description><![CDATA[What happens when you have a day job, a web site, a new job at work, and a baby? Chaos! See what Andy&#39;s been up to the past few months. It&#39;s off topic from SQL of course, but it contains an interested bit or two.

]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/andywhereareyou/1352/</guid><pubDate>2004/05/14</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/andywhereareyou/1352/</link></item><item><title>Take a Break with Pingu</title><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s not SQL Server related, but take a break and see how you do. The highest I&#39;ve seen so far is 1602. If you beat it send a screen shot (small, please) to sjones@sqlservercentral.com]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1276/</guid><pubDate>2004/02/20</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1276/</link></item><item><title>Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say</title><description><![CDATA[Hopefully you never hear any of these from your sysadmin...


]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny43/505/</guid><pubDate>2003/12/31</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny43/505/</link></item><item><title>Office Design - This is the way to do it!</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1136/</guid><pubDate>2003/09/26</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/1136/</link></item><item><title>OS Showdown:  Windows 2000 vs. Linux</title><description><![CDATA[From BBSpot. The Showdown


]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/20010424175238/103/</guid><pubDate>2003/09/01</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/20010424175238/103/</link></item><item><title>Is Steve Jones Really Steve Jones?</title><description><![CDATA[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&#39;s so you could judge for yourself. Of course, there is a little more to the story - read the article to see!
]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/isstevejonesreallystevejones/1008/</guid><pubDate>2003/05/26</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/isstevejonesreallystevejones/1008/</link></item><item><title>Tomato Millionaire</title><description><![CDATA[I thought this was quite ironic when I found it.

]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny50/606/</guid><pubDate>2002/05/15</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny50/606/</link></item><item><title>Instructions for Changing Your Oil</title><description><![CDATA[I saw this at a local Auto shop and thought you&#39;d like it.
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]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/multiplemonitors/659/</guid><pubDate>2002/04/26</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/multiplemonitors/659/</link></item><item><title>Alice in Unix Land</title><description><![CDATA[A high-tech version of the classic children&#39;s tale.


]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny40/502/</guid><pubDate>2002/04/17</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny40/502/</link></item><item><title>UN*X History</title><description><![CDATA[I love Unix, but it is quirky. Here&#39;s a humorous look at its history.
]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny39/501/</guid><pubDate>2002/04/10</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny39/501/</link></item><item><title>Are Computers Male or Female?</title><description><![CDATA[Maybe we should make this a poll question...


]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny48/603/</guid><pubDate>2002/04/03</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny48/603/</link></item><item><title>Murphy's Laws of Computing</title><description><![CDATA[I found this on the Internet, but I think it&#39;s really my own personal list.


]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny49/604/</guid><pubDate>2002/03/08</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny49/604/</link></item><item><title>Nerds in Season</title><description><![CDATA[Don&#39;t wear your pocket protectors out in public.


]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny47/602/</guid><pubDate>2002/03/01</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny47/602/</link></item><item><title>Is This Your Job Application</title><description><![CDATA[A real job application from McDonalds. That worked!!!



]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny32/474/</guid><pubDate>2002/02/15</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny32/474/</link></item><item><title>9 Types of Computer Users</title><description><![CDATA[Know any of these people?

]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny42/504/</guid><pubDate>2002/01/11</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny42/504/</link></item><item><title>50 Ways to Confuse, Worry, or just Scare People in a computer lab.</title><description><![CDATA[Things your non-technical friends don&#39;t want to hear in the lab...


]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny41/503/</guid><pubDate>2002/01/04</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny41/503/</link></item><item><title>The Geek Test</title><description><![CDATA[Are you a geek? Take this quiz.


]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny38/500/</guid><pubDate>2001/11/16</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/The+Lighter+Side/funny38/500/</link></item><item><title>THE PROGRAMMER'S QUICK GUIDE TO THE LANGUAGES</title><description><![CDATA[A brief description of some well known, and not so well known programming languages. Have you worked with any of these?

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