So True

"One man's data is another man's noise." Nice quote from #swarm mission manager Rune Floberghagen #swarmmission #esa

— AnneliesA (@Lanne_ies) November 22, 2013

It's been a while since I've visited ThinkingWithType. If you're at all interested in graphic design I highly recommend it. In going through the site I once again came across this gem.

Beautifully said. Beautifully executed.

ISO 8601

These guys are too good.

The Reality of a Developer's Life

JavaCodeGeeks has a great post on the joy of being a developer. Here are some of my favorites:

When you upload to the production server:

When you close your IDE without saving the code:

When you try to fix a bug at 3AM:

When you show your boss that you fixed the bug:

Assist of the Year

New Finding: The less you know - the more you make.

FROM popular culture we know that:
Knowledge = Power
and Time = Money

SINCE P= W/T (Power = Work/Time)
REWRITING THE ABOVE: Knowledge=Work/Money
THEREFORE Money = Work/Knowledge

IN OTHER WORDS: the less you know the more you make.

Higgs Boson Joke, my favorite so far:

A Higgs boson walks into a church. The priest stops the particle and says, "We don't allow your kind in here." Undeterred the particle responds: "But without me, you can't have mass."

Too Funny

Kerning refers to the adjustment of spacing between characters in a proportional font. If you didn't get it right away - take a look at the cartoon again.

Kludge of the Year

My nomination for kludge of the year comes from a friend who is working in Africa. He took this picture of a man jump starting his car.

A Joke for Atheists

Apologies to my religious friends, but this was too funny.

Since my teen-age years I've used the following to explain how I arrived that there is no God.

A is A. (A being defined as EVERYTHING.)

Either

A has always existed. (Inconceivable)

or

A comes from nothing. (Impossible)

Following the dictum of the great 19th C philosopher Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "once you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."

Since A coming from nothing is impossible therefore A has always existed.

Protect your Databases

My child is going to a new school so perhaps this was funnier today than it would be at other times.

Women Equal Problems

Just found the above joke at http://musings.nitecruzr.net/2006/11/problem.html

Nitecruzr is a regular at the Google Help Forums.

Oh, and please don't parse it too closely, it doesn't hold careful scrutiny - but it is funny.

Guess the Hex Color

OK, the following is for design geeks only. The object is to select the color from the given hex code. It's good for some laughs. (Warning, for geeks only.)



Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and have a wonderful New Year

15th C Help Desk

I've been having a frustrating time helping people with the simplest of applications. This was the perfect comic relief.

Bad Day at the Office

This is for all of you who have ever let a typo or a photoshop error go live or to print:

Reliability
... always upholding the highest standards for every detal.

Martin Luther King Day Rally

This product has been x-rated at point of origin.

Oddee.com

Why Time Travel is Impossible

Of course this cartoon can be deconstructed but it's meant to be funny and thought-provoking - and it is.

Pwned

For all those people who wonder what we mean when we say "PWNED."

Bad Day at the Office

Not for the squeamish.

Where's Dilbert when you need him?

What not to do.

If You are Into Geeky Humor:

This guy has some great comics: xkcd. It's worth going through the archives.