Hilarious Thai commercial, Bleach’s new OP
I don’t normally post short entries on non-technical topics nor link to LiveJournals (just kidding!), but I’ll have to make an exception for this one. Check out these Smooth-E Babyface ads, probably...
View ArticleMind your MySQL update syntax
Just noticed an insidious “bug” in MySQL when you use “AND”s instead of commas to separate the fields you are updating in your SET clause. Being a little rusty in SQL, I entered something like the...
View ArticleMr. Hankey the Christmas Poo cake for sale
Saw this on a Christmas brochure while buying some pastry from the local Delifrance cafe: I immediately thought of Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo (of South Park fame). While the resemblance is not...
View ArticleWhat you can get for $6.25 in Singapore
Found a forwarded email with this image of a receipt from a local restaurant in Raffles Hotel sitting around in my inbox while clearing my inbox (trying to achieve the state of “Inbox Zero”): Yeah I’d...
View ArticleA Singapore MRT WTF
The Singapore MRT has to be one of the best public rail transport systems in the world (I fancy the Tokyo train/subway system as well – the fare adjustment machine is one of those “since sliced bread”...
View Article‘Mac vs PC commercials’.gsub(/Mac/, ‘Rails’).gsub!(/PC/, ‘Java’)
The Rails Envy guys have come up with a spoof of the Mac versus PC commercials. Yes, it’s Rails vs Java. Go watch it or catch it straight on YouTube.
View ArticleSpam, the Dungeons and Dragons flavor
Now that’s how you get a Dungeons and Dragons fan to read your spam: Laurana’s in Qualinesti now, attending the funeral of her father and also trying to arrange an agreement with that stiff-necked...
View ArticleHow to install Rails, the wrong way
I’ve always thought the Rails installation instructions on the official Rails website were pretty straightforward, so I couldn’t help laughing when I saw this chat transcript a friend copied and pasted...
View ArticleMMORPG called “Outside”
Seen at http://chickencrap.com/c.php?c=980. I thought it was funny (I was a hardcore World of Warcraft player). All the features are so true too. Fully PvP rawr! The penalty of death sucks though – if...
View ArticleWhat’s your SSID?
After seeing this amusingly-named SSID, I thought it’d be fun to post the SSID of my wireless network at home: The name is completely not my idea so I claim no credit – I stole it from my girlfriend’s...
View ArticleMoar wiurd SSIDs
Following my previous post on SSIDs, I saw this today when I fired up my MacBook on the bus: Some of the ones I liked from the comments are: broken youneedbettersecurity INTERNETS THROUGH THE AIR Have...
View ArticleBest JavaScript library project roadmap I’ve seen
The mootools developers look like they are having fun defining their project roadmap: MooTools Plugin to uninstall Internet Explorer from any machine within network range
View ArticleTime.now.obsession = PSP Slim
Jeanne d’Arc is a great little SRPG I’m enjoying right now – I don’t even want to start Final Fantasy Tactics until after I’ve completed Jeanne d’Arc. I have a Nintendo DS Lite as well and I have to...
View ArticleRails and penis enhancements
Funniest bug report I’ve seen on the Rails issue tracker: http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/10919. Be sure to read the comments, and the resolution: I appreciate that penis enhancements are the norm...
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