Monthly Archives: December 2008

Merry Chrissstmasss

Alligator Dragon Santa

links for 2008-12-10

Give Up and Use Tables
"We've scientifically determined the max amount of time that you should need to make a layout work in CSS: 47 minutes. When your time is up, we'll even give you the table code you need. Take 3 minutes to build a table. Bill the client for an hour. Done."

reCAPTCHA: Stop Spam, Read Books
This is an interesting idea: Digitize books by filling out CAPTCHAs (those cryptic words you have to type in to prove you are a human being)

"Prop 8 – The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more… from FOD Team, Jack Black, Craig Robinson, John C Reilly, and Rashida Jones
Very funny. And Jack Black is the bestest Jesus ever.

Redneck Cars: A Gallery | www.holytaco.com
My favorite is the car fitted with semi exhaust pipes.

How to bend SQL to the whims of geekery

This is even geekier than plotting the Mandelbrot set on a TI-85:

The T-SQL Mandelbrot

T-SQL is a database-centric programming language for Microsoft SQL Server. It is used primarily for data processing, not for such geekery as drawing fractals. So, my hat’s off to the creative re-imagining of this previously dull language.

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