Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category

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” ideas), but they still have room to screw up in a Daily WTF-worthy way. This sign at Raffles [...]

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 like some nachos with my slut.

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 uncanny, I’m pretty sure that’s one log cake I don’t want to eat.

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 query below while trying to make a quick fix to some records: UPDATE characters SET alignment = ‘Neutral Evil’ [...]

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 one of the most creative commercials you’d have seen in awhile. Oh and while I’m “off-topic”, Bleach fans who want to find out [...]