Throughout December, Simple-Talk and SQLServerCentral hosted the second annual Tribal Awards. With these awards, we let the technical community choose members who they felt deserved recognition by opening up both nominations and voting to the public. The voting is over, and the videos recorded, so we’re very pleased to be able to announce the winners … Read more
We present a whimsical scene. The best (funniest) suggestion for what’s going on wins $50 in Amazon credit. As always, extra consideration is given to anyone who can tie it into computing somehow, but we don’t make it easy for you. 20 of these things, eh? My Photoshop finger is worn to a nub.… Read more
What a beautiful pastoral scene! If you absolutely had to caption it, what would you say? Funniest answer wins a $50 Amazon voucher. Connections to computing, no matter how tenuous, are always appreciated.… Read more
If you’re old enough, you may well remember the burst of sheer joy at ripping the wrapping paper from a Christmas gift to reveal a ‘Lone Ranger’ costume. “Who was that masked man?” we imagined our friends gasping, in envy and surprise, as we swaggered out of the room, sporting cowboy hat, silver gun and … Read more
Old DBA Scrooge is ready lock his developers out of the server and send them to the poor house (bear with me), when the spectre of his old CTO, Jacob Marley appears! What are these two chaps saying to one another? Let us know in the comments, and the one we like the most will … Read more
Another conundrum, another caption required. What has set these two gentlemen at each other’s throats? Linux vs Unix? A slight against a beloved text editor? Tell us below – the best comment wins a $50 Amazon voucher.… Read more
The 2014 Tribal Awards are here again! We had so much fun and such a great response from last year’s Tribal Awards, we’ve decided to continue the tradition. Jump straight to the nominations form Who are the awards for? The Tribal Awards, co-hosted by Simple-Talk and SQLServerCentral, seek to recognize outstanding members of the SQL … Read more
Earlier this year Red Gate published a short PDF of 119 SQL Server Code Smells put together by Phil Factor with help from a number of SQL Server experts. Code smells are, according to Phil, “coding styles, some generic, and some particular to SQL Server, that, while not bugs, suggest design problems with the code.” … Read more
Congratulations to Dimitrios Kalemis for winning this week’s caption competition. A strange scene! And once more, it’s up to you to determine what’s going on here. The best comment left below wins $50 in Amazon credit, so get to it!… Read more
Congrats to Andre who won this week’s caption competition with: My Dear Watson, I’d wish you’d stop tipping your cigar in my hand when I’m trying to explain something… What’s going on here? Is Holmes trying to explain Polymorphic Inheritance to Watson? You have to tell us, in as funny a way as possible, in … Read more
Congratulations to Dimitrios Kalemis who won this week’s competition with: Hail, Starfleet Admirals! We who are about to use NoSQL databases, salute you! You know the drill – a confusing scene is presented and only your words can cut through the fug of confusion and lead us all, at last, into the brilliant light of … Read more
There is a fairly simple and easily-learned technique to writing a blog that people will want to read. We asked an anonymous successful blogger, who is widely read, how it is done.… Read more
What’s going on here? There appears to be a lad under cover, but what’s it all about? You have to tell us, in as funny a way as possible, in order to compete for fabulous prizes ($50 Amazon voucher for the funniest comment). Castles intrigued and terrified him, leading to drastic measures to indulge his … Read more
What’s going on here? There appears to be a hand, but what’s it all about? You have to tell us, in as funny a way as possible, in order to compete for fabulous prizes ($50 Amazon voucher for the funniest comment). “I’ll be honest, I just got the giant hand and the theater and didn’t … Read more
Update: Congratulations to Dimitrios Kalemis with his caption “I asked all of you to gather here today, because I have something horrendous to reveal: all our husbands have the same mistress and her name is Cortana.” What’s going on here? We don’t know. You have to tell us, in as funny a way as possible, … Read more
Congratulations to Doug Tucker who won this week’s caption competition with: The keyboard is so last-century (just like your outfits). What’s going on in this scene below? Why, it’s whatever your imagination can come up with! The best reply left in the comments below will win a $50 Amazon voucher. Some suggestions to get you … Read more
Update: Congratulations to Louis Somers who won the caption competition with “It’s all about having the right tools… Finding Bugs (on) Bunnies is easy with x-ray glasses.” This picture below – the one with the rabbits, yes – is clearly something to do with databases. But what? Tell us in the comments – the best … Read more
Update: Congratulations to Dimitrios for winning this week’s caption competition. It’s that time again. We present a bucolic scene, you tell us what you think is happening, a grand time is had by all. Something to do with computing would be nice, but we’re honestly not making it easy on you. A few suggested bon … Read more
Update: Congratulations to WilliamII who won the caption competition on August 4 with his caption: Marketing tell me it won’t sell unless you can make calls on it. If only Alexander Graham Bell would hurry up and invent the telephone. Your task is simple: caption the picture below in a way that makes us laugh. … Read more
We are committed to making sure Simple-Talk has great content that you want to read. For this reason, we produce a yearly survey to take the temperature of our readers, who are you, what would you like to see more of on the site, is there anything in particular we can do better? It would … Read more
