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
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
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
Update: Congratulations to Doug Tucker who won this competition on July 21 with his caption “Murphy begins to rethink his top-down methodology.” Startling picture in need of a caption. Submit your applications below. Poor Billy, he learned how to scale up applications, but could never figure out how to scale down! Isn’t this a way … Read more
Update: Congratulations to Fatherjack who won this competition on July 7 with his caption “Little known fact: the ‘S’ in SQL used to stand for Semaphore.” Once again, we call upon our readers to amuse and enlighten us by providing funny captions to peculiar pictures. This week: When Trevor put his headphones on, he wanted … Read more
Update: Congrats to rananjali who won with this week’s competition with a caption on migrations. Thanks to everyone who wrote in! Once again we ask: What’s going on here? The best caption wins a $50 Amazon voucher. Computer-y answers for preference, but don’t let a lack of electronics stop you from dazzling us with your … Read more
Congratulations to Doug Tucker for winning this week’s caption competition with: Having caught yet another developer logged into a production database, Joe dons his DBA hazmat suit and prepares to deploy a different sort of logon trigger. Please to be informing us what might be going on here. Anything faintly computer-themed will always help, but … Read more
Update! This competition is now closed. The winner was jkeefe with “Here’s a shot of our intrepid DBA personally testing the first-ever log shipping apparatus!”. Some suggestions to get your comedy juices flowing: “So long chaps, hope you can continue to cope without a written disaster plan!” – said the only DBA “These shoes cost … Read more
UPDATE: Congrats to Conan who won this caption competition with: “Darling, now that you’re working from home, you can just wear pajamas like everyone else.” Thanks to everyone who participated! Finding himself interrupted during work on his laptop, this old-timey gentleman and lady exchange a word. But what was said? That’s what we want to … Read more
