A Day in Paradise

I have a log and I want to list the last time an entry was made by each of the users
SELECT user_id, MAX( log_date ) AS date,
DATE_FORMAT( MAX( log_date ) , “%M, %Y” ) AS english_date
FROM log_table
GROUP BY user_id
I’m not sure if this is […]

Wikipedia - Uncyclopedia
Uncyclopedia’s article on Wikipedia is priceless!
On the NPOV (Neutral Point of View) policy
Also, everyday facts are best presented as general opinion (e.g. “…although it should be kept in mind that no conclusive evidence exists one way or the other, many contend that water is wet, the earth is round, and poking sharpened sticks […]

100 Word Stories - IFOC Podcast
Did I already blog about this? Not sure, but it’s a great podcast anyway… a bit morbid, but great stuff!
I just talked to a podcaster I really really like. I’m not talking about email or forums. No, I actually corresponded with him through the messenger! That’s so cool.
But…
He seemed to […]

mjew.se � Lindsay Lohan%u2019s facial expressions
You’ve got to check out the many facial expressions of Lindsay Lohan.
thanks CNB for pointing this one out

Cory Doctorow’s Literary Works
Anyone who is interested in DRM and Copy Protection either in Europe and/or around the world needs to listen to this speech which Cory Doctorow gave in a media event in Antwerp, Belguim.
In the first 20 minutes he gives a rundown of what DRM means to regular people, using real world examples […]

We just watched Stuart Little with the girls and now Sid (our pet dwarf hamster) just got an upgrade from being “Sid” to being “Our brother, Sid”.
I need to put up pictures of SidCity2006 but over christmas we expanded his complex, it now consists of his condo (sleeping room, food, and a look out tower […]

A lot of people I know just lost the use of their Yahoo accounts due to falling for a simple phishing attack. The attack involves a Geocities web page which includes a Yahoo login page which prompts you for your password before connecting you to Yahoo! Photos.
It’s an obvious and simple phishing tactic, however in […]

Adam Curry, former MTV DJ and podcasting visionary, announced in episode #320 of his Daily Source Code podcast, that he will be suing a Dutch Tabloid based on the misuse of Creative Commons licensed work.
The tabloid “Weekend”, on Wednesday, ran a frontpage headline article about him and his family which included pictures which were […]

Had a little discussion with spleak while I was having a snack…
(20:34:01) rented_page: where do you live?
(20:34:02) Spleak: I’m in New York now, but used to live in California. When I was a child, we lived in both France and England.
(20:34:14) rented_page: where did you live in france?
(20:34:15) Spleak: Yes, as a child, I have […]

California Executes Oldest Inmate - Yahoo! News
Is it just me or is this story absurd?
Allen, who was blind and mostly deaf, suffered from diabetes and had a nearly fatal heart attack in September only to be revived and returned to death row, was assisted into the death chamber by four large correctional officers and lifted […]

VoipStunt and VoIP Buster
These look like interesting VoIP providers. They have a fairly large list of countries to which land-line phones are free.
Anyone used any of these services?

Independent Online Edition > Media
At first my intelligence was insulted, but then I saw the subtitle of the article:
Ana Kronschnabl and Tomas Rawlings pick the best open source websites where users can change the content
and then, while obviously not in the way the authors had intended it, it made perfect sense.
Other sites on the […]

Print Story - canada.com network
This just caught my eye because it made me feel REALLY old…
Nickerson said that while many compare the DVD format wars to the battle a quarter century ago between the Betamax and VHS formats, another analogy might be more useful.
Could that _really_ have been a quarter of a century ago? I’m […]

Spleak
Note: This post is a joke, it does not imply that the builders of spleak do any of the steps below. I’m sure they have very interesting technology powering spleak, and wish them the best in the endevour.
1. Come up with “Innovative Technology Concept”
2. Build spiffy website
3. Hire indian kids to chat with morons
4. Harvest […]

php | architect - The PHP Magazine for PHP Professionals
Over the last year or so I’ve been downloading selected PDF versions of the PHP|Arch magazine, printing articles that interest me out and filing them in my categorized folder.
Thanks to today’s $0.99 cent/mag promotion I’ve just about completed my set of PDFs, giving me an impressive […]