Quote of the day

"I’m normally not a praying man, but if you’re up there, please save me, Superman."

Homer Simpson

PS: "I hope I didn’t brain my damage." Homer Simpson

Psychology of Heavy Metal Music

Reading this article made me feel really good about my choice in music.
My favorite parts are the following:

"While a number of researchers have associated heavy metal music with depression or anger, these effects do not occur when heavy metal is the listener’s musical preference."

and

"Interestingly, college students whose musical preferences are alternative, rock or heavy metal actually obtain higher IQ test scores on average, particularly on questions where abstraction is required."

• Psychology of Heavy Metal Music - Effects on Mood Aggression, Suicide, Drug Use and Intelligence

Drummer replacement

Link

Practical Joke of the Day

Link

Stackoverflow's Favorite Programmer Cartoons

I found a very interesting question on Stackoverflow:

• What’s your favorite “programmer” cartoon?
  

O course xkcd and Dilbert are the clear winners, but there are other very funny tips too.

Comparison of the day

I am stuck here...
... like a Dutch kid with his thumb in a dike.

(SNL)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa, wow!

William Petersen (playing Gil Grissom) will be replaced by Laurence Fishbourne in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

He has got some big shoes to fill but I'm OK with the switch! (And that's all that counts here. My opinion. He he)

99 Bottles of Beer

I found this (IMHO) awesome, original and creative site which holds a collection of the Song 99 Bottles of Beer programmed in more than 1200 programming languages.
My favorite was the LOLCODE.

• 99 Bottles of Beer

Stuff from the web

How to change web application timeout in IIS7?

• Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
• Select the Default Web Site or other root website folder the website is located in
• On the right select “Advanced Settings…”
• Expand Connection Limits
• Set the value to Connection Time-out (seconds) setting

Digital Web Magazine - The Principles of Design

Some definitions, some theory, not much practice. Also take a look on the related resources on the bottom on the page.

• Digital Web Magazine - The Principles of Design

Blog changes

I have tweaked my blogs's template HTML a bit: made the content 160 pixels wider, changed some colors, removed some page elements and a lot of other small changes.

Let me know if anything got broken in the process!

Franklyn - A movie that might make me go to a movie theater

Super hero generator

A very handy application if we are having trouble deciding what kind of superhero we want to be:

• The hero factory

My creation:


Sidekick:

YA funny dog picture

Oil price visualization

Source: Flickr

Law and Order: Special Victims Unit female lead actress

I saw 10 episodes of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and never realized that the name of the female lead actress is Mariska Hargitay; probably because I always skip through the title sequence.

Despite her name she was born in Santa Monica, California. Her full name is Mariska Magdolna Hargitay and is the daughter of Miklós "Mickey" Hargitay actOR and former Mr. Universe born in Budapest.

• Mariska Hargitay on Wikipedia

Visual Studio shortcut of the day

Find All References:

• Ctrl + K + R
• Shift + F12
  

Sql Server 2005 - Twelve Tips For Optimizing Query Performance

• Sql Server 2005 - Twelve Tips For Optimizing Query Performance by Tony Wright

Cyanide and Happiness comic of the day

This Cyanide and Happiness comic made my day.