http://www.dzone.com/links/tag/humor.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Fri, 16 May 2008 10:18:55 GMT The DZone community 2008-05-16T10:18:55Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/frontpage/humor/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/points_of_view.html Different points of view on open source software :-) humor open source Tue, 13 May 2008 22:00:49 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80723.html fdiotalevi 2008-05-13T22:00:49Z Different points of view on open source software :-)]]> 80723 2008-05-13T10:23:43Z 2008-05-13T22:00:49Z 11 0 346 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80723.jpg fdiotalevi http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/184421.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/cleaning_your_display_and_keyboard.html I am incredibly anal about people not touching my displays. I'm not even going to apologize. If you touch my display, I'll kill you. Displays are for viewing, not touching. Put down your damn sticky bun and go touch your own filthy display. Here's my mental image of everyone who has ever touched my screen humor opinion Tue, 13 May 2008 17:16:51 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80685.html bloid 2008-05-13T17:16:51Z I am incredibly anal about people not touching my displays. I'm not even going to apologize. If you touch my display, I'll kill you. Displays are for viewing, not touching. Put down your damn sticky bun and go touch your own filthy display. Here's my mental image of everyone who has ever touched my screen]]> 80685 2008-05-13T06:29:00Z 2008-05-13T17:16:51Z 13 0 687 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80685.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/what_happens_when_you_blindly_outsource_to_india.html A look at what can happen when you don't know what you're doing humor opinion reviews trends Fri, 09 May 2008 10:36:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79965.html jmathai 2008-05-09T10:36:40Z A look at what can happen when you don't know what you're doing]]> 79965 2008-05-08T15:23:31Z 2008-05-09T10:36:40Z 17 0 1840 4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79965.jpg jmathai http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/274425.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/javascript_compression_using_canvas_and_pngembedd.html Jacob Sedelin continues the mad experiments. The well-known founder of Javascript-ports Mario and Wolfenstein 3D was come to mind by idea to keep a javascript-code in a PNG-picture, thereby using possibilities of a compression of this format for code compression. The author has laid out small library which by means of a method getImageData() object Canvas reads out bytecode from a picture and translates it in clear for function eval() the form. how-to humor javascript Mon, 05 May 2008 14:48:49 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79246.html JackyBrown 2008-05-05T14:48:49Z Jacob Sedelin continues the mad experiments. The well-known founder of Javascript-ports Mario and Wolfenstein 3D was come to mind by idea to keep a javascript-code in a PNG-picture, thereby using possibilities of a compression of this format for code compression. The author has laid out small library which by means of a method getImageData() object Canvas reads out bytecode from a picture and translates it in clear for function eval() the form.]]> 79246 2008-05-05T07:38:33Z 2008-05-05T14:48:49Z 10 0 245 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79246.jpg JackyBrown http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/282869.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/an_ode_to_javaone.html With JavaOne coming up next week, I thought this little tribute might be approriate. humor java Mon, 05 May 2008 12:28:52 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78961.html bloid 2008-05-05T12:28:52Z With JavaOne coming up next week, I thought this little tribute might be approriate.]]> 78961 2008-05-02T16:56:54Z 2008-05-05T12:28:52Z 6 0 135 2 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78961.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/just_add_scaling.html Ola Bini on Scaling humor java other languages ruby Mon, 05 May 2008 11:28:07 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79114.html dlinsin 2008-05-05T11:28:07Z Ola Bini on Scaling]]> 79114 2008-05-04T09:24:56Z 2008-05-05T11:28:07Z 8 0 375 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79114.jpg dlinsin http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/241715.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/a_developers_daylife.html A little picture/chart of a web developer day, or life... :S It also applies to designers ;) css-html humor web 2.0 web design Mon, 05 May 2008 11:28:06 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79139.html alalex 2008-05-05T11:28:06Z A little picture/chart of a web developer day, or life... :S It also applies to designers ;)]]> 79139 2008-05-04T15:08:21Z 2008-05-05T11:28:06Z 12 0 688 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79139.jpg alalex http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/279625.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/im_going_to_scale_my_foot_up_your_ass.html An irreverent look at blogs on scalability humor server web 2.0 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:23:17 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/77957.html puredanger 2008-04-28T09:23:17Z An irreverent look at blogs on scalability]]> 77957 2008-04-27T18:58:37Z 2008-04-28T09:23:17Z 17 0 442 7 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/77957.jpg puredanger http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/214988.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/confessions_of_a_css_developer.html a list of horrible css crimes - the truth has to come out eventually :) css-html humor Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:27:24 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/77712.html raindoll 2008-04-26T16:27:24Z a list of horrible css crimes - the truth has to come out eventually :)]]> 77712 2008-04-25T18:50:30Z 2008-04-26T16:27:24Z 16 0 542 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/77712.jpg raindoll http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/261221.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/why_does_this_program_keep_crashing.html A humorous factory method lesson. Hope you enjoy... .net how-to humor Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:56:53 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/77364.html senfo 2008-04-25T16:56:53Z A humorous factory method lesson. Hope you enjoy...]]> 77364 2008-04-23T23:13:27Z 2008-04-25T16:56:53Z 4 0 538 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/77364.jpg senfo http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/217374.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/worst_captcha_ever.html I’m trying to download a file from the evil Rapidshare (who make you wait about 2 painful minutes before giving you the file) and just after the wait time is over, I get a Captcha looking like this: humor trends usability web design Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:23:36 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/76692.html arsenalist 2008-04-21T14:23:36Z I’m trying to download a file from the evil Rapidshare (who make you wait about 2 painful minutes before giving you the file) and just after the wait time is over, I get a Captcha looking like this:]]> 76692 2008-04-20T15:36:03Z 2008-04-21T14:23:36Z 12 0 942 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/76692.jpg arsenalist http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/226267.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/rick_ross_2.html Comic lampooning our favourite DZoner humor Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:50:01 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/76687.html M Easter 2008-04-20T21:50:01Z Comic lampooning our favourite DZoner]]> 76687 2008-04-20T14:30:50Z 2008-04-20T21:50:01Z 21 0 542 6 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/76687.jpg keyofdminor http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/222498.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/my_dad_was_a_scrummaster_2.html In light of the recent news about American Airline's maintenance problems, I sat down and talked with my Dad about aircraft maintenance. You see, my Dad was a maintenance Crew Chief for Pan American Airlines for nearly 30 years and I wanted to understand how things got so bad for American. My Dad explained the inner workings of Pan Am's maintenance program to me. The program dated back to late 1960's and early 1970's and was remarkably agile-sounding humor methodology opinion Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:26:15 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/76463.html Artem 2008-04-20T19:26:15Z In light of the recent news about American Airline's maintenance problems, I sat down and talked with my Dad about aircraft maintenance. You see, my Dad was a maintenance Crew Chief for Pan American Airlines for nearly 30 years and I wanted to understand how things got so bad for American. My Dad explained the inner workings of Pan Am's maintenance program to me. The program dated back to late 1960's and early 1970's and was remarkably agile-sounding]]> 76463 2008-04-18T07:24:03Z 2008-04-20T19:26:15Z 13 0 601 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/76463.jpg Artem http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/250655.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/wii_oriented_development.html A couple of videos showing how to make good use of a wii remote and a gamepad at work for development! :-) humor Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:20:56 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/76392.html coderbaby 2008-04-19T18:20:56Z A couple of videos showing how to make good use of a wii remote and a gamepad at work for development! :-)]]> 76392 2008-04-17T16:18:30Z 2008-04-19T18:20:56Z 7 0 454 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/76392.jpg coderbaby http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270032.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_modelviewcontroller_song.html Funny song about the Model-View-Controller design pattern. humor Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:14:52 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/76545.html refcount 2008-04-18T22:14:52Z Funny song about the Model-View-Controller design pattern.]]> 76545 2008-04-18T18:34:00Z 2008-04-18T22:14:52Z 8 0 335 3 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/76545.jpg refcount http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/239150.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/27_mindblowing_seethrough_mac_monitors_pics.html 27 images of macs with wallpapers giving the appearance that the screen is see-through. Very cool. apple humor Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:37:35 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/76099.html shaun76 2008-04-16T21:37:35Z 27 images of macs with wallpapers giving the appearance that the screen is see-through. Very cool.]]> 76099 2008-04-16T01:19:06Z 2008-04-16T21:37:35Z 11 0 1390 5 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/76099.jpg shaun76 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/282883.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/18_signs_your_department_is_being_laid_off.html 9) Your boss hands you his resume. humor Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:29:09 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/75758.html philforhumanity 2008-04-14T18:29:09Z 9) Your boss hands you his resume.]]> 75758 2008-04-14T10:51:04Z 2008-04-14T18:29:09Z 7 0 806 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/75758.jpg philforhumanity http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/213710.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/clearcase_love_affair_the_break_up.html A funny story about disappointment and Clearcase, IBM's (former Rational, former Atria) version control product. It is written in a "love affair" style, like talking about a real break up with his couple... humor opinion tools Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:39:45 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/75099.html coderbaby 2008-04-11T20:39:45Z A funny story about disappointment and Clearcase, IBM's (former Rational, former Atria) version control product. It is written in a "love affair" style, like talking about a real break up with his couple...]]> 75099 2008-04-09T14:25:23Z 2008-04-11T20:39:45Z 7 0 336 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/75099.jpg coderbaby http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270032.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/life_of_a_software_project.html In which places have you been? humor Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:55:58 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/74635.html prodevtips 2008-04-08T22:55:58Z In which places have you been?]]> 74635 2008-04-07T09:00:50Z 2008-04-08T22:55:58Z 8 0 797 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/74635.jpg prodevtips http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/258151.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/if_a_programming_language_was_a_boat.html This one is inspired by a recent forum post, that still leaves me in amazement. Hi, Im wondering how i can create a boat in turing and if someone can post a example. This makes no sense, since one doesn’t normally make water vehicles in Turing, the programming language. Though this got me thinking — if a programming language was a boat, what would it be? humor opinion Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:43:57 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/74264.html vladocar 2008-04-04T21:43:57Z This one is inspired by a recent forum post, that still leaves me in amazement. Hi, Im wondering how i can create a boat in turing and if someone can post a example. This makes no sense, since one doesn’t normally make water vehicles in Turing, the programming language. Though this got me thinking — if a programming language was a boat, what would it be?]]> 74264 2008-04-04T13:49:11Z 2008-04-04T21:43:57Z 20 0 388 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/74264.jpg vladocar http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/200638.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/saving_the_day_with_bdd.html The software development process is a big black box for basically everyone on the planet earth, except for a few, proud individuals who speak geek and wear silly tee-shirts. To everyone else who doesn’t read code or wear silly tee-shirts but work with people who do, the last bit of sanity they have is during the time they get to tell development what they want. humor java methodology opinion Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:56:44 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/73776.html aglover 2008-04-03T00:56:44Z The software development process is a big black box for basically everyone on the planet earth, except for a few, proud individuals who speak geek and wear silly tee-shirts. To everyone else who doesn’t read code or wear silly tee-shirts but work with people who do, the last bit of sanity they have is during the time they get to tell development what they want.]]> 73776 2008-04-02T02:10:20Z 2008-04-03T00:56:44Z 14 0 361 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/73776.jpg aglover http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/194430.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/developer_gets_dzoned_thinks_it_an_april_fools_ho.html Most mornings I make it a habit to do a quick check of Google Analytics in order to view the stats on this blog. I’m usually greeted with somewhere between 25-35 visitors a day sometimes spiking to 50 or more. So you can imagine my surprise when I saw this: humor news trends Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:49:00 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/73922.html shanezilla 2008-04-02T19:49:00Z Most mornings I make it a habit to do a quick check of Google Analytics in order to view the stats on this blog. I’m usually greeted with somewhere between 25-35 visitors a day sometimes spiking to 50 or more. So you can imagine my surprise when I saw this:]]> 73922 2008-04-02T17:25:51Z 2008-04-02T19:49:00Z 8 0 825 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/73922.jpg shanezilla http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/281373.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/april_1_2008_recap_of_big_day_for_tech_news.html When it rains, it pours! Yesterday was a HUGE day for tech news, especially news relevant to the Java audience. It was such a huge news day, in fact, that I'm certain we have missed some very important headlines. humor java news Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:12:34 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/73866.html rick 2008-04-02T17:12:34Z When it rains, it pours! Yesterday was a HUGE day for tech news, especially news relevant to the Java audience. It was such a huge news day, in fact, that I'm certain we have missed some very important headlines.]]> 73866 2008-04-02T13:41:07Z 2008-04-02T17:12:34Z 9 0 401 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/73866.jpg rick http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/1.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/my_bill_of_rights_as_a_programmer.html When I get hired by a new company, I want the company to know. These are my rights, Do you choose to accept them before I start working for you? .net humor opinion web 2.0 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:13:20 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/73855.html cheetahtech 2008-04-02T14:13:20Z When I get hired by a new company, I want the company to know. These are my rights, Do you choose to accept them before I start working for you?]]> 73855 2008-04-02T12:54:08Z 2008-04-02T14:13:20Z 24 0 969 3 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/73855.jpg cheetahtech http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/278068.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/opensource_group_announces_jjava.html An open-source project surprised insiders today by announcing an implementation of the Java programming language on the JVM. The language, jJava, reflects the current trend for using the JVM as a systems platform for various languages. humor Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:13:21 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/73733.html M Easter 2008-04-02T13:13:21Z An open-source project surprised insiders today by announcing an implementation of the Java programming language on the JVM. The language, jJava, reflects the current trend for using the JVM as a systems platform for various languages.]]> 73733 2008-04-01T17:26:36Z 2008-04-02T13:13:21Z 8 0 573 2 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/73733.jpg keyofdminor http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/222498.gif