I finally stitched together the many boring repetitive photos into three exciting panoramic ones. The stitching did not go that well because the software is a bit hard to understand and I was working with 10+ pieces of 1600x1200 pixel photos so my computer did not respond to my corrections. The uploaded images were also encoded as 80% JPGs and resized. The 3rd one I could not upload because Picasa won't let me.
Enjoy
Edit: Also Picasa resized the shit out of the photos. **ck you Picasa!
Joke of the day
This guy goes into a grocery store, picks up some donuts, beer, a box of macaroni & cheese, and a can of tuna. He walks up to the checkout counter and puts his purchases on the belt. The cashier scans his groceries, looks up at him, smiles, and goes, "I bet you're single, aren't you?" The guy laughs a little, and says, "Yeah, how'd you know?" The cashier says, "'Cause you're ugly."
Clarifying question
If you lynch a vampire in Twilight and hang his intestines in the sun, do those intestines glitter?
Find your way home, little extremophiles (Fly, beloved sons) Find your way home, donors of life (Fly, my chosen ones) You're on your own, little extremophiles (Ride your frozen ark) You're on your own, cleaving the skies (Ride into the dark)
[Chorus]: Carry out your dangerous task Sail uncharted spheres Live out our dreams, ride the comet! Journey on the Migrator trail Cross the new frontiers Pass on our genes, ride the comet!
You are the future, little extremophiles (Fly, toward the sun) You are the future, you know what to do (Fly, it has begun)
[Chorus:] Carry out your dangerous task, Sail uncharted spheres Live out our dreams, ride the comet! Journey on the Migrator trail, Cross the new frontiers Pass on our genes, ride the comet!
Another useful icon project This time it is not mine. I wrote a while ago about a customizable icon web page project of mine. Today I found a similar project which looks a lot more professional. It loads a bit slow, it has only a few icons but you can modify the background color, the icon color AND the size of the icons.
PuzzleBoom - A very nice game Puzzle Bloom is a 3D puzzle game in which you need to guide a green thingy through various obstacles to nature-ize some floating industry platforms. Graphics are very nice, controls responsive the game is very engaging.
A modern-day warrior Mean mean stride, Todays tom sawyer Mean mean pride.
Though his mind is not for rent, Dont put him down as arrogant. His reserve, a quiet defense, Riding out the days events. The river
And what you say about his company Is what you say about society. Catch the mist, catch the myth Catch the mystery, catch the drift.
The world is, the world is, Love and life are deep, Maybe as his eyes are wide.
Todays tom sawyer, He gets high on you, And the space he invades He gets by on you.
No, his mind is not for rent To any God or government. Always hopeful, yet discontent, He knows changes arent permanent, But change is.
And what you say about his company Is what you say about society. Catch the witness, catch the wit, Catch the spirit, catch the spit.
The world is, the world is, Love and life are deep, Maybe as his skies are wide.
Exit the warrior, Todays tom sawyer, He gets high on you, And the energy you trade, He gets right on to the friction of the day.
Listing the most costly queries in SQL Server SELECT TOP 20 SUBSTRING(qt.text, (qs.statement_start_offset/2)+1, ((CASE qs.statement_end_offset WHEN -1 THEN DATALENGTH(qt.text) ELSE qs.statement_end_offset END - qs.statement_start_offset)/2)+1) AS [Query], qs.execution_count, qs.total_logical_reads, qs.last_logical_reads, qs.min_logical_reads, qs.max_logical_reads, qs.total_elapsed_time, qs.last_elapsed_time, qs.min_elapsed_time, qs.max_elapsed_time, qs.last_execution_time, qp.query_plan FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats qs CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(qs.sql_handle) qt CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(qs.plan_handle) qp WHERE qt.encrypted=0 ORDER BY qs.total_logical_reads DESC
