http://linxor.org The Life and Times of a Digital Cowboy Extraordinaire Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:26:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A seven-minute video about cats. It gets pretty funny... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4 http://linxor.org/2008/04/18/an-engineers-guide-to-cats Epic world war -- may kill most of us, but a few tribes here and there will survive and humanity will gradually rebuild. Global warming -- may cause a lot of destruction to the earth, probably will kill most animals that can't adapt, but humans and plants are very adaptable and ... http://linxor.org/2008/04/16/how-will-the-world-end A few fun sites that I visit on a regular basis to get my daily laughs... Stuff White People Like I Can Has Cheezburger - LOLcats Break.com -- Fun videos & pics http://linxor.org/2008/03/23/daily-web-entertainment For those of you who like keeping your hands on the keyboard as much as possible, there's an awesome utility called Launchy that lets you launch any website link that's in your bookmarks, or any other file on your system by just typing it's name into a popup window (using ... http://linxor.org/2008/03/23/keyboard-cowboys I recently worked with another developer to convert a lot of MSSQL stored procedures into PHP/MySQL functions. Along the way I learned a bunch of new things which I figured would be helpful to you. The MSSQL "ISNULL(expr1,expr2)" equivalent in MySQL is "IFNULL()". The MSSQL "TOP" keyword (to limit returns returned) equivalent ... http://linxor.org/2008/03/21/mysql-helpful-knowledge It is popularly thought that a great place to meet chicks is at a gay bar. Two guys put that concept to the test... http://linxor.org/2008/03/17/meeting-girls-in-a-gay-bar Scientists have recently discovered a second ring of Limbo here on earth. It can be observed in the lives of various families living unremarkable lives in suburbia. http://www.break.com/index/i-guess-youll-do1.html I have many friends who are very happily married and that's great... but personally I'm glad that I'm no longer in a relationship right ... http://linxor.org/2008/03/17/i-guess-youll-do One of the greatest headaches for a web developer is making sure things work the same regardless of platform or browser. One of the biggest problems for a Windows-only guy like me, is making sure that things work on a Mac -- specifically Safari. But, those days are over... Apparently Safari is ... http://linxor.org/2008/03/07/safari-on-windows Science Daily has an interesting article that discusses possible tipping points in the earth's climate systems. It asserts that an increase in temperature by a few degrees Celcius in specific places in the world could cause major irreversable ecological changes that could potentially have a huge impact on the climate ... http://linxor.org/2008/02/07/climate-change-tipping-points Yep... The Great Goonies (1985) -- still one of the best movies ever made! No Country for Old Men -- A great movie on many levels. Unfortunately very depressing too. The Mediocre Ice Age -- amusing for a kid Love and a Bullet -- amusing B movie about a black hitman falling in love Don't Waste Your ... http://linxor.org/2008/01/28/movie-picks-3