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After a long morning of constant scowling while trying to write "performant" SQL against several tables containing hundreds of millions of records, I followed a feed link to this.
Todd Sharp just posted an entry on about the existence of Pi Day. Surprisingly not on the list of US Federal Holidays, but still. Get it? 3/14 -> 3.14? Yeah, me either. I mean I get it, but I don't get it. Even from a geek, saying anything at all just seems so anticlimactic.
xkcd offers a perspective that, at a glance, appears quirky and offbeat. About the time you finish reading, though, you realize that it's just so...on the nose. More than once I've been tempted to don the tin foil chapeau just to keep the author out of my head.
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A friend sent me the URI to this video clip a while back and, in spite of the "boring manager Rob" part, it made me laugh. Loud. It's work-safe, but for maximum amusement, I recommend turning the volume up. If you still can't quite catch all of it, read the lyrics.
