# What Made You Happy Today? **URL:** \ **Category:** general\ **Created:** [October 28, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490 "2013-10-28T01:12:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 149
**Author:** ![Ook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/ook/32/72_2.png) [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2984 "2019-01-13T12:28:57Z")
/plays Jaws theme šŸ˜‹ But it do look nice - just relax and do nothing. ---
**Author:** ![MSUAlexis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/msualexis/32/7_2.png) [@MSUAlexis](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MSUAlexis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2985 "2019-01-13T18:20:14Z")
There are sharks here. Someone caught one not long ago. But Iā€™m not worried. Only swimming in the morning and only for a minute. Too cold for much more. But it sure wakes me up! ---
**Author:** ![dakboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/dakboy/32/68_2.png) [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2986 "2019-01-14T15:20:52Z")
Got my blog linked by not one but two major SQL Server DBA newsletters in the past 4 days. After the second one, one of my predecessors texted my colleague and said ā€œhey, whatā€™s the other DBAā€™s name there? I think he got linked this morningā€ followed by ā€œlearn everything you can from him.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2987 "2019-01-15T20:04:48Z")
Yesterday actually. New job gave me an office, not a cube. ---
**Author:** ![TechnoMistress](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/technomistress/32/3981_2.png) [@TechnoMistress](https://cog.discourse.group/u/TechnoMistress)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2988 "2019-01-17T23:04:54Z")
Goose the Cat has her own official Captain Marvel poster. And, apparently, way more merch than poor Hawkeye, which makes me a bit sad. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/cog/original/2X/b/bd8042e80983575c156626cce93b2eefedac6d5a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RRabbit42](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/rrabbit42/32/79_2.png) [@RRabbit42](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RRabbit42)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2989 "2019-01-18T04:29:02Z")
Not Always Right seemed to be experimenting with clickbait-like titles a few weeks ago. Didnā€™t last long, thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![GC8005](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/gc8005/32/92_2.png) [@GC8005](https://cog.discourse.group/u/GC8005)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2990 "2019-01-21T11:10:02Z")
Patriot to the Super Bowl! I know a lot of people disliked the team, coach and ownership but you really have to give them their due respect. To be that good for that long is something not seen in recent years in the NFL. Should be a closely contested Super Bowl. Go Pats! ---
**Author:** ![MSUAlexis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/msualexis/32/7_2.png) [@MSUAlexis](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MSUAlexis)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2991 "2019-01-26T02:20:58Z")
Ice skating with the boys. Yes itā€™s 930p on a Friday after working a 12hr shift. But manā€¦ Ice skating. Canā€™t beat it. ---
**Author:** ![Rizak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/rizak/32/4190_2.png) [@Rizak](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Rizak)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2992 "2019-01-26T17:40:54Z")
> [@MSUAlexis](#): > > Ice skating. Canā€™t beat it. It was our 5th annual Kilt Skate today. Not a bad day for it: -11C. [https://www.kiltskate.com/new-events-2/](https://www.kiltskate.com/new-events-2/) ---
**Author:** ![MSUAlexis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/msualexis/32/7_2.png) [@MSUAlexis](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MSUAlexis)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2993 "2019-01-26T18:06:00Z")
Sounds like we are going back tomorrow. šŸ˜ ---
**Author:** ![TechnoMistress](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/technomistress/32/3981_2.png) [@TechnoMistress](https://cog.discourse.group/u/TechnoMistress)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2994 "2019-01-31T18:35:21Z")
And a wee bit scared, as I now have to represent the club at the area levelā€¦ ![Toastmasters%20small](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/cog/original/2X/7/794b23a6577a9af1d5c155e9b404cae438436c3a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/ook/32/72_2.png) [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 6:48am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2995 "2019-02-01T06:48:38Z")
Using disk2VHD to make an image of the PC we use to control our alarm panel with. Just in case its HDD goes b0rk b0rk b0rk ---
**Author:** ![balance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/balance/32/1888_2.png) [@balance](https://cog.discourse.group/u/balance)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2996 "2019-02-01T15:11:48Z")
Smart idea. Does it also requires some sort of weird serial card not made since 1985? That seems to be distressingly common. ---
**Author:** ![sig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/sig/32/286_2.png) [@sig](https://cog.discourse.group/u/sig)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2997 "2019-02-01T16:23:34Z")
I became aware this week of an insurgency in my old office to bring me back. Apparently, leadership is thinking about caving. I didnā€™t leave on the very best of terms four years ago, but the idea that some of the same people who were very annoyed with me are now trying to force them to bring me back isā€¦ immensely ego gratifying. Itā€™s not been an unproductive exile (teaching and training dev), but it would be nice to do my real job again. ---
**Author:** ![Ook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/ook/32/72_2.png) [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2998 "2019-02-02T10:55:30Z")
Fortunately no weird hardware, just plain off-the-shelf stuff. Which means if I can get USB passthrough to work, then I can get rid of one more PC in the server room. ---
**Author:** ![sig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/sig/32/286_2.png) [@sig](https://cog.discourse.group/u/sig)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2999 "2019-02-02T20:59:37Z")
I ordered a new soldering station. Itā€™s not super fancy, but should be substantially better than what I had (a wood/leather burning tool that had a soldering tip). ---
**Author:** ![GC8005](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/gc8005/32/92_2.png) [@GC8005](https://cog.discourse.group/u/GC8005)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/3000 "2019-02-04T04:00:35Z")
Patriots Win!!! ---
**Author:** ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/3001 "2019-02-04T18:32:10Z")
Barforama. ---
**Author:** ![MSUAlexis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/msualexis/32/7_2.png) [@MSUAlexis](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MSUAlexis)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/3002 "2019-02-06T12:02:51Z")
We didnā€™t miss our shot! Took the kids to see Hamilton last night and they loved it! I knew I would like it but Iā€™m so glad they did too. Hopefully I can get them to the theater more often! ---
**Author:** ![RRabbit42](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/rrabbit42/32/79_2.png) [@RRabbit42](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RRabbit42)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/3003 "2019-02-09T16:24:55Z")
First big snowstorm that I can remember in a very long time. Not the usual ā€œhereā€™s just enough snow to make everyone think the worldā€™s coming to an endā€, but snow you can make snowballs with and piling up along houses and fences. Looking out at my back yard at 10 pm last night and seeing for the first time how lit up everything was from the nearby street light reflecting off the blanket of white. Watching a crow balancing on a branch just thick enough to bear its weight while it gets into the tube-shaped bird feeder. Of course, it was probably crows that broke the plastic in the trough bird feeder, so I have to repair that. [Previous page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490.md?page=148) [Next page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490.md?page=150)