I was browsing the internet today and came across a link to a new Looney Tunes animation! Two in fact, with another on the way. When I was growing up, Looney Tunes were pretty much all I watched from the cartoon world. For whatever reason I didn’t follow the seemingly traditional track by getting a daily dose of Transformers or GI Joe, at least that is until Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles arrived. (Donatello yo!) Oddly enough, I hadn’t even thought of Road Runner until just a couple of days ago, where they managed to sneak in while I listening to a Radiolab podcast. In the episode, the hosts, Jad and Robert, were postulating the reason as to why the Road Runner shorts caught on like they did, even though they were still following the basic template of a chase cartoon. (In case you were wondering, their theory was based on how the Coyote is very human-like and lives a me-against-the-world existence which is very relatable for the average Joe.
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Zebra Striping in SQL Reporting Services
Zebra striping, also known as alternating row colors or candy striping, is the application of a different color or shading to alternating rows in a data table. The striping not only makes your data more aesthetically pleasing, but it can also assist guide the reader’s eye along the row. This effect may be even more beneficial for large tables of similar data or tables with large amounts of whitespace separating the columns where the eye may have a tendency to wander into adjacent rows.