I’m a firm believer that learning can be fun. Or at the very least you should have a break from the work every now and again. So here are a few things you can do to break up the monotony.

My all time favorite: Who’s on call

My board game: The blame game

My children’s book: See SQL Run

Crossword (and other) Puzzles

• Data Types Word Search
• SQL Puzzle: Advent of code
• SSC Dynamic SQL Crossword
• SQL Puzzle – FizzBuzz 3D
• SSC Stairway to AlwaysOn Crossword
• SSC Stairway to Advanced T-SQL Crossword
• SSC A General SQL Server Crossword
• SSC Word Search – Hints
• SSC SQL Crossword – Best Practices
• IDERA Crossword Day
• SSC Word Scramble – DMOs
• SSC SQL Crossword – General 06
• SSC SQL Crossword – HA HA HA
• SSC SQL Crossword – Delightful Database Diversion
• SSC SQL Crossword – SQL Server Security
• SSC SQL Crossword – SELECT Keywords
• SSC SQL Crossword – General 01
• T-SQL Keywords
• SQL Studies 02
• SQL Studies 01

Fun that you can learn from

• Zombie SQL
• Making music with Powershell
• SQL Puzzle Word Scrambler
• Prime Numbers puzzle
• Help! My query is too fast!
• HAL0003: Don’t touch that!
• HAL0002: Tales of a DBA fed up with NOLOCK Part 1
• Tales of a DBA fed up with NOLOCK part II
• HAL0001: T-SQL Tuesday 53: Why so serious
• Why is there a sysobjects when we already have sys.objects?
• Keep your head down.

Just fun

• Oh Query, Query, Query
• SQL and Azure Maze
• A look back from the future. – TSQL Tuesday #100
• A day in the life of a Sr DBA or Developer
• Hobbies, stress relief, and meeting management: T-SQL Tuesday #99
• Buzzword Bingo – TSQL Tuesday #91
• The ghost of management studio
• You might be a DBA if
• DBA Dice
• Twas 445 Friday
• Emoji’s in SQL Server
• Hidden Code in AdventureWorks
• Microsoft buys the dictionary
• The 12 days after release