I have run in to the issue where I wanted to change some configuration on our production MySQL server but did not want to restart MySQL since its in production.  One of the parameters we like to change time to time is the “log_slow_queries” so we can see what queries are slow in production environment.  [...]

#5) Bottle opener ring.
Imagine somebody hands you an unopened beer bottle and tells you that they can’t find a bottle opener. Well no problemo, you have your almighty ring!

You can buy ‘em at thinkgeek.com for $7.99 each!
And now since you are drinking, let the cubicle wars begin!
#4) USB missile launcher
Cubicle wars has [...]