computer nerd birthday cake

"Happy Birthday" in Hindi

ISO code for Hindi

Looks like the baker ran out of space on the cake.

I love the whole computerized look of it!

computer nerd birthday cake by chantastic.

Today is one of my co-worker's birthday and our Project Manager and Department Admin had this XML cake made for her.

This won't be the slightest bit humorous to you unless you do work in enterprise software development.

UPDATE: this pic got dugg. My department's done a couple more computer nerd birthday cakes for other people after this one. You can see them here and here and here.

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FiddybobiddyFiddy says:

What language is the message in? It looks Sanskrit-ish.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

snoopygirl says:

that's brilliant!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Nat-o-lie! says:

This is great.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

calramen says:

The cake was yummy. Sorry I missed the lunch. Where was the cake from?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

ChinchillaVilla says:

Great idea!! My husband would appreciate this :-)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

chantastic says:

calramen Irene got the cake at a bakery near where she lives in Westchester. She said that when she gave them the piece of paper with the text they wanted on the cake, they were all like, "uhhhh... are you sure?"
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

jinjurblythe says:

I don't see a 'C' prompt ? LOL
Shouldn't there be one ????
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

paulsundling says:

Definitely yummy. We had the surprise birthday party at the Cheesecake Factory. There shouldn't be a C prompt as it is XML!

The original included an XML and schema definition, but was cut. As it is, you'll notice that the frosting on one side didn't have enough room to go around completely.

I believe the language is Hindi. According to this wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India some of the Indian languages come from Sanskrit, so FiddybobiddyFiddy is not far off.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

richie67 says:

It is definitely in Hindi, the tooltip says so. Was this delivered as a web service? Was this tested before consumption? :)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

chantastic says:

Aish said that the Hindi script is called Devanāgarī, which is similar but not exactly the same thing as Sanskrit.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

calramen says:

For my birthday, I want one made with a big Java stack trace.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

iampoohie says:

LOL love it
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Tu Sabes Blythe-JOEY says:

funny....
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

KingKyleBtch says:

Awesome. I like it.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

mesh2 says:

So cute!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Lionel Marye says:

I want one
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Demonhawk says:

lol awesome.

saw on digg.com
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

adiandreias says:

lol
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Brian Garson says:

ahahahah
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

chazzerguy says:

That is CLASSIC!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

MariAdkins says:

That is the best birthday cake ever!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

seanecoates says:

Butter overflow on line 8.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

cjbnc says:

great idea!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

bmouw says:

I prefer my cake in flat file format
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

unclr says:

just brilliant! ;D
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Sidereal says:

Well formed! :)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Tubes. says:

It's a good thing you closed your cake tag or you could end up getting really fat!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

hannahkc says:

i'm totally stealing this idea. i hope you don't mind..!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

hannahkc says:

oh and start a nerd cake group and i'll add mine when i make em. yay!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

la~lani says:

total awesomeness!!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

AeroDesk says:

I want to have one too....cake with XML code written on it......lol
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

AguaraiPunk says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Delicious Decor, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

tianjunyu says:

it's hindi =)
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Black Complexion says:

ahaha...very funny....love it!♥
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Stefano Brozzi says:

this is totally great!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

cscotta says:

Wow, nice cake. But does it come in JSON? ;-)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

calramen says:

Chantastic: I think we're going to make our department known for its cakes...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

g_i_wang says:

It is delicious cake. You must eat it.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

cocoatoa says:

What? No ISO-8601 date?
Seriously, though, that is awesome.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

technoweenie says:

The cake is a lie
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

tmray02 says:

I can't get the cake to open in internet explorer.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris. Jack says:

interesting and creative :D
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

princessjanke says:

all software engeneers are freaks!!! (i'm one of them...)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

:: Maja says:

lol great idea! Love it!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Gi_ovanna says:

amazing! xD
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Sugar Mama NYC says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Cakes for Nerds! ... started by a nerd :o), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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