I don't seem to find the time often, but recently I was able to fit in another visit to the ONETUG meeting. They've got a great venue, a large meeting room at Orlando City Hall, the only downside is finding your way to it the first time and finding parking… Read more

I've used Amazon for years for the sheer convenience, and recently was the first time I ever needed to return anything (12 video cards that required more power than our machines could provide). The return process was about as simple as they could make it, find the order, click return,… Read more

Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren to write a bit about why I wrote something. I complained to him that he has some "mechanical" posts on this blog that just mention he wrote something with some questions, and don't really blog about why he wrote… Read more

Always something going wrong around here with the podcasts. Today I was editing a couple, or attempting to, and couldn't do it. There was some interference a mic noise and basically two whole podcasts, which include multiple mistakes and F-ups, and had to abandon things.

And I'm gone Friday, so… Read more

Make sure you make it to the next SQL Saturday event that I will be speaking at October 25, 2008 in Orlando.  There will be some really great speakers and as usual some great giveaways.  I will participating by giving a Reporting Services session and I hope to see you there.  For… Read more

One of things we've tried to do from the beginning is to provide each speaker & volunteer with a good quality polo. Due to luck far more than skill, the shirt picked the first time worked out very well, so rather than be creative we're just sticking with what works.… Read more

Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren to write a bit about why I wrote something. I complained to him that he has some "mechanical" posts on this blog that just mention he wrote something with some questions, and don't really blog about why he wrote… Read more

Last month I got to head out to Orlando and spend a couple of days with Andy Warren and the guys at End to End Training.  They have relaunched JumpStartTV.com and I was out there to record some brief training videos on SQL Server SMO programming.  Check out the… Read more

I wrote a post a few months back about a healthcare data conversion project that I’ve been working on for the better part of 2 years.  My task on this project is to convert data from an old UNIX-based Universe database to a SQL Server-based application; the database we are… Read more

Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren to write a bit about why I wrote something. I complained to him that he has some "mechanical" posts on this blog that just mention he wrote something with some questions, and don't really blog about why he wrote… Read more

I woke up early, with my schedule a bit messed up from last week and yesterday. I was tempted to lay in bed with my wife, but since there was a kid in our bed and I knew I'd be getting up early with Kyle this week, I decided to… Read more

The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled meeting on Thursday, October 2, 2008, to host SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard. Andy is a mentor with Solid Quality Mentors and an expert in…

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Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren to write a bit about why I wrote something. I complained to him that he has some "mechanical" posts on this blog that just mention he wrote something with some questions, and don't really blog about why he wrote… Read more

As you've probably noticed via the blog I read a lot; technical, fiction, and non-fiction. Reading can be an expensive habit. I definitely buy a few books during the year, but especially for vacations I've found it useful to supplement by budget with a visit to my local library (I… Read more

Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren to write a bit about why I wrote something. I complained to him that he has some "mechanical" posts on this blog that just mention he wrote something with some questions, and don't really blog about why he wrote… Read more

Pershendetje te gjithve...edhe perkunder voneses se postimeve te njepasnjeshme ne blog si duket deri me tani jeni njoftuar te gjithe se versioni i ri SQL Server 2008 RTM ka ardh dhe eshte aktive per download! Kjo ka ndodhe gjate muajit Gusht bash ne kohen edhe kur eshte diskutuar qe do… Read more

EarlierI mused a bit about when and why it makes sense to upgrade to a new laptop. One note I forgot to add is that I use a desktop at work in addition to the laptop (mainly for dev work) and another desktop at home for personal email/finance. So it's… Read more

Several years ago during the first iteration of the Orlando SQL Server Users Group I talked a friend into attending. It was a small group of 10 or less most months, and we strugged for speakers. I had been probably 6-7 times when my friend attended and gotten comfortable -… Read more

 Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren to write a bit about why I wrote something. I complained to him that he has some "mechanical" posts on this blog that just mention he wrote something with some questions, and don't really blog about why he… Read more

I've never really gotten the social site thing. I don't get the appeal of Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo, MySpace, etc., beyond the ability to set up your own web site easily. Since I can do that on my own, I wasn't really sure why I should mess with something like the… Read more