Smart As A Bear?

I got this at Hobby Lobby for $7 on sale, it’s about the width of a license plate and a...

Warrant Canaries & Transparency

I recently ran across the warrant canary FAQ from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The concept is simple – put up...

Drop Me? No, I Don't Think So

Announcing the 2014 SQLSaturday Orlando Seminars

On September 25, 2014 we’re pleased to have David Pless presenting an all day seminar on Enterprise Management and Monitoring...

Verizon PCI and Data Breach Investigation Reports

If you deal with security and especially credit cards it’s worth spending an hour or two to read the 2014...

Notes From SQLSaturday #298

The trip didn’t start smoothly for this one. Wed night I was really sick with some kind of stomach flu....

Writing Another Question of the Day

The most recent one I wrote was a “question from error message” pattern. An experienced DBA should get it easily,...

Off to Jacksonville for SQLSaturday #298

I’m looking forward to returning to Jacksonville after missing a year (or two?) to speak at SQLSaturday #298. I’m driving...

Speaking at MagicPASS on May 28, 2014

If you’re wondering who the mystery speaker is – it’s me! I’ll be doing two presentations at Magic Pass on May...

Another User Has Locked My File!

I had an SSIS package fail in a script task this morning. As part of the why process I opened...