How To Make Your Laptop 100x Faster

Simon Sabin had his own take on increasing laptop speed. He had some good ideas, but he inspired me to...

Stalking the Bad Guys

What do yo do if you find malicious code in your system? Delete it? Steve Jones suggests that a honeypot might be a better idea.

Checking Permissions

Someone posted this query recently:
select a.*,name, b.*
from sys.database_principals a, sys.database_permissions b

where permission_name = 'INSERT'
and
b.grantee_principal_id = a.principal_idThat’s a little ugly, so let’s fix...

Working Long or Working Hard?

Would you rather work longer hours or tackle harder work? Steve Jones comments today on a recent post by Seth Godin. The answer as to what most people prefer might surprise you.

Colorado SQL Server User Groups – May

I saw a post from Marc Beacom on the presentations this week for various groups. You can get the info...

Competing with an MBA

If you are looking to move into management, do you need an MBA? It's nice, but Steve Jones notes that many people are realizing that an MBA doesn't necessarily prepare you to manage other people or lead them in a company.

Page Compression

Clean Code is Easier to Read – SQL Prompt

I saw a post recently that had query that looked like this:
select a.*,name, b.*
from sys.database_principals a, sys.database_permissions b

where permission_name...

Resource Governor Pools

Networking and Connections

This quote says it all:

It’s from an article on the 9/11 memorial and how an algorithm was used to inscribe...