SQL Saturday #104 Colorado Springs, CO

Janet, my girlfriend, and I went to Colorado Springs a day early, Thursday, to ski on Friday before SQL Saturday...

Venting Frustration

We as DBA’s face an ever growing list of things to do and services to support.  We work in high...

Windows 8 Easy Refresh?

I saw this write up about the built in ability to both restore to factory settings as well as just...

Windows Phone 7 and epic efforts to publish applications

Reblogged from betim drenica's blog:

There is plenty of time I am developing applications for Windows Phone and… tools are great...

Windows Phone 7 and epic efforts to publish applications

Reblogged from betim drenica's blog:
There is plenty of time I am developing applications for Windows Phone and…
tools are great (aka...

A New SSD For My Laptop

I’ve managed to get by for more than 3 years with the original 64G SSD in my laptop, but lately...

A Script a Day

In February I will be starting a series of Blog Posts I'm calling a "A Script a Day".  Each day...

Actual Emails: Is "NOLOCK is the epitome of evil?"

Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:30 AM
To: William Assaf
Subject: dba has a questionWilliam,

Can you send me references to support my contention that NOLOCK...

Afterthoughts: IT Pro Camp Orlando 2012

This past Saturday January 21, 2012 I had the opportunity to speak at my first IT Pro Camp in Orlando,...

Clicking on Links in Email

Every security awareness presentation makes the warning about opening attachments or clicking on links in emails when you don't know...