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...

Determining Active Directory Group Membership

As discussed in my previous post I prefer to use Windows authentication over SQL authentication on my SQL Servers.  There...

Generate test data using DBGen

Over the last couple of months I have on several occasions found myself in need of test data for demos,...

PASS Performance VC Reboot

The PASS Performance Virtual chapter is getting a reboot. We all know that responsibilities and schedules change, and that meant...

Read contents of a file to variable – SSIS

Sometimes you will find the need to import a file to a variable using SSIS. In this post, I’ll use Script...