Postponing SQL Lunch Presentation Until Next Week

I woke up this morning about 3 AM with clogged sinuses and a fever. Great. The changing weather patterns that...

SQLSaturday #59 - Speaker Interview Series # 12 with Ayad Shammout

 SQLSaturday #59 - Speaker Interview Series # 12 - with Ayad Shammout
Today, we bring you the immaculate interview.  If his sessions are as...

The SQL Rally - Who Would I Vote For?

I was looking over the pre-conference sessions submitted for the SQL Rally event taking place next May in Orlando. I...

Virtual Presentation Tomorrow

I’ll be presenting a practice run at one of my PASS Summit presentations, Identifying Common Performance Problems using Execution Plans,...

Vote For The SQLRally Pre-Con Seminars

Do you know a real-life Pointy Haired Boss? Maybe you don’t work for him, but I bet you’ve met one.
In...

When is that Restore Going to Finish?

I spent a good portion of last weekend restoring databases from backup due to a large release. Nothing went wrong,...

2-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown

It’s getting down to brass tacks.  There is now only 2 more weeks until the PASS Summit.  There’ve been a...

Are you Living under a SQLRock ?

I don’t mean a LaRock aka SQLRockstar, but an actual rock.

I was at dinner last week after our all...

Bucket List

I have no intentions of kicking the bucket – ever.  I have no intentions of getting old either.  We’ll see how...

Houston Tech Fest 2010

A few weekends ago, I participated in my first Tech Fest, speaking at the Houston Tech Fest 2010 event held...