Windows ReadyBoost in Windows 7

Perhaps you heard of or actually tried Windows ReadyBoost in Windows Vista, and were (like me) disappointed with the results?...

Writing Proposals for Training

I had a student recently who said that to get any type of training she had to write a proposal...

Fun With DBCC FREEPROCCACHE

Nearly anytime you see the command DBCC FREEPROCCACHE mentioned in a blog post, magazine article or book, you get some...

How To Get a Count of SQL Connections BY IP Address

These queries (which work on both SQL Server 2005 and 2008) are very handy if you want to know who...

Little info about Resouce DB (SQL Server 2008-2005)

Little info about System Resource Database in (SQL Server 2008/2005)

The fifth system database in both versions (SQL Server 2008 - 2005)...

Outlook or LinkedIN

Funny the things you don’t think about until you hear someone doing it a different way. In this case it...

Presenting a Live Meeting vs. a Real Meeting

I recently had the opportunity to present,  Nuggets Found by Mining the Default Trace, for SQLLunch.  This was my first...

Running a Small User Group - Getting Quality Speakers

Midlands PASS is a small user group. We average about 15 people coming to meetings, which is good for Columbia,...

Scratch – A Programming Language for Kids

I ran across Scratch in a PC World article a while back. It’s a free download from MIT, and is...

Where’s My Laptop

It’s been almost 4 weeks without my laptop. I mailed it back to Toshiba and they received it on Dec...