Mentors and Perspective
We had my organization's semi-annual combined IT and financial meeting this morning. At the end of these meetings awards and...
2009-06-12
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Blog Posts
Passive Influence
I study karate on a regular basis, and over the years I've practiced a number of different martial arts, most...
2009-06-12
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A $200 Knife
While I was in Pensacola last weekend, I sat next to Andy Warren and I was telling him about getting...
2009-06-11
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Book Review: American Promethius: The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer
I picked up a copy of this from the local library after reading The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Oppenheimer...
2009-06-11
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Book Review: First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong ($14 @ Amazon) was a good book, enjoyed reading it. Some interesting tidbits...
2009-06-11
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Call for Speakers and Registration for SQLSaturday #17 in Baton Rouge on August 1, 2009
Patrick Leblanc is the event lead for SQLSaturday #17 coming up soon on August 1st. Patrick emailed me just a...
2009-06-11
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Planning for a Disaster
Early last week, my church suffered a lightning strike that did quite a bit of damage (relatively speaking) to computer and...
2009-06-11
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Tagged: The Desert Island Scenario
I was tagged by Scary DBA and recent MVP awardee Grant Fritchey with the latest viral question:
“So You’re On A...
2009-06-11
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Why You'll Want to Create Your Temp Tables Before Populating them
The point of this post is to cleary explain how the combination of the use of data definition language for your temporary...
2009-06-11
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Writing Technical Articles - Finding Ideas
This is part two of a series on writing a technical article. The advice might apply to non-technical articles, but...
2009-06-11
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Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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The New Wave of Security Threats
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How to Calculate Distance Between Coordinates in SQL Server
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