Bikes for Almost Grownups
Ran across this in Make Magazine, http://www.bigkidbike.com/, these are totally custom bikes, with names like Bigger Wheel, Lizard, and Kitten....
2010-02-19
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SQLAndy
More on SQLSaturday – From Jack Corbett
My friend Jack posted a nice aggregate of comments so far about the transfer of SQLSaturday to PASS, and added...
2010-02-18
550 reads
The Adversity Index
Found The Adversity Index while browsing and thought I’d share. It’s interesting to see the economic trends and I’ll let...
2010-02-18
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Free MSDN Azure Event in Orlando
Joe Healy is doing a four hour Azure training event on March 6, 2010 in Orlando, details and free registration...
2010-02-18
662 reads
Chicago Next Week
I’m in Chicago for a couple days next week, flying in on Sunday. Anyone in the area available for dinner...
2010-02-18
539 reads
Join the PASS Summit 2010 Program Committee
Just in case you didn’t see it, we’re looking for volunteers for the 2010 program committee – the team that evaluates...
2010-02-17
752 reads
The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good (Again)
I wrote an editorial for SSC back on January 19th about the perfect being the enemy of the good. It’s...
2010-02-17
506 reads
The Power Grid (No, Not THAT Power)
Yesterday I had the Adversity Index, today it’s the Power Grid from MediaIte. It attempts to score the power of...
2010-02-17
747 reads
Review: Windows Live Writer Backup
Live Writer tends to be one of those applications that you spend a few minutes configuring and then you forget...
2010-02-16
580 reads
Windows 7 Presentation Mode
Recently I was just killing a few minutes and was looking for some tips for Windows 7. I get along...
2010-02-15
611 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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