Finding a New Laptop Bag
For the past couple years I've been using a Targus (I think the model 300 right now) and they've been...
2009-05-18
891 reads
SQLAndy
Larger & Cheap(er?) Monitors
I stopped by Compusa on the way home to pick up a package of blank DVD's and did the 10...
2009-05-18
782 reads
Notes from the May 14, 2009 Space Coast SQL Server User Group Meeting
I went over last night to do a presentation to the group managed by Bonnie and Lynn. Had 11 in...
2009-05-15
639 reads
Notes from the May 12, 2009 oPASS Meeting
Our most recent meeting was May 12, 2009, and we had 23 attendees. We started off the evening with news...
2009-05-13
581 reads
Book Review: What Got You Here Won't Get You There
I've been reading What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith over the past couple months, and...
2009-05-13
755 reads
Miscellaneous Networking Thoughts
I'm still learning and experimenting on the networking side, thought I'd share a few things I've seen or tried lately....
2009-05-12
625 reads
SSC Comment on PASS Summit and Networking
SQLServerCentral had a press release today about attending the Summit and the networking opportunities, something that I've been blogging about...
2009-05-12
878 reads
PASS Update #10
It's been a slower pace since the last update. Grant and I are working on the publication process for content...
2009-05-12
748 reads
Adios FlyClear
Last year I wrote about signing up for Clear, a registered traveler program. I've flown enough to make it useful...
2009-05-10
583 reads
Book Review: Patriot Acts
Fiction review this week. I recently read Patriot Acts by Greg Rucka, the continuation of the story that started in...
2009-05-07
279 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
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...
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Question of the Day
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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