Overload & Stress - Part 2
Yesterday I was commenting on how a big part of stress for me is getting that sudden burst of work...
2009-03-24
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PASS 2009 Summit Site Open
Registration has been open since the last Summit, but this year Bill Graziano and team have released the Summit 2009...
2009-03-24
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Overload & Stress - Part 1
As I gain more experience I've found that stress comes in three forms; stress that is there that you don't...
2009-03-23
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PASS 2009 Summit - Call for Speakers is Open
The call for speakers is open through midnight on April 10, 2009, so get busy submitting those abstracts! Work hard...
2009-03-22
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I've been slowly looking at and experimenting with LinkedIn to see if it has value and if so, how to...
2009-03-19
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Changes to Visual Studio Magazine
I was browsing the March 2009 issue of Visual Studio Magazine today and found that it's changing again. It's been...
2009-03-19
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Spring Training, Why Don't We Have Spring Training, and Shock The Monkey
I try to go to a spring training game once or twice a year and it serves as a useful...
2009-03-17
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Notes on the March 11, 2009 Orlando SQL Meeting
We just had our bi-monthly SQL group meeting (www.opass.org) with Kendal Van Dyke presenting The Truth About Disk Performance & Configuration,...
2009-03-16
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SQLSaturday #12 Date Change
Had a note from Ken Starnes in Portland, the date for SQLSaturday #12 has changed to June 6th (same date...
2009-03-16
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Beta Testers Needed for IT Project, Task and Request Management System
My friend Michael Lato sent me an email asking if I would take a look at his newest venture called...
2009-03-16
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Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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