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My rolling 30 day post count dropped crazily this weekend. I noticed, but with family committments, I didn't do anything...

The Pro-Active DBA during the Economic Tsunami

As none of us are immune to the current financial crisis, and your development projects have probably come to a...

SQL Injection - Why I Don't Think Parameterization is Enough

Note:Since there have been several comments on this, I'm using parameterization at the application layer in the security sense of...

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...

Tech Ed 2009: Best of Tech Ed Winners Announced

The best of Tech Ed in Los Ageles award winners were selected from Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine,...

Where's the Phantom Power?

Phantom power, also called Vampire power, is power that's used by electronic devices even though they're powered off. I've also...

An Open Letter To Amazon

I sent this to their customer service, but it highlights a problem with the Kindle process.

I have a Kindle, and...

Taking the Hyper-V Plunge

Or at least I’m getting ready to take the plunge into using Hyper-V. In my machine dilemma, I decided to...

TechUpdate Kosova (13th May 2009)

Yesterday, in Prishtina - capital city of Kosova, has been held the TechUpdate Seminar 2009 from Microsoft, organized from the Microsoft...

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...