15 acres? That IS a lot of grass. I recently saw a visual which really helped me better understand exactly how big an acre is: it was a rectangle overlaid on...

Happy 6th Birthday Kendall !!!

I had the pleasure of meeting Steve at the Microsoft BI Conference in Seattle. We had a nice long talk in the middle of our booth, which was hopping both...

This reminds me of an incident in college which occurred during a period of time when the campus was being plagued by a series of rapes. Driving through the quiet, empty campus...

Whether it's playing baseball, rock-climbing, or whatever, more and more research is showing the beneficial effects of exercise not just on our bodies, but our minds also. The most recent...

Steve - that "what's wrong with this picture" thing got me good. I laughed out loud (for real)  for several minutes. It is now on its way to four co-workers....

Hmmmm.... if there are no absolutes... then there just might be some.

Personally I think we all should learn to say 'nuclear' instead of 'nu-cu-lar'.

If we can't accomplish that then perhaps the technology is too advanced.

OK Steve - see you at the conference. We can spend some time going over the benefits/how to/etc.of BI if you'd like. We will have a booth there so feel...

The human mind is an amazing thing and in many ways puts even the biggest supercomputers to shame. If supercomputers could feel shame, that is.

I remember reading in a...

There are good business reasons why Microsoft and others are now focused so strongly on BI. In Gartner's 2006 annual CIO survey, BI ranked as the #1...

This does raise some interesting security questions. Just as the miniaturization - and reduced costs - of weapons systems tilts the balance towards smaller organizations (including terrorist groups), the miniaturization...

``It's one of the most frustrating and unusual cases we've had,'' said Coast Guard Capt. David Swatland, who has conducted numerous searches for missing craft in his 23-year career. Swatland...

Good news today in that the Coast Guard has decided to continue and expand its search for Jim Gray.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/16598363.htm

"Today's search includes two C-130 fixed-wing aircrafts, several helicopters, three...

This really is a mystery. I think the facts that no debris was found (in exceptionally good search conditions) and that no emergency signals were sent out do provide some hope...