riously? Taxes != charity, regardless of what miniscule percentage of them might go to public programs. If you haven't put in the legwork and raised the money that he has,...

Bono probably isn't the best example of charity, considering his business practices of tax avoidance.

I've received attention, both good and bad from my Internet activities. One problem in the SQL Server community is that certain people expect you to be 110% SQL Server and...

You can dislike it, but that doesn't mean you're right or wrong. That was my point. There are hundreds of millions of office users. Lots of them like the changes,...

I had a large wall of text to post about this, but my cloud based editor provider forgot to renew their SSL certificate...

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The "Dark Side" isn't Oracle. The "Dark Side" to many MS DBAs and developers I've talked to is OSS or any non-Redmond approved product. Which is a shame, since many...

As a developer, Microsoft has been really missing the mark. Abandoning technology they were marketing, putting a phone/web interface on the desktop, sending mix signals about OSS, etc...

It's not just the VS team not playing nice with the SQL team. As a developer/analyst/admin, I have to deal with that and the "fonts and colors" team screwing with...

We've had two plus decades of sales pressure and promotion from Redmond and others "encouraging" us to upgrade. After a while users realize that the newer versions of software aren't...

The wife and I saw absolutely zero movies in 2012. Her geeky screen passion was totally dedicated to the game: Skyrim. More entertaining and better value than the theater. (Although...

After seeing the mess that is the Windows 8 interface, plus all the changes to management tools, the multiple changes in the Office interfaces, I'm not sure that Microsoft listens...

If you need ideas on training projects I have a list of them. Or you can work through the Stairways series here.

I wonder if Orca was outsourced to China? 😛

In Texas come to the Dallas area, not Austin.

Open Data is a awesome way to show your skills and passion. You can use a data that is real, interesting and not tied to AdventureWorks, baseball or sensitive information...