Viv Fletcher (1/14/2014)

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The problem with "many hats" is that you become a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none. There are too many areas in today's IT world for anybody to cover in any depth...

I'm hoping to get back to SQLBits this year, but with surgery coming, timing will matter. I hope they announce something soon.

Replication works with any recovery model. The issue is that the log cannot clear until the changes are out to the subscriber. This means that your simple mode db log...

below86 (1/13/2014)

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I've thought about propping everything up on boxes to try it. I just know now that I can see over the cubicle walls when I stand and I'm...

djackson 22568 (1/13/2014)

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I fear this will sound like I am opposed to something like this, but that is not my intention. I am sure there are places it would...

Nelson Petersen (1/10/2014)

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Is this a time of dramatically fewer interruptions allowing focussed effort on a "project" or is it a sabbatical?

If it really is a sabbatical, you could start with...

ROFL, I have wanted to learn how to sew. Perhaps I'll tag this into something I do. Maybe as a "20...

KWymore (1/9/2014)

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Train for a marathon and get a bunch of people to sponsor you for charity. Then run it about a week before you have to go back to work....

Beatrix Kiddo (1/10/2014)

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You can get some great standing desks nowadays. I'm not...

IowaDave (1/10/2014)

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A couple people have mentioned it already, but if you're not using a clipboard capture tool, you are missing out. I use ClipCache at work and loved/missed it...

Michael_Garrison (1/10/2014)

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One of my pet peeves is that every company I ever worked for in past 20+ years are so dang cheap on the PC's and laptop's they provide. ...

jshahan (1/9/2014)

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Do the inward journey. Start with something like Siddhartha (the book by Hermann Hesse). Check out some of Joseph Campbell's work (Power of Myth, Hero With a...

jshahan (1/9/2014)

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Also, there is an excellent exercise in Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" that I would highly recommend to put you in touch with things that are important...

ferrijd (1/9/2014)

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Hi Steve,

If it were me, I would do a combination of things focused mainly on giving back: Take the time to stop and pick up some trash in my...

LOL, if only I had a good idea here. I'd probably spend 4-5 weeks...