Feb 3 2009
Micro-Managed by a Herd of 9-Year-Olds. New and Improved Bacon Flavor!
Want to be micro-managed on a level like no other? Then use your DBA skills at a Cub Scout event.
About Timothy Ford
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Feb 2 2009
Book Editing By Dummies
I’m an author of sorts. Just like Stephen King I feel like I’ve been clipped by that same late model panel van that almost got him. Turns out it was just the after effects of editing the first chapter by my co-author.
Jan 29 2009
Using xp_logininfo to Determine Membership in Active Directory Group
Use xp_logininfo when you want to find out what AD logins are members of an AD group assigned rights to securables in a SQL Server instance.
Jan 21 2009
How My Dog’s Ovaries Got Me Through Writer’s Block
I’ve not written either for this blog, the book I am working on with Louis Davidson, or MSSQLTips for a while now due to a wicked case of writer’s block. What fixed that? Barack Obama and my dog’s ovaries.
Dec 31 2008
2008 Music Wrap Up – Zune Free For Now
What better way to honor the fact that I can not listen to the 30Gb of music on my bricked Zune (and for that matter the 30Gb on my wife’s as well) than to go over my list of the Good, the Bad, and the WTF music releases of 2008.
Dec 28 2008
I’m Most-Certainly Going to Hell. Soon.
Hell and a possible lawsuit for ADA violations await me for my arrogance at a local Best Buy.
Dec 28 2008
Music Wrap Up For Not-Quite 2008
I’ve been documenting my favorite music releases since my first album in 1981. Thank Baby Jebus my music tastes have improved. Here is a wrap-up not of 2008, but rather the intervening years between 1981 and 2007 just in case I lose my Mead binders along with my Star Wars figures and old Playboy magazines in a house fire.
Dec 22 2008
A Long December
It’s getting harder to remember when there was such a thing as downtime. We used to end our work days and go home to relax. Now we fire up our Professional Persona for the SQLverse and dig in after hours.
