Apr 9 2013
I owe many things to a twist of fate that placed me in front of the entirety of the attendees at the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit at Dallas, Texas in 2005. It was the second year that I’d produced the PASS Quizbowl along with Louis Davidson. We both enjoyed being “behind the curtain”; [...]
Mar 24 2011
Editor’s note: when I started this post it was supposed to be a coming-out event. A “Hey! I’m Back! Let’s get back to spreading some technical ju-ju!” However, after the first sentence that all went to Hell. I’m finding the more I write, the less control that planning has in what I write. I don’t know [...]
Mar 1 2011
Today, March 2, 2011 11:00 am PST I left for the west coast on Saturday last in order to attend a couple of events that I was scheduled for before all of the things that arose out of Trevor’s appendectomy back on 1/31. Things were proceeding nicely at that point. I won’t say I didn’t [...]
Feb 27 2011
By now many of you have heard of the issues I’ve been dealing with for the past month with the illness of my son Trevor. He’s doing much better now and I was able to proceed with my plans for attending SQL Saturday Vancouver and the Microsoft MVP Summit. That is, so long as Delta [...]
Feb 24 2011
I couldn’t come up with a cinematic or musically-themed title for a post that covers what has gone on since I last updated everyone on Trevor. I don’t think that Hollywood could come up with a plot to match what’s gone on. Particularly since they’re too busy out there trying to come up with a reboot [...]
Jul 27 2010
Tonight is the July meeting for the West Michigan SQL Server Users Group (WMSSUG). Details are below, including information on our speaker this month, none other than Robert B. Davis aka @SQLSoldier! The meeting is being presented virtually so feel free to attend even if you aren’t a member. Robert is a Sr. Production DBA [...]
May 28 2010
Some developers have decent artistic skills, particularly when drawing plums with crayons. Even when those plums look like apples. I saw a Hipster get hit by a car while jaywalking. Well, actually he/she walked into the side of the moving car and bounced off of it. Surprisingly more force is required to knock someone out [...]
