Apr 10 2013
There are No Background Checks SQL Server Management Studio is a lovely product. It’s powerful. It’s feature-rich. It’s not yet been wrapped in a Metro interface. It’s free and easily-accessible. Your kids can download it (probably easier than most adults can.) Your kids can share it with other kids. Heck, the middle-manager in the finance [...]
Oct 11 2010
I’d like to congratulate Michael Codanti for his winning comment, selected from all right answers, to the questions posed on my DMV Book Contest post from last week. Plans went awry when I forgot that all previously approved commentors’ comments are posted to the blog without need for my moderation, but in the end my [...]
Oct 6 2010
Interesting situations arise out of mistakes everyday… Alexander Graham Bell spilled stuff on his lap and called for Watson to come help him – achieving the first successful test of the telephone (or was it the first attempt at serving pr0n over a telecommunications signal?) The doughnut was invented by a baker (and off-duty police [...]
Sep 22 2010
I’ve received word that the labour of love (and almost Exhibit A in a divorce proceeding) is available for purchase at Amazon.com! If you’re even vaguely interested with increasing your proficiency with administrating and tuning your SQL Server instances then there is only one book I can recommend that has a photo I took on [...]
