BizTalk Database Dumps

The other day we had one of our backup drives fill up. Turns out that it was our BizTalk development server, which had been running for a few months now. We have been evaluating BizTalk for a while and are close to going to production. One of the items discussed prior to a production deployment [...]

Bottom?

Holding off on buying Seahawks-Cardinals tickets for November 16th, betting the price will keep falling between now and then as the Seahawks keep losing. Is it wrong to take advantage of the situation? I feel dirty, like I am getting someone’s prosthetic leg on Ebay because they need the cash for food.

Hartford

Well, I did it again. I dragged myself out of bed at six in the morning, drove thirty miles, and ran for thirteen miles before driving back home. Yessir, last Saturday was the Hartford Half-Marathon and for the third time in four years I was a participant. A few things were different this time. First, [...]

Six Sigma Blogs

Found this interesting link: http://www.sixsigmacompanies.com/archive/erie_county_saves_a_cool_15_mil.html
Naysayers will always exist, no matter what.

Six Sigma, Affinity, Sponges, and Congress

Have you ever found yourself applying skills learned in a training class towards your everyday lives (work and/or home life)? It happened to me just last night, as my wife (sometimes referred to as my Congress) needed some help with a brochure she was putting together for her business.
By now your first question is most [...]

Source Code?

Why would you ask me to script out your current stored procedure before applying your changes? Wouldn’t that procedure already be stored, say, in TFS, or even VSS?