Many, many years ago there lived a little boy who showed a great aptitude for numbers. He loved numbers very much and was able to learn how to add and multiply even before he was old enough to go to school.
When he was old enough to enter school he found himself presented with a question [...]
The Silent DBA
Today I saw a great post by master blogger Buck Woody that talks about putting DBA’s into two categories: those you see and those you don’t. I have often subscribed to the theory that the best DBA’s are the ones you never see. The idea is that if you do need to see them, then [...]
Root Cause Analysis – Asking Why?
I have two children, ages six and five (Happy Birthday to the boy today, BTW), and they went through a phase where they would ask “why?” for just about everything imaginable. They either grew out of this phase or grew tired of my circular reasoning which resulted in conversations such as:
“Papa, why [whatever]?”
“I don’t know.”
“Why?”
“Because [...]
PASS Webinar Today
Are you a SQL Developer? Do you know anything about SQL 2008? Do you want to learn? Well then, I have good news for you as today you can attend this free PASS webinar.
SQL Server 2008 for Developers
Speaker: Mladen Prajdic
June 16th 2:00pm ET
Topic Description: What should developers know about database design so they don’t have [...]
Vendor Installs
I was recently asked by one of my virtual colleagues if I could review a document they were putting together for an installation of a product that was running an MS SQL back end. After they asked I responded by asking “when do you need this?” They said a week. I said “that’s fine” and [...]
Why Star Trek Disappointed Me
I seem to be in the minority on this, but the new Star Trek movie was simply a disappointment for me. While it was fun to watch at times, the plot and storylines left a bad taste in my mouth.
I only saw it once so far and during that initial viewing quite a few things [...]