I’ve always enjoyed watching Criss Angel perform street magic. For me there is just something about his style that works. I forget at what point he started his show Mindfreak, but I used to watch it on a semi-frequent basis. I think part of the appeal for me is how he is able to really [...]
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The DBA Plate
It’s Thanksgiving week here in the USA. I have two things I want to mention.
First, last Wednesday I did a product demo for Confio Software, you can read more details about that inside my post title Help Me To Feed Others. We raised close to $1,000 for Community Food Share, which will help to feed [...]
SQL Server Special Operations Tour
I saw this yesterday and wanted to share with you:
You can go to http://www.sqlpass.org/specialopstour/default.aspx for more details on the upcoming SQL2012 launch events.
Microsoft TechNet Virtual Labs for SQL Server
If you are not one of the few lucky folks who scored a ticket to SQL Inspire this weekend (where I will be giving my talk that I have simply named “SQL Someday”) and you are looking for something to do this weekend with all your spare time, I have a suggestion for you: go [...]
Presenting at SQL Saturday #87 in Louisville This Weekend
This Saturday I will be in Louisville, Kentucky, to present two sessions. One of the sessions is a joint session with Tim Chapman, and it is something brand-new that has never been seen before called “Choose Your Own Adventure: Performance Tuning“. And yeah, we are very excited to be building out a series of CYOA [...]
PASS Summit 2011 Recap
The PASS Summit has come and gone. If you were there, you participated in the single largest event full of #SQLWINNING ever assembled. It’s hard to put into words all of the emotions and events that took place last week so I am going to reach into the well again and pull out a movie [...]