Today I was going to post a quick quote and I wanted to do some research to make sure I gave credit to the right person. The quote is “always remember those on your way up, because they’ll remember you on your way down”, and it is something my father used to tell me frequently [...]
Biting The Hand That Feeds Me
Death to NNTP!
Well, it’s official, the MS newsgroups are going the way of Microsoft Bob by the end of this year. While I have never hid my feelings for newsgroups or forums I will say that participating in the private MVP newsgroups was one of the benefits I enjoyed the most as an MVP. So, I should [...]
Canceling a SQL Azure Account
or…not…
I wanted to cancel my account before I got hit up for “hidden charges” or something ridonkulous like that and could not find any way to cancel my subscription short of calling someone on the phone which could be my least favorite thing to do.
From what I could tell, I should be allowed to “opt-out” [...]
Patching SQL Azure
When the Cloud breaks, who fixes it? Why, the people who are responsible for maintaining it, right? And that person would not be you, so why do you care? And how do you patch a cloud, anyway? What do you do when the silver lining rips apart? Oh, nevermind.
So then, when does it get patched? [...]
Dealing Windows 7
So, I get home last night to find a package on my desk. I check the return address and see it is from Microsoft, so I don’t bother putting it into the sink first before opening it because I figure I can trust those guys especially since they let me in their private club recently. [...]
Latest Email Scam
Normally I do not spend any time on this blog talking about all the email scams that get sent my way, no matter how interesting they may appear. But I wanted to mention one email that came my way yesterday. It was trapped by our corporate spam filter, and I did not see it until [...]
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