SQL Server and NULL Values

I seemed to have struck a minor chord with my hatred for database triggers. I had very few comments, but a handful of emails and exchanged even more tweets on the subject. But one thing was made clear to me and that is people wanted to hear about why I disdain NULL values.
Fortunately for me I [...]

MVP Summit Update

I know what you are thinking, how could I, someone who is not attending the MVP Summit, possibly recap the events without being there? From the twitter stream, of course. Turns out that geeks love gadgets. What’s more, they love to talk (tweet) about their gadgets, or the gadgets they are looking at right now. [...]

SQL Database Triggers

I hate database triggers.
Whew. It feels good to get that out in the open. I have been holding that in for almost ten years. It got harder to admit after I became a DBA, and as time went by it started to feel as if I was trapped in a story by Edgar Allen Poe. [...]

Carbon Footprints

Apparently, someone is concerned with Google searches:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10140142-54.html
Now, why are they focusing on Google? I mean, how many hits a day does Amazon.com get? Why pick on Google? What about MSN.com? (I would ask about Live Search but chances are not enough people bother using that for it to matter as far as power consumption.)
I recall [...]

The Super Villains I Face

A while back I started to realize something. Well, besides the fact that I have never had sex at the end of an interview, or have ever actually eaten whale bacon, I realized that I see Super Villains almost daily. I spent some time trying to classify a few of my more well-known enemies and perhaps as [...]

Interviewing Tips

Recently we had a team member decide it was time for them to move on to a new opportunity. As such i found myself a part of the interview process, something we had not done in a few years. I have not had to interview for a job in eight years and I honestly hope [...]

Two cents? I have four!

Recently Brent Ozar decided to tell everyone about the ads he has been putting on his site. He and I had talked about it before his blog post, and I have had some ads on my site for about a week now. And, like Brent promised, I made four, check it out!

Yep, that’s right. Soon I [...]

How to Become a Microsoft SQL MVP

So this past weekend I got myself an xbox 360 so that I could hook into my Netflix to watch movies instantly. At the same time I decided to ditch my TiVo as well as my old DVD player. So, a consolidation of sorts in terms of hardware, remotes, and monthly budget. While poking around [...]

Whale Bacon

So the other night at dinner someone starting talking about how there is a movement to give land rights to gay whales which makes no sense to me because I don’t see how the whales are ever going to be able to maintain any land that they are given. They don’t even have thumbs, but we [...]

Sixteen Random Things

I was tagged a while back to post sixteen random things about me to facebook. I am not one to keep chains going so I dismissed the idea and decided to spend time at work doing some actual work. And then at home, I wanted to spend time with my family. So both of you [...]