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MacGyver Moments
Aaron Bertrand and Denny Cherry double-teamed me in another round of Web 2.0 Chainposting, and you know I never dare break the chain. I spent a few days thinking about what MacGyver moments I have had that I could share. And to be honest, very few came to mind. Apparently I am not very imaginative, [...]
A [DBA] Christmas Story
With Christmas coming this Friday I wanted to take some time and reflect upon the past year. 2009 has been quite a ride for me professionally and personally. Lots of action over the past twelve months. I wanted to take some time to reflect, recharge, and redirect where I want to go over the next [...]
Where Are My Cookies?
There has been a LOT of discussion going on lately with regards to the PASS elections, and with PASS in general. Everyone seems to have an idea of what they believe PASS should be doing with regards to this or that. I think it is wonderful that such discussions are taking place. What is not [...]
Winter Formal Wear
Last year, while preparing to take a cruise, I thought about purchasing my own tuxedo because, you know, I wear one every twenty years or so. Once that fact was pointed out to me I decided to skip that purchase.
But if I knew that this was an option, I would have bought two. One to wear, [...]
SQL Theme Song
You knew this was coming. Put on some Nickelback and imagine how awesome it would be to have them sing this version. If @SQLFool ever does a non-rap contest, consider this my entry. I’ll work on a video, maybe I can get it done by the time PASS rolls around and get some of the [...]
Random Thoughts for a Friday
No question again this week, so I decided to just give you some random thoughts to ponder for the weekend.You’re welcome.
Time travel is to a science fiction writer what babies are to sitcom writers. It is what you use when you cannot think of anything else, or want to be given as much leeway as [...]
A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
“…but you can hear it on the coconut telegraph…”
Well, it happened. Again. I got tagged by Tim Ford (@SQLAgentman), who talks about surviving for six months on a tropical island with your only sustenance being coconuts and you spend the time dreaming about all the things you would like to be spending time doing if [...]
Call Me If You Need Me…
…but don’t need me.
I am not sure at what point I became very annoyed by the telephone. I am not sure it matters how or why it happened, because the end result right now is that I cannot stand being interrupted by telephone calls. Ever. Not at work, not at home. Even some of the [...]
Cold Calls
I am thinking I should blog about this, but I didn’t want people to think I am a bigger ass than I already am. I have been assured that is not possible, so here goes.
Just a quick note to all those sales-persons out there that have me on their list of call to make. Stop [...]
Now Writing for MSSQLTips.com
Every now and then I see requests come to our team that say “hey, buddy, when was the last time that database was restored?” My first thought has been, historically, “how the hell am I supposed to know that?” After all, the management tools given to us (EM, SSMS) never list a “last restore date” [...]
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