Did you know?

Did you know that the Batmobile has been using alternative fuel for over forty years? That’s right, it uses atomic batterties, which must be brought to power before the turbines can get up to speed.

PASS Conference

        The 2008 PASS summit (www.sqlpass.org) will take place in Seattle this November. Your truly has been given the chance to present a talk at the conference. The title is “Operations Manager 2007 for the DBA”. It is essentially the same talk that I will be giving next Tuesday in NYC and … Read more

NYC SQL Server Event

    If anyone reading this has a chance to be in New York City on September 9th, you can stop by and say hello. I will be giving a brief talk on how we use Operations Manager 2007. More importantly, I will discuss how others can customize Operations Manager 2007 to be an effective … Read more

Tinker Set

Anyone that knows me knows how much I love Operations Manager 2007. We met a few years back, flirted a little bit, and now we find ourselves together each and every day. And honestly, everything is great, it really is. Well, most of the time is is great. As with any relationship, the more time … Read more

Twitter

About two months ago I met someone who introduced me to Twitter (www.twitter.com). I went to the website, registered, and checked it out for a few days but I was not very interested in knowing that people thousands of miles away were having a cup of coffee. So, I left the site and did not … Read more

Ramping Up

I am ramping up for the Hartford Half in October. My plan is to do some long runs (8, 10, 12) once on the weekends and then get in three or four runs during the week at 4 to 5 miles each. If I can do that between now and race day I should be … Read more