-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
brenda on SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Inf… Larry on Three Generations of Toshiba P… way0utwest on Are Electric Cars Practic… Bala on SQL Server Diagnostic Informat… Tom Schiro on SQL Server Diagnostic Informat… Archives
- October 2016
- June 2016
- February 2015
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
Categories
- AMD
- Astronomy
- Automobiles
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Blogging
- Computer Hardware
- Computers and Internet
- Cumulative Update
- Dell
- Diagnostic Queries
- Electric Cars
- Entertainment
- Food and drink
- Games
- General
- Haswell
- Hobbies
- Home Theater
- Intel
- Ivy Bridge
- Ivy Bridge-EP
- Laptops
- Microsoft
- Microsoft Training
- News and politics
- NewsGator
- PASS
- Pluralsight
- Politics
- Processors
- Robotics
- Sandy Bridge
- Science Fiction
- Space Exploration
- SQL Azure
- SQL Server
- SQL Server 2005
- SQL Server 2008
- SQL Server 2008 R2
- SQL Server 2012
- SQL Server 2014
- SQL Server 2016
- SQL Server Denali
- SQLSaturday
- Storage Subsystems
- Tanks
- Teaching
- Tesla
- TPC-E
- Travel
- Uncategorized
- Visual Studio 2008
- Visual Studio 2010
- Windows 7
- Windows Home Server
- Windows RT
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Vista
Meta
Monthly Archives: November 2006
USMC 1979-83 Part Two
When we left off in Part 1, I was a young Private (E-1), serving as a platoon radio operator in 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1/1, in the 1st Marine Division, stationed at Camp Pendleton, CA. My Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
Rockem-Sockem Robots Redux
Tamiya has a Boxing Fighter Battleset that is very reminiscent of the old Rockem-Sockem Robots game that I used to love as a kid. This kit allows you to control your robots via wired remote controls.
Posted in Hobbies
Leave a comment
Data Dude to RTM on November 30
Microsoft is claiming that Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals, aka DataDude, will RTM tomorrow. Of course, the problem is that you must have Microsoft Visual Studio Team Suite installed before you can install DataDude. Here is a … Continue reading
Posted in SQL Server 2005
1 Comment
Tamiya 1/35 Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. L model completed
I completed a pretty decent example of a German Panzer III Ausf. L this weekend. It represents a vehicle from the 18th Panzer Division in Russia in late 1942. The 18th Panzer Division was basically destroyed during the Battle of Kursk in 1943. … Continue reading
Posted in Hobbies
6 Comments
Very Annoying Prerequisite for CTP7 of DataDude
Just to show that I am not a total Microsoft fan-boy, I am going to rant a bit about a change that Microsoft made between CTP6 and CTP7 of Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (aka DataDude). Now, … Continue reading
Posted in SQL Server 2005
Leave a comment
Cold War Movie Marathon
Over the past four day weekend, I spent some time watching a few gems from the late Cold War era on Comcast On Demand. These included Red Dawn and Navy Seals. I remember watching Red Dawn when it was in … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment
2 Comments
Useful Setting in SQL Server Management Studio
If, like many DBA’s and developers, you are often called upon to run ad-hoc queries, and then save the results to Excel, here is a handy setting you might want to turn on in SSMS. It is "Include column headers … Continue reading
Posted in SQL Server 2005
12 Comments
Casino Royale Mini-Review
No spoilers here, since many of my co-workers have not seen the latest Bond movie. I am very impressed with Daniel Craig’s Bond. He reminds me of Sean Connery, much more physical, with less emphasis on cute one-liners and gadgets. … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment
Leave a comment
More about Windows ReadyBoost in Vista
Microsoft’s Jim Allchin has a good post on the Windows Vista Team Blog about how Windows ReadyBoost works. Tom Archer has some screenshots of what happens when you install ReadyBoost. I like the idea of ReadyBoost, especially for the average … Continue reading
Posted in Windows Vista
2 Comments
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Plays in the Big Leagues
Microsoft is designing a 270TB, multinode data warehouse for a foreign government, and a 162TB single node database for their own internal use. This was announced at last week’s Professional Association for SQl Server (PASS) conference in Seattle. I know … Continue reading
Posted in SQL Server 2005
Leave a comment
Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance 