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WordPress Messes Up Code in Blogs… (fix included)
OK thanks to the individual who pointed this out to me because I wouldn’t of caught it for a LONG time. So the first problem that I’m having with WordPress is that when I cut and paste code my single...
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Blackbird Browser?
http://blackbirdhome.com/ A new version of Mozilla has appeared, dubbed “Blackbird”. It’s a browser that offers features and content meant to appeal to members of the African-American (and possibly the...
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SyncToy v2.0
If you follow my Twitter (don’t worry I wont tell anyone) you’ll know that I’ve been looking for a new sync tool now that I’m 64 bit at home. I used to use FileSync a nice free tool that was great for...
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Twitter DBA Community
Talk about missing out on an opportunity to touchbase with some of the great DBAs and people out there in the world. I tried for the longest time to avoid the whole “Twitter” world but after enough...
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Tracking/Securing your User Names and Passwords
So how do YOU do it? (not a rhetorical question… I really want to know ) I use a free tool (insert witty “boy is he cheap” joke here) called Password Safe. It’s a great little tool for keeping track...
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WordPress changes my T-SQL code again :(
Sorry for the lack of updates today (and probably tomorrow)… For some reason my single quotes ‘ in my T-SQL code have changed back to grave accents `. I wrote about this a while back...
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GoDaddy (Rant in the making? perhaps)
So I’m using GoDaddy to host both BenchmarkITConsulting.com as well as a new page I’m making for the SQL PASS Edmonton Chapter (EDMPASS.com). When I installed WordPress (v 2.7.0) using the...
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SQLSaturday #198 – Vancouver
SQL Saturday 198 – Vancouver This weekend I invade Vancouver BC for SQLSaturday 198 (enroute to the MVP Summit in Seattle the following week). I can’t wait to hit one of the most beautiful cities in...
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My First MVP Summit
WOW… that’s the only way to describe the past week. I had the pleasure of speaking at my first SQLSaturday in Vancouver (which went really well I think) and I attended my first MVP Summit. I can’t say...
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SQL Bacon Nugget of Excellence Award @SQLPoolBoy
Not sure how I haven’t seen this before but I’m hopefully not the only one out there. The AdventureWorks2008R2 Books Online Random Workload Generator The PowerShell script will take a random query...
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Summit 2013 – Team Lead for the PPT Review Team
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been selected to the Program Committee for the PASS Summit in 2013!! I’ll be taking on the role of Team Lead for the PPT Review Team. I’ve served on the Program...
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Now What?
The PASS Summit 2013 call for speakers has come and gone and from the looks of things there were a TONNE of last minute abstract entries. I am a first time abstract submitter for the Summit. I’ve...
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My First PASS Summit (as a speaker)
It’s official… I will be presenting two sessions at PASS Summit 2013 in Charlotte, North Carolina. I’m honored to have been selected and I can’t wait to see my #SQLFamily members who will be in...
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SQL Server Showdown (EDMPASS July 25, 2013)
Next week I will have the pleasure of presenting for my local PASS Chapter (EDMPASS) on a new presentation I have put together called: SQL Server Showdown. This is a presentation that I will be giving...
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PASS Summit 2013, Bullying, and Stuff
The PASS Summit is fast approaching and it felt even closer this week when I uploaded my PowerPoint slide decks and got the email from PASS HQ that Craig Purnell and I should get ready for the dump of...
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My #SQLFamily and Community Battery is Charging Up!!
Every year around this time I feel so drained when it comes to my extra curricular SQL activities… and every year the PASS Summit rolls around to give that battery a recharge and gets me back excited...
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PASS Summit 2013 – Keynote Live Blogging and Random Asides
8:04 am – First time at the bloggers table for me… I plan on just copying whatever the people around me are typing. I really hope Tim Mitchell and Andy Warren write some funny stuff. So far the big...
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Happy 2014 SQL Folks!!!
Seems like a year since my last post haw haw haw But seriously it has been a while and it’s a new year so I guess it’s time I make good on a resolution (or make one in the first place) and blog more....
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PASS Summit 2014 – Call for Speakers
That’s right ladies and gentlemen the PASS Summit 2014 Summit Call for Speakers is officially open for business!!! Last year was my first year presenting at a Summit and I can’t wait to submit and...
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SQL Server 2014 RTM – April 1st (and that’s no joke)
Christmas in April I like it. “SQL Server 2014, Microsoft’s cloud first data platform, released to manufacturing today Today, Quentin Clark, corporate vice president of the Data Platform Group,...
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