Archive for December, 2008

Weekly Link Roundup 2008-12-31

Happy New Year! Another short list this week; I had shoulder surgery yesterday (bone spur near my rotator cuff), so I’m just now coherent. Hydrocodone is potent stuff. I’m hoping that next week will get things back to normal. Eyespi20: I always enjoy it when someone comments on my site, because it gives me the [...]

December 31, 2008 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Weekly Link Roundup

Auto generated SQL Server keys – uniqueidentifier or IDENTITY – a rebuttal

I found this article by Armando Prato from facility9′ssite; for the most part, the article explains the differences between using a uniqueidentifier and integer-based identity values to auto-generate (surrogate) primary key values. However, the conclusion to the article has a logical flaw; can you spot it?: It’s evident that using IDENTITY to auto-generate key values [...]

December 30, 2008 · stuart · 11 Comments
Posted in: SQL

Weekly Link Roundup 2008-12-24

As promised during my last roundup, I’m going to start doing these on Wednesday’s.  And since Christmas is tomorrow, the season is on my mind: 10 things for non-coders to do with free software over Christmas: Interesting list of stuff to do; I particularly like the final point (even though it’s tough for me to [...]

December 24, 2008 · stuart · 2 Comments
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happiness is…

watching my Roomba with its new cleaning head pick up dirt.  I know that’s materialistic, but with two cats, two kids, a dog, and a yard full of dormant Bermuda grass, I have really missed having clean floors (and yes, I know, I could have vacuumed myself, but what’s the point when I have a [...]

December 24, 2008 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Fun Toys

SQL Saturday #13 Call for Speakers NOW OPEN!

We just opened up the call for speakers for the first Atlanta SQL Saturday. This is becoming more real by the minute If you’re in the Atlanta Area, and would be willing to help out, please check out our event page for details. Nutshell: it’s being held at the Microsoft offices in Alpharetta on April [...]

December 24, 2008 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences

Weekly Link Roundup 2008-12-21

I’m going to have to start posting these on Wednesdays; trying to post them at the end of the week just causes too much stress. It seems like time just flies on Fridays, and the weekend is wrapped up with house stuff (I finally got Christmas lights up, BTW). Anyway, here’s the links of interest [...]

December 22, 2008 · stuart · No Comments
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argh….

K, as the new year approaches, I am deciding (yet again) that I AM GOING TO GET PHYSICALLY FIT! The first step in this process, however, is that I need to get off caffeine. I usually feel much better once I’m free of the sweet, sweet, succubal call of Diet Coke. Day 1 has gone [...]

December 19, 2008 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Health

the revolution is upon us…

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/nvidias-ion-set.html WOW.  I was thinking of getting a netbook before next year to help me prep for doing more presentations on the circuit, but if this thing is set to be released in the first half of 2009, I’ll keep lugging around the brick of a laptop I have now. Tweet This Post

December 18, 2008 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Fun Toys

SQL Quiz: Toughest Challenges

Blast those pingbacks; I lament feeling left out of Chris Shaw’s quiz, and the next thing you know, he tags me. Here’s the questions: What are the largest challenges that you have faced in your career and how did you overcome those? First answer, a technical one: One of my biggest challenges was designing a [...]

December 17, 2008 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Development

Weekly Link Roundup 2008-12-13

OK, I realize this post is late, but my site has been having all sorts of issues (excuses, excuses, I know).  For some reason, this post didn’t get released on schedule.  DevGuru’s CSS2 Manual: I’ve been spending a lot of time tweaking the site this week, so I’ve been hanging out here a lot.  It’s [...]

December 17, 2008 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Weekly Link Roundup