Archive for February, 2009

SQLSaturday update

This update is brief compared to other ones; I just wanted to get some thoughts down quickly: 1. We’re overbooked with speakers; still waiting on a session from a really smart guy that I admire a lot. Hopefully, he’ll have time to submit it tonight before I close the sessions down again. 2. We sent [...]

February 25, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences

Ash Wednesday

If you’re a religious person, you recognize the significance of this day; if not, here’s the Wikipedia entry.  Read up; it’s good for you. I know I’m not the most religious person, but my faith is actually pretty important to me; I do believe that there is a certain value in seeking out Truth, and [...]

February 25, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, Health

to tweet or not to tweet? a tragedy

Jason Massie recently posted something that I find both a little funny and a little scary; he called out Adam Machanic for posting something mildly derogatory about Twitter.  Brent Ozar joined the fray as well.  This gets a little confusing (in a soap-opera gossipy kind of way), so let me break it down in some sort of [...]

February 23, 2009 · stuart · 4 Comments
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!

SQLSaturday #13 update

It all started with phone call with Andy Warren last Friday (February 13); that seems like a lifetime ago.  I was concerned because things weren’t going so well with the planning for SQLSaturday #13 here in Atlanta on April 25 (sorry; it starts becoming a habit.  I can’t say the name without giving a location and [...]

February 20, 2009 · stuart · 2 Comments
Posted in: Conferences

RC Cola and a moon pie

If you ain’t from the South,  you probably don’t get that particular reference; basically, it’s a classic desert combination.  Two good things that are great together.  I kind of felt that way after having lunch today with Dan Attis.  Dan’s putting together a Sharepoint Saturday  the week before SQLSaturday, and it was kind of nice [...]

February 12, 2009 · stuart · 2 Comments
Posted in: Conferences

SQL Server 2006 DBA Street Smarts – Joseph L. Jorden

Welcome to my first book review!  As part of the process of arranging for swag for SQLSaturday, I’ve encountered a number of publishers that have agreed to donate books to our event in exchange for book reviews.  Obviously, they’d like favorable reviews, but I don’t feel obligated to hold back any legitimate criticisms that I [...]

February 12, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Book Reviews, Certification

Weekly Link Roundup 2009-02-11

Sitting at Schlotsky’s enjoying free Wifi; Isabel’s in ballet, Grace is in swimming, and my lovely wife is at home slaving away on her doctoral dissertation.  Me?  I’m wishing I had a netbook instead of this big ol’ clunky laptop from work.  I’m hoping that when they replace this thing sometime in the next year, [...]

February 11, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Weekly Link Roundup

Weekly Link Roundup 2009-02-04

Wow, busy week this week. How I Get By Without Sysadmin:  Jeremiah Peschka has a great article on tuning queries from a developer’s perspective.  I’ve been a big advocate of some of his methods for a while now, and it’s nice to see other people come to some of the same conclusions that I have. [...]

February 5, 2009 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Weekly Link Roundup