Archive for April, 2009

Rube Goldberg would be proud…

This post is a bit of a rant; I spent the whole day trying to resolve a curious chain of events.  Basically, I wasted a day of development troubleshooting something stupid; hopefully, others will learn from my mistakes, and avoid the pain and suffering I experienced.
It all started with SQL Server 2008; we’re looking at [...]

April 30, 2009   Posted in: SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, VSTS:DB  2 Comments

Reflections on my comfort zone

Spoke to a good friend today; a guy I haven’t seen in several years, but we exchange emails pretty regularly.  He’s been having a rough time this year: he lost his job earlier this year, and has been trying to find work to keep him afloat while he revamps his career.  He mentioned to me [...]

April 29, 2009   Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, Education  2 Comments

So you wanna host a SQLSaturday? Here’s my tale….

This is going to be a long post; definitely the longest I’ve written in a while, and probably longer than anything I’ve ever written.  So long, in fact, that I’ve toyed with the idea of breaking it into separate chunks.  However, I decided to keep it as one piece because I felt like someone out [...]

April 28, 2009   Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication  One Comment

SQLSaturday #13: Today’s the day…

Don’t have time to make a long post, but it’s here…  I hardly slept at all last night; I was out WAY too late at the speaker’s dinner, and then had some things I had to finish printing out.  When I was done with that, I was so wired that I just lay there in [...]

April 25, 2009   Posted in: Conferences  No Comments

SQLSaturday #13 – 3 days to go

Holy cow, I’ve got a lot left to do. I know this is probably boring for most of you, but this post is mainly going to be a list of unfinished business. I’ve to to make the list anyway, and I’m committed to making at least one blog post, so let me cheat [...]

April 22, 2009   Posted in: Conferences  One Comment

Testing Windows Live Writer

So WindowsUpdate prompted me that there was a few new updates available for my PC, including a selection of stuff for Windows Live.  I like this tool, but I’m going to have to put it through it’s paces to really get a feel for how well it’s gonna work.  This is just a quick post [...]

April 22, 2009   Posted in: Blogging is FUN!  2 Comments

quick post to say “sorry for not posting”

I’ve been incredibly busy the last few weeks, and unfortunately, any attempt at updating this blog had to give. With personal stuff (the Easter cantata at church and spring break for the kids), work stuff (lots of new projects), and SQLSaturday (what was I thinking when I signed up for this?) , I’ve barely [...]

April 15, 2009   Posted in: Blogging is FUN!  No Comments

Call me a believer: Microsoft SSAS

This week, I’ve spent most of my days working with Microsoft’s Premier Support; they’re on site at our office, showing us the basics of SQL Server Reporting Services and SQL Server Analysis Services. I must admit that I was NOT looking forward to this week, because I felt like we were going to spend [...]

April 1, 2009   Posted in: Code, Education, SQLServerPedia Syndication  No Comments

Brief health message

For those of you who are interested, yes, I have continued to lose weight Not as quick as before, as illustrated by the following chart:

Over 22 days, I’m down 5.6 pounds, with an average drop of 2.82 pounds during that period. All I’ve done is three simple things:
1. Change [...]

April 1, 2009   Posted in: Health  4 Comments