It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up.  If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL).  And see these throughout the day as I tweet out links of things I find interesting.  While these links aren’t the answer to life, the universe, and everything, they often share a few things about SQL Server and related technology topics that others may find useful.

The links included in this summary are those prefixed with “Reading” and are items I’ve read over the past few days, usually after hours when sharing would be less than useful, and spaced out to avoid spamming.  The content of the links usually pertain to SQL Server, technology, and career topics; which I think others would find useful.

The Most Popular “Reading” Link

The most popular link that I shared last week was a post by Brent Ozar (Blog | @BrentO) that shared a new KB article on recommended SQL Server Updates and Trace Flags.  It’s great to see that Microsoft is compiling a list like this.  A definite big help to all DBAs out there.  Big thanks to Brent for finding and sharing this.

Reading: "Great new Microsoft KB article: Recommended SQL Server Updates and Trace Flags" http://t.co/mhKVZyTsdZ #sqlserver

— Jason Strate (@StrateSQL) October 13, 2014

Last week’s top 15 “Reading” Links

Along with the top link, here are the top fifteen items relating to SQL Server, technology and careers that were shared last week.  If you missed them throughout the week, here’s the opportunity to get caught up on some items that other’s read after I linked them out.

1. Great new Microsoft KB article: Recommended SQL Server Updates and Trace Flags [3 1 clicks]
2. Trace Flag 4136 [24 clicks]
3. Blog Post: Recertification Update: Developer and SQL Server Exams [18 clicks]
4. The Very First Concern with SQL Virtualization: Licensing [13 clicks]
5. SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for September 2014 [11 clicks]
6. Split a Query Window in SSMS [9 clicks]
7. SQL Server Ignores Trailing Spaces In Identifiers [9 clicks]
8. Using Geekbench 3.2 To Test Large Database Servers [8 clicks]
9. Top 5 Tips for Your First Presentation (Video) [7 clicks]
10. Is it Cheating to Solve A Performance Problem By Adding Memory? [7 clicks]
11. Speaker of the Month: October 2014 [6 clicks]
12. When is fast recovery used? [6 clicks]
13. Making Better Presentations–Practice [5 clicks]
14. What’s Your 20 Mile March? [5 clicks]
15. When IsDate Does Not Work [5 clicks]

Other Stuff Shared

Of course, no week would be complete without a few off-topic links.  These have nothing to do with technology or your career, but they are interesting and worth a second look.

1. There are two kinds of countries… [26 clicks]
2. First Firefly Online Video Shows Off Creepy Derelict Ship [14 clicks]
3. This 8-Year-Old Could Crush You in a Dance Competition [11 clicks]

Got something you think I should read and share, leave a comment below.  Also, if you want to see all of the links that were tweeted out last week?