Government and Transparency
I ran across this report that talks about the effectiveness of transparency requirements put in place around the Recovery Act...
2012-08-24
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Blog Posts
Mentoring
I’m putting my money where my mouth is, with respect to my last blog post. I am officially a mentor...
2012-08-24
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Paying it Forward
My company has recently put forth an effort to hire fresh college graduates and interns. I think this is a...
2012-08-24 (first published: 2012-08-22)
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Resources for Those Dealing with Security Patches
It's been a while since I was in the day-to-day business of security patches. However, I still keep up with...
2012-08-24 (first published: 2012-08-21)
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T-SQL: Performance of SQL Agent Duration Calculations
In my article published yesterday on using Powershell for SQL Durations (Working with SQL Agent Durations), I proposed using a...
2012-08-24
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Amazing Margaritas in Austin – SQL in the City US Tour
The last time I was in Austin was last year, for a weekend trip with my wife to see Stevie...
2012-08-23
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Another Execution Plan… In the Cloud!
A couple of weeks ago I posted about how different execution plans look when using the Azure Management Portal. I...
2012-08-23 (first published: 2012-08-20)
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Don't Disconnect Your Common Sense
This falls in line with a previous post about common sense in IT.
I was having lunch with a co-worker,...
2012-08-23
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Intel Haswell-EP Processor Rumors
Intel releases a new processor microarchitecture every two years, which is called a Tock release. One year later, they take...
2012-08-23
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Learning about Driving with Big Data
This is nice, a year long safety pilot from the University of Michigan. Quite extensive, using 3,000 cars to gather...
2012-08-23
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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