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  • Sean Lange (10/9/2013)


    Stefan Krzywicki (10/9/2013)


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    Stefan Krzywicki (10/8/2013)


    Well, time to polish the resume and start looking for work. Just given a 1 month notice.

    They want to keep me on a retainer for 5 hours a week, so that might be a nice side income, as long as I find another full time job soon.

    Hate looking this time of year.

    Overall that sucks. But at least they did a couple of good things based on those statements (retainer and a 1 month lead on the dismissal).

    And the promise of a good recommendation. They waited until after the wedding too. All in all, not the worst way to end a contract. It was a 6 mo contract that lasted 3.5 years. Now if only my agency would call me back...

    Sorry to hear that, but congratulations! How'd the wedding go?

    It was great! Everyone had a lot of fun, though we didn't do as much dancing as I'd expected. Good thing I had extra music on the dinner playlist.

    The kids (8-14) left grinning ear to ear. Food was wonderful and we had time to enjoy everything.

    That is great!!! All those hours of planning and fretting were worth it. Glad to hear that everything went smoothly and that most importantly the two of you got to enjoy a great experience together. Congrats!!!!

    Yeah, I'm really pleased with it. We used an app that people downloaded to their phones so they could upload all the pictures they took to a common location. I'll use those and the professional photos and put together a website for everyone who came to see everything.

    I'm glad I didn't know I was going to need a new job until after, I might have spent less and it wouldn't have been as good.

    We did a limited time open bar. I said the first $600 was on me and I can't believe how long it lasted! All the way through cocktails and most of the way through dinner!

    That app sounds pretty cool. I can think of a lot time with my cub scout pack where something like that would come in really handy. What app was it?

    Wedpics. It worked well, is free and is for both Android & iPhone. There were some that wanted hundreds of dollars!

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  • I usually take a book home from the summit as my souvenir. I usually get the people I meet to sign it as kind of a memento - helps me remember the good times and good people I've met. Any suggestions on what book I should pick this year? I typically try to get something fairly deep - an internals books, the MVP Dives, or similar. What have you read recently that has been really good? Anything new out that is a must-have?

    Thanks,

    Chad

  • Stefan Krzywicki (10/9/2013)


    Sean Lange (10/9/2013)


    Stefan Krzywicki (10/9/2013)


    Sean Lange (10/9/2013)


    Stefan Krzywicki (10/9/2013)


    jcrawf02 (10/9/2013)


    Stefan Krzywicki (10/8/2013)


    SQLRNNR (10/8/2013)


    Stefan Krzywicki (10/8/2013)


    Well, time to polish the resume and start looking for work. Just given a 1 month notice.

    They want to keep me on a retainer for 5 hours a week, so that might be a nice side income, as long as I find another full time job soon.

    Hate looking this time of year.

    Overall that sucks. But at least they did a couple of good things based on those statements (retainer and a 1 month lead on the dismissal).

    And the promise of a good recommendation. They waited until after the wedding too. All in all, not the worst way to end a contract. It was a 6 mo contract that lasted 3.5 years. Now if only my agency would call me back...

    Sorry to hear that, but congratulations! How'd the wedding go?

    It was great! Everyone had a lot of fun, though we didn't do as much dancing as I'd expected. Good thing I had extra music on the dinner playlist.

    The kids (8-14) left grinning ear to ear. Food was wonderful and we had time to enjoy everything.

    That is great!!! All those hours of planning and fretting were worth it. Glad to hear that everything went smoothly and that most importantly the two of you got to enjoy a great experience together. Congrats!!!!

    Yeah, I'm really pleased with it. We used an app that people downloaded to their phones so they could upload all the pictures they took to a common location. I'll use those and the professional photos and put together a website for everyone who came to see everything.

    I'm glad I didn't know I was going to need a new job until after, I might have spent less and it wouldn't have been as good.

    We did a limited time open bar. I said the first $600 was on me and I can't believe how long it lasted! All the way through cocktails and most of the way through dinner!

    That app sounds pretty cool. I can think of a lot time with my cub scout pack where something like that would come in really handy. What app was it?

    Wedpics. It worked well, is free and is for both Android & iPhone. There were some that wanted hundreds of dollars!

    Cool I will check it out. Thanks.

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  • Chad Crawford (10/9/2013)


    I usually take a book home from the summit as my souvenir. I usually get the people I meet to sign it as kind of a memento - helps me remember the good times and good people I've met. Any suggestions on what book I should pick this year? I typically try to get something fairly deep - an internals books, the MVP Dives, or similar. What have you read recently that has been really good? Anything new out that is a must-have?

    Thanks,

    Chad

    http://www.amazon.com/Beautifully-Unique-Sparkleponies-Football-Absurdities/dp/0316236772 :-P:hehe:

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  • jcrawf02 (10/9/2013)


    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304906704579113243559989478.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

    This seems like an exceptionally bad idea to me.

    1 - you wouldn't *have* a pacemaker if your heartbeat wasn't irregular, so how is that ECG going to be consistent enough to be a password?

    2 - if you flatline it allows anyone access, which is a good thing, but if you're just having trouble and your heartbeat is skipping all over the place, everyone has to *wait* for you to flatline before they can do anything?

    3 - you can only initiate wireless contact through an initial wired connection? That's not wireless!

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  • Chad Crawford (10/9/2013)


    I usually take a book home from the summit as my souvenir. I usually get the people I meet to sign it as kind of a memento - helps me remember the good times and good people I've met. Any suggestions on what book I should pick this year? I typically try to get something fairly deep - an internals books, the MVP Dives, or similar. What have you read recently that has been really good? Anything new out that is a must-have?

    Thanks,

    Chad

    You could try this one

    http://www.red-gate.com/community/books/sql-server-concurrency

    or this one

    http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-SQL-Server-2012-Replication/dp/1906434999/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381333295&sr=1-1&keywords=sebastian+meine

    This one won't be available unfortunately

    http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SQL-Server-2012-Internals/dp/0735658560/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z

    This one is pretty good too ( I tech edited it)

    http://www.apress.com/databases/database-administration/9781430247913

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  • uhhh.... sparkle ponies. I don't even want to know the search you used to find that one.

    Thanks Jason, I'll take a look at those. I do wish the Internals book was released, that probably would have been my first choice.

    Chad

  • Chad Crawford (10/9/2013)


    uhhh.... sparkle ponies. I don't even want to know the search you used to find that one.

    Thanks Jason, I'll take a look at those. I do wish the Internals book was released, that probably would have been my first choice.

    Chad

    Sucks that it won't be released. It also sucks that 2014 is about to be released now and that 2012 book is just now coming out

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    Well, time to polish the resume and start looking for work. Just given a 1 month notice.

    They want to keep me on a retainer for 5 hours a week, so that might be a nice side income, as long as I find another full time job soon.

    Hate looking this time of year.

    Right there with you, only I would have been on the street the same day I was told my job was cut had I not been over here in Afghanistan. At least I get to finish my deployment. Let's me put money aside to live on while looking for employment when I get back.

    Well that just sucks. You know, to inform someone of that while they're in Afghanistan is just beyond rude.

    Is this a "shutdown" related thing? If so, do you expect that you'll be kept if the government reaches an agreement with itself?

  • Brandie, do you have any writing tools that you'd recommend, for tracking characters, places, plot segments, stuff like that? Preferably for iPad and PC.

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    Well, time to polish the resume and start looking for work. Just given a 1 month notice.

    They want to keep me on a retainer for 5 hours a week, so that might be a nice side income, as long as I find another full time job soon.

    Hate looking this time of year.

    Right there with you, only I would have been on the street the same day I was told my job was cut had I not been over here in Afghanistan. At least I get to finish my deployment. Let's me put money aside to live on while looking for employment when I get back.

    Well that just sucks. You know, to inform someone of that while they're in Afghanistan is just beyond rude.

    Is this a "shutdown" related thing? If so, do you expect that you'll be kept if the government reaches an agreement with itself?

    My position State-side going away was part of a right sizing. They had trimmed 200 or so positions early this year. Could things turn around if the politicians pulled their heads out of their arses, maybe. We are also drawing down here as well. If my position hadn't been cut I probably would have been able to extend and be the sole DBA in theater starting in February. At least they are trying to extend me until the end of January.

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    Chad Crawford (10/9/2013)


    uhhh.... sparkle ponies. I don't even want to know the search you used to find that one.

    Thanks Jason, I'll take a look at those. I do wish the Internals book was released, that probably would have been my first choice.

    Chad

    Sucks that it won't be released. It also sucks that 2014 is about to be released now and that 2012 book is just now coming out

    2014 also means some new and renamed tools.

    Microsoft seems to think you can keep up by reading a blog or two.

  • GilaMonster (10/9/2013)


    Brandie, do you have any writing tools that you'd recommend, for tracking characters, places, plot segments, stuff like that? Preferably for iPad and PC.

    If I may, I really like Springpad. You can put notes on an iPad or your PC and it synchronizes between the two or three or however many devices and the web site.

    It has notes, lists and other types of document you can use.

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  • Am I the only one left speechless and flabbergasted by this post?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1503017.aspx

    I used to teach 2 methods to swap A and B in entry level university FORTRAN course (too) long ago.

    Is he saying that this fundamental property of the UPDATE statement is not something a fresh-out (of university) would know?


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    Am I the only one left speechless and flabbergasted by this post?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1503017.aspx

    I used to teach 2 methods to swap A and B in entry level university FORTRAN course (too) long ago.

    Is he saying that this fundamental property of the UPDATE statement is not something a fresh-out (of university) would know?

    Yeah, that was some weird thread.

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