Every once in a while I hope to use this blog to investigate the lighter side of database/computing topics. After all, redundancy can (and should!) exist in many more places than corporate network architectures. One of the places you may be surprised to hear about redundancy is college marching bands, which I feel more …

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I think all of us who sit in front of a computer for a living have a few free programs that we're particularly fond of. Here's what I'm liking as of late. Notepad++ My favorite general-purpose text editor. Along with pretty much anything else, I find myself writing a lot of T-SQL code in here and then copying/pasting …

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When preparing to take certification exams, I always purchase test preparation materials no matter how ready I feel that I am. I do this for two reasons: There's no such thing as being too prepared (being a Boy Scout taught me this many times over) I can be sure of what topics will be covered As I was getting ready to …

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A little over a week ago, Wendy Pastrick (blog | twitter) had a blog post, Attack of the Killer Maintenance Plan, where she crafts a horror story from her experience checking out some maintenance plans designed by a former employee. After reading this, I was inspired to come up with my own tale, blended with classic …

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While I wasn't explicitly tagged for participation in this meme, Wendy Pastrick (blog | twitter) was kind enough to tag everyone else who hasn't been tagged already. Being in need of a first topic for a blog post, this seemed like a good one to start with! Since a lot of things have already been spoken for, here's 3 …

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