Today I attended the MCM call with Microsoft Learning (MSL). I won’t get personal here, because in spite of everything, I do imagine that the folks in MSL are under quite a bit of stress right now (yes – so is the community, but more on that later). I myself remember getting chewed out back […]
Joe Sack
SQL Server Performance Tuning, High Availability and Disaster Recovery Blog
We can handle the truth
Posted on: September 9, 2013 12:05 pm
Off-Topic PSA: Beware of Cramming
Posted on: July 19, 2012 12:52 am
Unrelated to cramming for certification exams, but back in March I started getting strange text messages in the middle of the night – sometimes multiple times a night. The texts varied between celebrity gossip and animal trivia. For example: “Lindsay Lohan’s dad, Michael Lohan, and girlfriend Kate Major are expecting their first child together. For […]
VirtualBox Script to Batch Save and Start Multiple Guests
Posted on: February 6, 2012 10:06 am
I use Windows 7 as my laptop host OS and this limits me from using Hyper-V natively to handle VM guests. Yes, I could do the dual-boot thing, but I haven’t done it yet and I do like the simplicity of not having to switch host OS contexts. Windows 8 will, thankfully, be adding […]
SQLSaturday 104 recap and an update on how the new job is going
Posted on: January 18, 2012 4:39 am
My first SQLSaturday (104) experience was a great one. I got a chance to meet many new people (speakers, organizers and attendees), reunite with several others who I’ve met in previous contexts and also map Twitter handles to “real life” people. In addition to socializing with folks, I also got a chance to watch […]
