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Hello, my name is Paul, and I’m a high-functioning alcoholic. For the last ten years or so, I’ve been an alcoholic. A maintenance drinker –
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Hello, my name is Paul, and I’m a high-functioning alcoholic. For the last ten years or so, I’ve been an alcoholic. A maintenance drinker –
Ten years ago today we announced that we were hiring our first employee: Jonathan Kehayias. It was a big risk for Kimberly and I, as
(This is also the Ponderings – editorial – in today’s SQLskills newsletter.) I want to start out this post by sincerely thanking everyone who emailed
(The Curious Case of… used to be part of our bi-weekly newsletter but we decided to make it a regular blog post instead so it can sometimes
The last post of the year! It’s been a terrible year all round, as I’m sure you’ll all agree, and I’m very glad we’re rolling
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year and people have been
You may not know that Tim and I are both into 3D printing in a big way. You’ll definitely know that there’s a big shortage
The last post of the year! It’s been a really excellent year all round and time for my traditional post counting down some of the
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year (see my posts from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,
… I emigrated to the United States. I boarded a plane in Glasgow with my (then) wife Sylvia, bounced in Amsterdam and then landed in
The last post of the year! It’s been a really excellent year all round and time for my traditional post counting down some of the
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year (see my posts from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,
The last post of the year! It’s been a really excellent year all round and time for my traditional post counting down some of the
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year (see my posts from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,
…the second stage of my life ended, when I left Microsoft on August 31st, 2007. The first stage of my life was education, ending in
The last post of the year! It’s been a really excellent year all round and time for my traditional post counting down some of the
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year (see my posts from 2009, 2010, 2011,
The last post of the year! It’s been a really excellent year all round and time for my traditional post counting down some of the
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year (see my posts from 2009, 2010, 2011,
The last post of the year! It’s been a really excellent year all round and time for my traditional post counting down some of the
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year (see my posts from 2009, 2010, 2011,
The Simple Talk folks from Red Gate have been running a Geek of the Week interview series over the last few months and this week
The last post of the year! It’s been a really excellent year all round and time for my traditional post counting down some of the
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year (see my posts from 2009, 2010, 2011,
We all obsess with making our databases and our clients’ databases healthy and fabulous, but often we forget about looking after ourselves. Over the last
The last post of the year! It’s been a really excellent year all round and time for my traditional post counting down the numbers that
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year (see my posts from 2009, 2010, 2011)
A friend of ours on the SQL Server doc team asked me to recommend some places to visit for their upcoming trip to Scotland so
Just over thirteen years ago, at the end of January 1999, I arrived in the US on an H1B visa to start working for Microsoft, after
The last post of the year! It's been an excellent year all round – I thought that instead of doing a long post about goals
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year (see 2009, 2010) and people
We’ve been off-line the last couple of weeks while we’ve been traveling around Europe and now I’ve got a bunch of blog posts to catch
It's been a while since I blogged about hobby stuff so I thought I'd share a few photos of recent Lego models I've made –
This month's T-SQL Tuesday is being run by newly-minted fellow-MVP Jen McCown (blog|twitter) and the topic is about resolutions. And specifically about resolutions around technology you've been
The last post of the year! It's been an excellent year all round – I thought that instead of doing a long post about goals
In 2009 I read a whopping 100 books (see my wrap-up post) and it seemed at times like I spent every waking moment reading, so
Hey folks, Just a quick note to let you know that Kimberly and I will be offline from this weekend for four weeks. We're going
Yesterday morning I was tagged in a blog post by my very good friend Buck Woody (twitter|blog), wondering how I travel (and by extension, how
It's been a while since we had a vacation (and more than a year since we last went diving!!) so tomorrow we're off for a couple
Just when I thought I'd discovered all the online networks that could successfully prevent me from doing useful work, I re-discovered LinkedIn this morning after
We both just got the MVP renewal emails – although I must admit to having some April Fools fun this morning on Twitter and the
Once in a blue moon I come across something cool and it happens to be Friday, and I blog about it. Last time was drinking
At the start of the year I decided to get seriously back into playing with electronics after a long haitus. I agonized about where to
Yesterday I was discussing life-direction-changing-events with Kimberly and our great friend Libby and I thought it would be interesting to find out from people how
(This is my last blog post for 2009 – thanks to everyone who reads my blog and takes part in the SQL community – hope
Several times this week I've been asked about how to become an MVP. A few people have posted on this, but here's my take. I think
This isn't a SQL Server blog post so doesn't count against my vacation. Just finished making the Lego model of the original Death Star that
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