July Vacation
Well – the first half of the year is over and it's been a pretty busy time for Kimberly and I. I only managed to
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Well – the first half of the year is over and it's been a pretty busy time for Kimberly and I. I only managed to
Quick blog post to celebrate a bit of a milestone and round out the month of May – no blogging tomorrow. Earlier today I was
I've just been posting a few links on Facebook and began reminiscing about my days at Edinburgh University. I spent a lot of my 3rd
I was reading through some gardening books this morning trying to identify a plant we had last year that died over the winter (I was
In February this year we stopped off in Bangkok on the way to and from teaching in Hyderabad. On one of the days we did some
I'm very pleased, and deeply honored, to announce that I've been made a Microsoft Regional Director. This is one of a very small group of
Ok – so Kimberly got on Facebook last weekend after peer-pressure from a bunch of people at Katie's 9th birthday party. I resisted, in vain
The first of the long-promised photo posts (with lots of Wikipedia links) – click on photos for larger versions. Over the holidays Kimberly and I
(Yes I know I haven't posted for a while, we've been travelling – we're in Hyderabad right now – but I'll post a bunch over
[Edit 1/1/09] Well, actually its so nice here (St. Lucia) that we're staying on vacation another week – maybe I'll post some stuff next week
As you may have noticed, I *really* like blogging and writing about SQL Server (to the point that Kimberly jokes in our sessions and workshops
If anyone reading the blog was watching SQLServerCentral back in 2006, you'd have seen an email interview I did with Steve Jones while I was
Well, it’s been a year since I left Microsoft (8/31/07) to join Kimberly running SQLskills.com – and what a blast it’s been! From 8/31/07 to
Just go watch it – LEGO stop-go animation of a Metallica concert – it’s fantastic! http://www.sarahlacy.com:80/sarahlacy/2008/08/stop-what-you-a.html Thanks to Jason Massie for the heads-up (tons of
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of LEGO (see SQL Down Under podcast interview –
Just a bit off-topic on this one! I was sitting working on our top deck this morning when I spotted a large commerical airliner being
While we were on vacation at the start of July we spent a week on the live-aboard Kona Aggressor II catching up on some scuba-diving.
I’m sitting here writing my next article for TechNet Magazine – this time on Tracking Changes Using SQL Server 2008 – and was fooling around
So Seattle weather went from 50 degrees to 85 degrees overnight Friday and we all went from shivering to sweating! It's too hot to be
(And this isn’t an April Fool…) I’m very pleased to announce that I’ve been made a SQL Server MVP for 2008. For the eight
Now we’re back at home and working very strange hours as we deal with jet-lag. The flight back from Beijing to Vancouver was a great
Well, I bet that title grabbed a bunch of people’s attention :-) In the Beijing Advanced Research Centre offices of Microsoft where we’re teaching this
Start of the second week in China. We flew up from Shanghai to Beijing yesterday, and just in time it seems. As we flew out
Nothing technical in this blog post for a change, just some info about the first trip of the year for us. We’re in China for
In the mail today I received notice that my first software patent has been granted by the US Patent Office :-) (after being filed 3.5
As many of you who follow our blogs (and we’ve met at conferences) may know, Kimberly’s Dad has been very ill for some time. On
After all the build-up over the last few weeks (putting finishing touches to decks and demos), we’re finally off to the last set of conferences
Today I finally managed to hook-up with SQL Server MVP and Regional Director Greg Low so he could interview me for his podcast show –
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