I don’t bowl often, maybe once a year at best. It’s a fun way to spend a couple hours – I imagine many of you have done the same. Regardless of location they all seem about the same. Mostly quiet, not fancy, maybe even utilitarian in most ways. Food. Not great food, but good enough […]
Read more "Upscale Bowling"I live in a pleasant, calm, middle class neighborhood. Not much crime here, at most the rare break-in or vandalism, not a place where you worry about going out for a walk in the evening. Recently the HOA sent out a letter discussing the install of security cameras to increase security and that provoked some […]
Read more "Security Cameras in the Neighborhood"Yesterday I mentioned using the Google Webmaster Tools to identify some bad URL’s here on the blog. I decided to do a little more checking to see what else might be wrong. First tool I found was http://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/, free for up to 3000 pages. I set it to run and waited a few minutes, when […]
Read more "More on Finding Bad Links On Your Blog"I’ve been doing various clean up tasks this week related to the blog, with part of that being a review of the Google Webmaster Tools results. One of the things I noticed is that I had some crawl errors (URL’s that generated a page not found error). Here is the first part of that information […]
Read more "Fixing Bad Links Found Using Google Webmaster Tools"I just saw a post from Brian Kelley about the new PASS Security Virtual Chapter launching and the first presentation (by Brian on encryption) is tomorrow. That seems like a great step after the observations Brian made back in May about there only being one security topic at the Summit this year. It also makes […]
Read more "PASS Security Virtual Chapter & Security Topics at PASS Summit"It’s done, finally! The sessions for SQLSaturday #232 have been selected and the schedule is available for viewing. We have 8 tracks this year, 6 slots per track, for a whopping 48 sessions this year. It’s an amazing list of speakers – go take a look, you’ll see! If you’re attending, or haven’t made up […]
Read more "Speakers Announced for SQLSaturday #232 in Orlando"Next week I’ll be doing a new presentation about PCI compliance – aka dealing with credit cards – online (follow this link for free registration). My goal is to put PCI in perspective for DBA’s, starting with a quick overview of what PCI is, then discussing how audits work, and then some information about what […]
Read more "PCI Compliance Presentation on July 17, 2013"This was my first time attending the AAW Symposium, hosted by the American Association of Woodturners. Here are some quick notes: I registered on site for just one day attendance, $175. Very nice printed and spiral bound program guide, full color. Profiles and contact info for the presenters included, plus some tips and projects. Schedule […]
Read more "Notes from the 2013 American Association of Woodturners Symposium"This week I got to visit Atlantis. Not the mythical island, but rather the ship, the Space Shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center. The visit was part of my summer vacation, spoiling myself by doing something with my family almost every day. The official ‘launch’ of the exhibit is Saturday, we went early because it […]
Read more "Visiting Atlantis"I was pleased to see the email this morning announcing that community volunteers Erin Stellato, Ryan Adams, and Tamera Clark will be joining Board members Sri Sridharan and Rushabh Mehta for the 2013 Nominating Committee. More information on the election site. The work of the NomCom is not glamorous and if anything can be tedious […]
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