Ran across Pillbox in Government Computing News (GCN), a web app that lets you identify what a pill is based on shape, color, imprint, and more. They have an HTML version and a Flex version, the latter definitely more user friendly (more graphics), but both are useful. The article about it says Poison Control Centers […]
Read more "Pillbox Application"Kendal posted the announcement yesterday that we opened the design content on 99designs. I’ve used the site before and it’s a decent system, typically get a logo for around $200 – and you get to pick from a lot of options. I know most of us are data people, but probably more than a few […]
Read more "SQLRally Logo Contest"I saw this post (please do read it) about introducing speakers and it reminded me that I wanted to write about it too. At the July oPASS meeting I did the introduction for Kendal Van Dyke, and it just felt like the right thing to do. We’ve been a little lax about it, and in […]
Read more "Introducing Speakers"You can still submit abstracts through midnight tonight for SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando on October 16, 2010. Great time of year to visit Florida, and it looks like we’ll have a great variety of speakers again this year. Here’s the list of submitted sessions so far: Title Speaker A Broad look at securing your […]
Read more "Reminder – Final Day for Speaker Abstracts for SQLSaturday #49!"We’ve got 6 days left before the call for nominations for the 2010 PASS election closes and I want to make a last push to try to encourage more of you to participate. Jeremiah and Joe both have some great points about the benefits and I probably can’t top them, so I’ll just ask you […]
Read more "PASS Update #37 (Elections and Re-Election)"Short notes this time, but wanted to get a few thing written down: Attendance was about 20, lower than expected for a good perf tuning presentation. Talked to Jack afterward, think we’re static or declining, need to revisit our chapter plan soon. Nice presentation from David Pless from MS, good audience participation Meeting sponsored by […]
Read more "Notes on the July 13, 2010 oPASS Meeting"Our regular monthly meeting is tonight featuring David Pless from Microsoft. Here are some notes about his presentation: This discussion will continue to cover how to troubleshoot performance issues on SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. In this discussion I cover performance impact analysis using DMVs, SET options in SQL Server, and Profiler and […]
Read more "oPASS Meeting Tonight, July 13, 2010"Here’s another one that I’ve run into when linking to a SQL Server table that has a bit column. Maybe there’s a cleaner fix, in the past I’ve just changed the table to a tinyint with a check constraint. Bits are useful things, should just work.
Read more "Access Annoyance – Bit Columns"We’re pleased to announce that Louis Davidson will be our pre-con speaker this year at SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando. Louis will be presenting a one day seminar on database design, a worthy topic and one about which Louis is both knowledgeable and passionate, looking forward to attending it myself! The competition was definitely fierce, all […]
Read more "SQLSaturday #49 Pre-Con Announced"We had our monthly Board of Directors call on July 8th and as is fairly common, the call went smooth. Unusually though, I had two items on the agenda, the budget for the ‘spring event’ and the SQL Server Standard. The budget went through a number of revisions, starting with a super minimalist version in […]
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