Monthly Archives: January 2011

CTRL Scroll and Getting Old

Posted on January 11, 2011 by way0utwest

The handiest thing that I’ve used lately for a computer is the Ctrl button and the scroll wheel on my mouse. If you’ve never tried it, do it now on this web page. Scroll different directions and you’ll see what … Continue reading →

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NoSQL Basics

Posted on January 11, 2011 by way0utwest

Last year there was quite a bit of press devoted to the NOSQL movement, emphasizing the scalability and power of this class of databases. They have not been well known, but have been used to power some of the very … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #14–Resolutions

Posted on January 10, 2011 by way0utwest

It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, and this month the Midnight DBAs (Jen’s blog | Sean’s blog | @MidnightDBA) are hosting the party. You can read about the whole T-SQL Tuesday blog party idea from Adam Machanic (blog, Twitter) if you … Continue reading →

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Background Rebuilding

Posted on January 10, 2011 by way0utwest

I moved my blog over the weekend from Blogspot to WordPress. Mostly because I like the WordPress platform better, and because I wanted to consolidate my editorials, blogs, etc. However on the import from Blogger, which was very cool and … Continue reading →

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