Daily Archives: February 29, 2012

A Solid Laser Printer

Posted on February 29, 2012 by way0utwest

I bought a Brother 2060 about 5 years ago to serve as our primary printer at the ranch. It was a basic, compact, black and white laser that did a good job for us. It seems as though we’ve had … Continue reading →

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AdventureWorks in SQL Server 2012 RC0

Posted on February 29, 2012 by way0utwest

The sample databases for SQL Server 2012 haven’t been completely finalized, but I was able to find the latest version here for AdventureWorks. This download gives you an mdf, and that’s it. You can’t directly attach that in SSMS, but … Continue reading →

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Azure is Down

Posted on February 29, 2012 by way0utwest

I saw a note about an outage on Windows Azure, apparently one that’s been going on for seven hours. Once again it seems that February 29 has struck again with a computer issue, and it makes me worry that if … Continue reading →

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The Cloud is good for your career

Posted on February 29, 2012 by way0utwest

I think most of us know that the world is not really a meritocracy. We know that the value of many things is not necessarily intrinsic to the item; value is based on perception. That’s a large part of the … Continue reading →

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