Monthly Archives: March 2013

Macbook Air v Surface Pro

Posted on March 22, 2013 by way0utwest

I love my MacBook Air. It’s small, light, and it works well as a traveling laptop for me. It starts and stops instantly, and the only complaint I have is that my 2011 version only has 4GB of RAM and … Continue reading →

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Toggle Switches

Posted on March 22, 2013 by way0utwest

When SQL Server 7 was released, it was touted as a self-tuning, self optimizing database platform requiring much less attention from a DBA. The product had relatively few tuning options and limited information available about how it processed queries. DBAs … Continue reading →

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Customizing SSMS – Bigger Queries

Posted on March 21, 2013 by way0utwest

This is a short series on some customizations in SSMS to make it visually more appealing. As a presenter, I’ve learned how to change the way Management Studio (SSMS) looks to make it easier for people to see the screen … Continue reading →

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Zettabytes and Beyond

Posted on March 21, 2013 by way0utwest

The old Carl Sagan quote about billions and billions of stars in the universe doesn’t seem so large anymore. In fact, a billion of anything, while a large number, seems immense only until we talk about the scale of data. How much data … Continue reading →

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