Monthly Archives: January 2014

Powershell in a Month Day 12 – A Practical Interlude

Posted on January 22, 2014 by way0utwest

This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month of Lunches book by Don Jones. This chapter is a practical one. Build a scheduled task that removes all jobs from … Continue reading →

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Using multiple CTEs in one query

Posted on January 22, 2014 by way0utwest

This is a fairly simple thing to do, but I had to look it up the other day and thought it would make a good blog. This is a good example of a blog that everyone should write to show … Continue reading →

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Software in 2014

Posted on January 22, 2014 by way0utwest

What’s the state of software in 2014? Here’s one set of thoughts from Tim Bray. He works for Google, and understandably has a bit of a slant towards the Google view of the world. Or maybe that’s his view and that’s … Continue reading →

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Uncontrolled Code

Posted on January 21, 2014 by way0utwest

Wow, Excel really sucks. To be fair, that isn’t just Excel, but any spreadsheet that’s used to make decisions in business (or government) and hasn’t had proper auditing or checking. Spreadsheets are amazingly powerful and useful, and so ubiquitous that Microsoft … Continue reading →

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