Monthly Archives: November 2014

The SQL Server Container

Posted on November 19, 2014 by way0utwest

I’ve been hearing about Docker quite a bit lately. It’s a piece of software (and a company) that builds containers that provide isolation for an application, allowing a more lightweight way to separate our applications than virtualization. Right now the containers only … Continue reading →

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MY Data

Posted on November 18, 2014 by way0utwest

Data is merely a set of numbers. However when data is given context, it allows conclusions to be drawn and many of us make a living managing some part of that process every day. Most of us deal with data … Continue reading →

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Prepping for Winter

Posted on November 17, 2014 by way0utwest

Living on a ranch in Colorado means that we have to prepare for winter in a way that we don’t worry about other seasons. Taking care of livestock when the weather gets cold (and snowy) presents challenges, and since it … Continue reading →

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Use -eq in Powershell

Posted on November 17, 2014 by way0utwest

I was writing a quick script to work with files and I only wanted to process one file for each execution of a loop. I could have done this multiple ways, but I threw this together: $fileEntries = [IO.Directory]::GetFiles(“d:\placeholder”); $delete … Continue reading →

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