Monthly Archives: January 2019

Down for a week but keeping ahead

Posted on January 7, 2019 by way0utwest

I work in a publishing business at SQLServerCentral, which means that I often have things written, edited, and scheduled out ahead of time. As much as we want the site to be dynamic, fresh, and changing in content, it takes … Continue reading →

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Pro SQL Server on Linux–Getting Started

Posted on January 4, 2019 by way0utwest

As part of my learning goals for 2018, I wanted to work through various books. This is part of my series on Pro SQL Server on Linux from Bob Ward. I purchased Pro SQL Server on Linux and started reading … Continue reading →

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The Giving Back Workload

Posted on January 4, 2019 by way0utwest

One of the amazing things about the #sqlfamily is that we often help each other in a very giving way. Certainly other technical communities have lots of sharing and helping, though often with more of an RTFM attitude. I don’t know how well many … Continue reading →

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A New PiHole in the Sky

Posted on January 3, 2019 by way0utwest

Last year I set up a PiHole server on my RaspberryPi to help block some ads and malicious stuff (tracking, malware, etc) on my home network. It’s not perfect, but it’s a layer. Unfortunately the Raspberry Pi was unstable and … Continue reading →

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