Tag Archives: misc

A Break from Databases

Posted on February 24, 2012 by way0utwest

Last weekend I was all alone Sunday night. Monday was a holiday for me, my wife and kids were out of town, and it was too quiet in the house, so I decided to go see a movie. Safe House was my … Continue reading →

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Congrats, Yanni

Posted on January 9, 2012 by way0utwest

Sunday was an exciting morning for me and quite a few others in the SQL Server community. My morning was interrupted constantly as I was tied to my Twitter stream, looking for updates like this one: I had puppy duty, … Continue reading →

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Data and Privacy

Posted on December 28, 2011 by way0utwest

Recently there’s been quite an outcry over Carrier IQ’s software, which is on many smartphones and allows keystroke logging and capture of almost anything you do on your phone and transmit. Google’s Eric Schmidt condemned the use of the software, and … Continue reading →

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SQL Run was awesome

Posted on October 12, 2011 by way0utwest

When Jes Borland suggested we do a group SQL Run in Seattle, I was thinking that we’d have a few people. Allen White and I run together when we’re in the same town, and with all the people that ran … Continue reading →

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