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  • And the winners are….. (iPads for Christmas contest)

    Congratulations to the following winners of our iPads for Christmas contest. It was a hard choice, but I ended up with these winners:

    • CC-597066
    • DataChomp
    • Scott Murray-240410
    • richardn-1128243
    • Michael Lysons
    • chris.cantley
    • Nick Van Dyk
    • barb.wendling
    • hghumphrey
    • MdApache

    I had over a 100 entries to go through, and it  took some time, and a few passes to get down to about 20, then 14, then pick the last 10. These were interesting entries, and while it was close, these seemed to stand out in my mind.

    I’ll be contacting the winners today, and then letting Red Gate know as well and we’ll get those iPad shipments moving.

    Thanks to everyone that entered, and happy holidays to you all.

  • Busy Week

    It’s going to be a busy week for me. At last count, I had over 40 comments for my T-SQL Tuesday party. Most of them are of a decent length, and I need to get through them all to write a summary.

    I’m hoping to get it done for Friday, but no promises right now.

  • iPads for Christmas

    There’s a contest going on, today through Friday, and you can win a copy of SQL Monitor from my employer Red Gate Software.

    Oh yeah, in order to use your new software like we do at SQLServerCentral, we’ll send you an iPad as well. A 16GB, 3G, iPad.

    You can read about the contest in today’s editorial.

  • SQL Saturday #45 Cancelled

    I hate not living up to commitments. It really, really bothers me and I have tried hard in my career to under-promise and over-deliver. However I’m going to get a big fat #FAIL for SQL Saturday #45.

    I found out last night that my son has his black belt test scheduled for Jan 22, 2011. That’s the same day as SQL Saturday #45 in Louisville, KY, an event that I have been planning on attending for a few months. I tried to get the test moved, but our karate school only does black belt testing twice a year, and they bring in another teacher from out of town to help, so I was stuck. I had been thinking it would be Jan 29, since that’s usually when other tests occur, but that wasn’t the case this time.

    So I sent a note with apologies and regret to the organizers as well as Red Gate since I was supposed to represent them there. I did find a few people that were willing to speak and take my place, so I think the event will be fine, but I still feel bad about cancelling.

    I’m glad that I went to class since this was the first I’d heard of it and it gave me some notice. With only a week left before I go on holiday, I’d gate to have missed this news until Jan.