I was tagged by Denis Gobo in the latest blog meme: What was your first computer and games you’ve played?
Well mine was the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. I got it when i was 9 years old and I only used it to play games.
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For all enthusiasts out there this is how software development cycle works no matter what the project is:
Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free. Product is tested.
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I can't stress this enough:
Never ever call me on my work phone as a form of the first contact!
Unless I know you and have given you permission to call me, don't.
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Just as the title says :)
You can read the article here.
Thanx to Kevin Kline for publishing it!
Legacy Comments
Bill Graziano
2008-05-05
re: SSMS Tools PACK is featured in May issue of SQL Server Magazine Hey, congratuluations!
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We all heard about the Chuck Norris Facts, right?
Well if you're a fan of security you have to be familiar with Bruce Schneier and his excellent blog.
What I didn't know is that he also has a collection of facts!
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This is a very "serious" talk presented by legendary Israeli investor and community-builder Yossi Vardi. It talks about the dangers of blogging especially for males.
Direct video link here.
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We're having a contest over at SqlTeam.com. Go take a look it might be worth your while.
All you have to do is have a post in the forums. The more posts you have the better the chance you have of winning.
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Yes, me too. :)
I was tagged with this by Denis who has liven (is that even a word?) up to his nick "The SQL Meance". Bad Dennins, bad!
As lame as this thing might be and it does reminds us of the dreaded chain letters (anyone remeber getting those by normal mail.
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So as of today i'm a proud member of the MCP club :)
The exam wasn't that hard. I had 35 "Pick a correct answer" questions and 15 simulations.
The simulations threw me off a bit because i didn't expect them.
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We had an interesting discussion here about Katmai (the next SQL Server version)
Of course it was discussed in the latest MVP summit, but noone can say anything because it's all under NDA.
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I use Yahoo's mail service since 1996. But today i doscovered a new thing that made me laugh for half an hour.
You have to use their ajax-ifed beta version. Click Compose and start clicking on the subject button.
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A derivative is walking down the street and sees a hot function.
So he grabs her, takes her into the bushes and differentiates her once.
Little later he sees another function and differentiates her twice.
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This document is a must read for any serious network admin and i do dare to say also for a DBA.
.Net developers are welcome to read it since it is usefull.
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A coworker found this in code generated by Visual Studio 2005:
this.sqlSelectCommand2.CommandText = "SELECT columnName1, columnName2, columnName3, columnN" + "ame4, columnName5, columnName6 FROM MyViewFromMa" + "nyTables" Searching for MyViewFromManyTables is beautifull.
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I've come accross a video recently that was tagged with VeoTAG. I must say that IT IS AWSOME!
I can already see the uses in presentation videos.
No more searching for that 47th minute minute where there's something that you like.
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Since this blog is hosted i don't have access to it's source code. That means that i can't play with the source, can't add counters, can't have anykind of statistics etc.
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I usually don't do these kind of posts but for this i'll make an exception :)
This is such an awsome tool for me for one reason only: SQL Formatting
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I came across this "little" tool today via Mike Gunderloy's The Daily Grind. Tried it out. LOVE IT. My JavaScript development from now one is only in Aptana IDE. And the coolest first observation you see is an IE and/or Firefox icon near the Javascript function you want to use that tells you if it's compatible with the browser and DOM 1 and/or DOM 2.
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I've come across Tod Hiliton's blog via Jason Haley's Interesting finds and there i found this great little add-in for VS2005.
The add-in was created by J.T.Leigh, i've installed it and I must say it works beutifully.
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I came accross this site and i must admit i've become an instant fan :))
It's Roller has the most amazing collection of sql blogs i've found so far.
It's created by Peter DeBetta and Adam Machanic as far as i can tell.
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