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Greetings from the Delta terminal at JFK Airport in beautiful South Ozone Park, NY, where I’m currently laying over on my way back to Orlando. As I was getting up at 6am Barcelona time, my wife was watching Friday night’s episode of David Letterman...
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Earlier this week, I got my session schedule for my talks at this year’s Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 Developers in Barcelona . DAT04-IS, SQL Tricks from Microsoft IT, will be offered on Tuesday, 11 November from 1:30pm until 2:45pm. DAT03-IS, Real-World Indexing...
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La Font de Canaletes is a public fountain near the head of La Rambla de Catalunya in what it currently the center of Barcelona, Spain: When I was in Barcelona last November, I reported that I "drank generously from the fountain, hopefully sealing...
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We are 32 days in Florida as of today, and so far it's been a marvelous experience. All three boys are thriving in school. I haven't seen so many A's since my mother's book club read The Scarlet Letter. * Good on you, boys! Connectivity...
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Now the story can be told.. the last couple weeks have not been pretty around here, connectivity wise. Think of a duck.. paddling like the dickens underwater to keep things going while looking calm and serene from above. Note that if...
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Some pictures of our new spread in Central Florida. PDA users and others with bandwidth meters strongly advised....( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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It's been a busy six weeks since I last posted here. I've made substantial progress in my recovery from a burst appendix. My stamina is still limited (my sons blazed right by me on a staircase outside Safeco Field this evening ), and I tend to...
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If you've left a comment here since June 4th, please repost it with my thanks and apologies. I tried to do a bulk approval and I did a bulk deletion by mistake. One of them was a question about TOP with ORDER BY that I'll attempt to reproduce...
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.. but my appendix had other plans. I underwent the fabled 0400 Sunday morning emergency appendectomy following a burst on Saturday evening, May 16. Absent a misguided 16-hour attempt to leave the hospital 72-hours post-op (my last gasp at joining you...
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Yesterday was a big day in our household. In addition to our two resident mothers, we also commemorated our eldest son's sixteenth birthday. Earlier in the week, after a delicate negotiation, we agreed on a blended celebration dinner at...
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A picture-laden discussion of my brief return to my hometown after twenty-size years. Download to your PDA at your own risk.....( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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I've heard from a number of old friends -- and, I suspect, a few new ones -- in the wake of yesterday's remembrance of my inspirational family friend, Tun-Hsu "Martha" McCoy. I had no doubt that her loss would be keenly felt across a wide swath of the...
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Every once in awhile, you get a piece of news that sets you looking at where you are and where you've been. Today is one of those days. There will be no technical content in this post, and it might ramble some. Bear with me; it's been a contemplative...
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Last Tuesday and Wednesday very little was right with the world, as the first two games of the 2008 regular Major League Baseball season were played half a world away, and they started at 3AM Seattle time. I'm all for globalizing the appeal of the...
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Sad word today from the world of letters that Arthur C. Clarke has passed at 90. While his most remarkable book was made into a most remarkable film (which bears little resemblance to the book, in my opinion), Clarke was an incredibly prolific writer...
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In the age of the blog, it may well be that republishing is the sincerest form of flattery. The same RSS technology that many of you use to read the blog through wonderful rollers like this one also can be turned to far more nefarious purposes. ...
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Sure, it's a somewhat contrived reason for a post, but it's leap day. In such a calendar-centric endeavor as a blog, it seems to me that one must leave a footprint on leap day.. I'm posting today via Windows Live Writer, which I downloaded earlier...
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..pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training. This is better than the groundhog and his shadow.. -wp...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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In what seems to be becoming an annual tradition , I'm "going public" with the final commuting-oriented post of the calendar year. If this "tradition" strikes you as more of an "indulgence," please skip this post and accept my best wishes for a joyous...
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Dear Friends and Colleagues.. After a year of great personal and professional growth (my first overseas trip to deliver my first customer-facing presentations) and personal challenge (three surgeries and five hospitalizations in our family), it's a great...
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Sad news today that songwriter Dan Fogelberg has passed away at age 56 after a three-year battle with prostate cancer. I discovered Fogelberg's music at about the same age my sons are now (14 & 15). My habit in the day was to find new artists to listen...
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Frequent visitors to this space may recall that today is my father's birthday. I wish we all were in Vermont to celebrate with him, but we're in Redmond battening down the hatches . When things are going well at work (which they do the vast majority of...
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Attached is a picture of the view from my hotel window which I took yesterday ....( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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Attached is a picture of the Barcelona Cathedral which I took yesterday ....( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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Attached is a picture of the Temple Expiatori de la Sagada Familia ( Temple of the Sacred Family ) which I took yesterday ....( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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