Month: July 2006

Macbook in the driver’s seat

Last Updated February 11, 2017

Macbook in the driver’s seat, originally uploaded by BrentOzar. My coworkers were a little surprised yesterday when I alreay had my Macbook Pro as my primary machine, and my Dell had already been relegated to riding shotgun. The only reason I even still have it on my desk is because I have to get our…

Coding Horror t-shirts now available

Last Updated May 9, 2010

Brent Ozar

I try not to wear too many computer-related t-shirts because they emphasize my fashion ineptitude, but when Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror blog came out with their logo t-shirts, I could not resist. The logo is great, the blog is funny and spot-on, and let’s face it, every geek should have at least one good inside…

I’m getting a Macbook Pro!

Last Updated April 20, 2019

Brent Ozar

SQL Server

YES! YES! YES! Or as they say in the World Cup, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! My boss knows about my lust after the grooviness known as the Apple Macbook Pro, and he just scored me the coolest project. I get to be the pilot guy for supporting Macs internally. I’m way psyched. Now for the wild part –…

Ernie goes to the vet

Last Updated May 9, 2010

Brent Ozar

Ernie and I took a trip this morning to Animal General Hospital, and Dr. Campbell says she’s got a rash. Might be scabies, but probably not, and he didn’t want to do the required skin scrape test on her right now with the skin being so sensitive. She got a shot in the bottom to…

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Review

Last Updated August 24, 2009

Brent Ozar

I spent some time yesterday going through an evaluation of the upcoming release of Microsoft Operations Manager 2007, and figured I’d share my evaluation notes with you, dear reader. I’ve used MOM before, and I wanted to see what was new. I’m looking at SCOM 2007 because I’d run into a showstopper with UniCenter: it…