My Weekly Bookmarks for September 4th

Here’s my bookmarked links for September 1st through September 4th:

Tech Links

• New Slide Deck Section Added – Kevin Kline shares some of his SQL Server slide decks.
• NOT IN not equal to <> – These two operators aren’t always equal in SQL Server.
• Ready Today Examples Of The VMware vCloud API – VMware’s built a solution that lets you spin up virtual servers in the cloud right away much like Amazon EC2.
• Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen – Scott Hanselman’s 2009 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows – we need something like this for Mac users, come to think of it.
• A New Way to Backup from Gladinet: Cloud-to-Cloud – instead of trying to download all your content to your local network, why not back it up from one cloud service to another?
• The Value Of Landing Pages – Explained by the Google Analytics team.
• You Could Be Suffering Right Now – Mike Walsh talks about problems with implicit conversion. You could have this problem and be completely, blissfully unaware that you’re leaving performance on the table.
• SQL Azure Script Verifier – This is interesting, but think about the next step: why not have a web-based SSMS that executes queries against your Azure instance? I can think of a million reasons why it’d be a dangerous idea, but somebody’s gonna build it anyway.
• Backing up to NUL vs Backup with Truncate only – Gail Shaw elaborates on the issue of BACKUP LOG WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY being deprecated in SQL Server 2008.
• SQL Server Saturday – Swiss Style! – I love the ad banner. Hilarious.

The Junk Drawer

• I’m pretty sure it’s pronounced “Wesley-Ann”. – In which The Bloggess gets lost and comes up with a new idea: GPS for Stupid People.
• Make a 1up – Make your own 1up symbol out of a radish.
• 9 Warning Signs for Any Internet User – Print these out and stick them on the side of your parents’ computer.
• Social Media Pillows Are All Kinds of Awesome – Want a pillow with Twitter or Facebook logos on it? Me too. (Kinda.)
• 25 Elegant Workstations for Your Inspiration – beautiful.  Just in time for me to set up my new office in Chicago, too. Hmm….

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