About Microsoft SQL Server management, database administration, and how to get things done.
On Thursday, December 11th at 8am Pacific, 11am Eastern, I’ll be doing a live video webcast with some of my fellow SQLServerPedia editors:
Denny Cherry, Performance Tuning Editor
Douglas McDowell, Business Intelligence Editor
Greg Low, Architecture & Configuration Editor
Jason Massie, T-SQL Code Library Editor
Tim Ford, Database Administration Editor
We’re going to talk about what we’re doing, why we’re doing [...]
In my series this week on how to get started blogging, I’ve touched on the business of blogging for yourself, why you should use Wordpress and how to configure it, and the best WordPress plugins. Today I’m going to focus on look and feel.
WordPress uses a “theme” system to bundle images, CSS files and PHP [...]
After reading my HP c7000 Blade Chassis review, a reader contacted me with a question:
“I do computer consulting and web hosting, and I recently bought a blade chassis. I was going to use it for web hosting at a colo datacenter, but I’m debating whether to use it or keep using 1u pizza box servers. [...]
Part 1 explained the reasoning and decisionmaking process, part 2 recommended using WordPress, and in this entry I’ll talk about what WordPress plugins I use here on BrentOzar.com and what they do.
FeedBurner FeedPress Gets You RSS Stats
Some of your readers will subscribe to your blog using RSS feeds. I won’t explain RSS here, but the [...]
In part 1, I talked about the basics of why you might want to blog for yourself (instead of a third party) and how to pick your domain name. In today’s installment, I’ll cover what blog software you want to use and how to configure it.
Use Self-Hosted WordPress to Run Your Blog
There’s a bunch of [...]
Andrew Brust blogged today that Windows Home Server now deserves a serious second look because Microsoft fixed the bug. When I say “the” bug, I mean the bug to end all bugs: it’s a file server, but if you saved certain kinds of files to it, they got corrupted. What kinds of files, you ask? [...]
From Failblog:
So you’ve been reading blogs for a while, and you’re thinking about dipping your toes into the water. It’s really easy, it pays off long term in your career, and it’s a great way to meet awesome people. I’m going to tell you all the things I wish somebody would have told me way [...]
Winter in Whitehall
Whitehall in a nutshell right here: the dog’s wearing two coats because it’s so cold she won’t go outside otherwise, there’s ice on the water already in late November, all the boats are gone, I’m wearing gloves, and I’m drinking a cappuccino from McDonald’s because it’s my only coffee option here. There’s a [...]
Breaking news - Newegg’s running a pretty good Black Friday sale, but one particular item really stands out.
The Asus VW223B 22″ LCD monitor is $150. That’s a decent price for a 22″ monitor, but the DisplayLink USB connectivity makes it a truly killer deal. You can connect this monitor to a PC using not DVI, [...]
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