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Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:30 PM

Another Blog You Should Know About (If You Don't Already)

I posted last Friday urging you towards a blog offering from the SQL Customer Advisory Team. Today, I'd like to point you at another brilliant blog . Tips, Tricks, and Advice from the SQL Server Query Processing Team offers "tips, tricks, advice and answers
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 31

A cold morning and myriad commitments both during and after the work day led me to the reluctant employment of internal combustion-based transportation (today's table in official All Hallow's Eve colors): Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 66 Drove: 18 Did Not Compete:
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Monday, October 30, 2006 6:00 PM

DWWTWT?: October 30

The second one hundered work days of walking has started out much more promisingly than the first did: Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 66 Drove: 17 Did Not Compete: 14 This despite the fact that there was frost on the ground this morning.. The Ranger training
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Friday, October 27, 2006 10:45 PM

A Blog You Should Know About (If You Don't Already)

As I mentioned my last letter to my cousin, we just finished up the first week of our SQL Server Microsoft Certified Architect OLTP/Ranger certification training. In our first week's technical sessions alone, we've heard from Don Vilen, Carroll Moon,
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Friday, October 27, 2006 6:30 PM

DWWTWT?: October 27

Between an early start to class and a pressing need for chiropractic adjustment (I haven't been since before my trip to Vermont), a need which involves a twelve-mile drive, I drove to work: Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 65 Drove: 17 Did Not Compete: 14 This
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Friday, October 27, 2006 7:45 AM

An Update For Cousin Tom: Classroom Stories, Business Intelligence, and Career News

Hey there cousin.. It’s been almost two months since we discussed data warehousing here. I apologize for the long delay since my last correspondence. It’s been a very busy time here; we’ve been preparing the first offering of our four-week SQL Server
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Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:15 PM

An Email From BillG

Yesterday was the last day of the annual Microsoft Giving Campaign Auction, and tomorrow is the last day of the Giving Campaign as a whole. An all-employee email from Bill Gates reminding us of this latter fact provides some fodder for reflection. In
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Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:00 PM

DWWTWT?: October 26

No rain this morning, so bring on the walking shoes for a "short walking commute": Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 65 Drove: 16 Did Not Compete: 14 Stay tuned.. -wp
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006 5:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 25

Yesterday , I wondered whether a guilty conscience would lead me to a foot-based commute in the rain. Well, while today did beget a "long-walking commute", the singular lack of any airborne precipitation rendered moot any guilt-related issues: Telecommuted:
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:30 PM

DWWTWT?: October 24

It's days like today that try a walker's soul: a persistent, cold rain combined with an obligation to look decent for those attending our class. Taking my grandson to school in the car was an easy call, even before he gazed at me with those big, blue,
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Monday, October 23, 2006 8:15 PM

The Bloo Is No More.. Long Live The Blog!

You might recall I mentioned a little rendering problem I was having after the recent software upgrade. Scott Watermasysk of Telligent sent along a magic piece of CSS that resolved the issue -- he even put it on the site himself! Drop a comment if you'd
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Monday, October 23, 2006 6:00 PM

DWWTWT?: October 23

It was the coldest morning of the season so far, but that didn't stop me from a "short walking commute" to the first session of the training program we've been building for the last four months: Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 63 Drove: 15 Did Not Compete: 14
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Friday, October 20, 2006 9:00 PM

DWWTWT?: October 20

This afternoon, we had a team outing in Seattle. I thought I'd need my car to get there, but I ended up car pooling with a couple of colleagues. So, I could've walked, but I drove: Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 62 Drove: 15 Did Not Compete: 14 Have a great
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Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 19

Thursday brought a "long walking commute" in light drizzle : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 62 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 14 Tomorrow is still up in the air, so stay tuned.. -wp
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Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:45 AM

IE7 Is Here!

This morning, the English version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP was released to the web; it's available for download here . There are myriad improvements over IE6, of which tabbed browsing is just the most obvious. Were I you, I would certainly
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:00 PM

Better Living Through Tags?

One of the new features of our recently updated Telligent Community Server software is expanded support for tagging of blog entries. Of course, this feature does little good for you, the reader, unless your humble blogger undertakes to actually tag their
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 18

I celebrated midweek with a "long walking commute" in the rain : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 61 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 14 More tomorrow.. -wp
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:45 PM

DWWTWT?: October 17

Another day, another "short walking commute" : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 60 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 14 There might not be a clean walking sweep this week after all.. stay tuned.. -wp
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Monday, October 16, 2006 5:30 PM

A "Kobiyashi Maru" On The Prime Number Front?

No less a figure than Louis Davidson has weighed in on the Prime Number Challenge . I left a comment on his blog last week which has yet to be published, so I'll respond to Louis here. Here's the salient part of Louis' post: A friend blogger wrote an
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Monday, October 16, 2006 5:15 PM

DWWTWT? October 16

The work week opened with a somewhat rainy "short walking commute" : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 59 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 14 We should be good for the rest of the week.. stay tuned.. -wp
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Friday, October 13, 2006 6:45 PM

DWWTWT?: October 13

The short (for me) work week ended with a "long walking commute" : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 58 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 14 I hope you have a wonderful weekend.. -wp
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Thursday, October 12, 2006 11:30 PM

DWWTWT?: October 12

The two hundredth post on this blog finds me back in familiar environs with a "long walking commute" : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 57 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 14 I can't see any reason that the week shouldn't end this way.. -wp
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006 5:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 11

Out and about in western Vermont and eastern New York, and in transit back to Seattle : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 56 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 14 I should be back live tomorrow.. note now that I've driven as many times as I've taken days off since this
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 5:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 10

Out and about in western Vermont : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 56 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 13 Unless I get a burr under my saddle, these posts will be auto-generated until Thursday.. -wp
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Monday, October 09, 2006 10:15 PM

From Dad's Bookshelf: More On Prime Numbers

I'm in western Vermont until Wednesday morning, totally off the grid except for a 56K dialup connection which seems much slower. I'm visiting my father and sister, and I found an item that follows right along with the prime number conversation we've been
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Monday, October 09, 2006 5:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 9

Out and about in western Vermont : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 56 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 12 Unless I get a burr under my saddle, these posts will be auto-generated until Thursday.. -wp
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Friday, October 06, 2006 5:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 6

Out and about in western Vermont : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 56 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 11 Unless I get a burr under my saddle, these posts will be auto-generated until next Thursday.. -wp
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Thursday, October 05, 2006 5:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 5

Out and about in western Vermont : Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 56 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 10 Unless I get a burr under my saddle, these posts will be auto-generated until next Thursday.. -wp
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006 6:00 PM

Database Programming: Something Simple That, LIKE, ESCAPEd Me Until Now

There's no rocket science in this post, just a neat little piece of syntax which has been around for awhile and yet had managed to escape my awareness until Ning asked a really interesting question that I thought I knew the answer to: How do you use LIKE
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 4

This is a tough day to score. I started out on a "long walking commute," but I needed to spend a few minutes with my grandson's teacher. This led me to realize that, if I walked all the way, I would be late for my nine o'clock meeting. My darling spouse
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:30 PM

Database Programming: Prime Number Methodology

Rob Farley 's back with two comments in regard to my prime number methodology: Ward - how do you justify having the 'initial fill of sieve' in your tweak of Hugo's? If you pull that stuff out (as per my first post ), it takes much longer. Rob ( new SQL
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:00 PM

Welcome To My Bloo! I'm Afraid I Must Be Going For Awhile..

UPDATE: Please note that the issue discussed below pertains only to web-based page views, not RSS or Atom feeds Well, the software upgrade we were expecting last week finally went through earlier yesterday morning. Other than some subtle changes to the
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:00 PM

DWWTWT?: October 3

Tuesday brought about a "long walking commute": Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 55 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 9 It's still looking good for a three walk week. Stay tuned.. -wp
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Monday, October 02, 2006 5:30 PM

DWWTWT?: October 2

October begins with the temperatures in the fifties and a "long walking commute": Telecommuted: 4 Walked: 54 Drove: 14 Did Not Compete: 9 There will be a change in pattern later in the week, but I hope to get three walks in beforehand. Stay tuned.. -w
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