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Monday, June 30, 2008 6:30 PM

DWWTWT?: June 30

The end of the MS fiscal year and the second calendar quarter feature another drive to work: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 42 Walked 204 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 161 None (did not
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Friday, June 27, 2008 6:00 PM

DWWTWT?: June 23-27

The week featured time in the office each day this week. I'm still not up to walking..: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 42 Walked 204 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 160 None (did not compete)
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:30 PM

TOP, ORDER BY, and Non-Unique Columns

One of the comments I accidentally deleted earlier this afternoon posed the following question (paraphrased): I understand that TOP with ORDER BY makes no sense, but what about when I use different values for TOP and I ORDER BY a column that has duplicate
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:15 PM

Ack! I Just Deleted Four Comments Accidentally!

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 in a few
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Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:56 PM

Blogiversary v3.0

Yes, I'm cheating a bit by retro-posting this a few days after the fact, but this humble corner turned three years old as of the timestamp on this, its 627th post (other milestone posts here , here , and here ). Given the way life has gone the last year,
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Friday, June 20, 2008 5:30 PM

DWWTWT?: June 16-20

The week featured a brief visit to the office on Wednesday (ride courtesy of my wife Gale, the best and most patient caregiver on the planet) and telecommutes of varying lengths the rest of the week: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode
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Friday, June 13, 2008 6:15 PM

DWWTWT?: June 9-13

The week was once again non-competitive as my recovery crawls along: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 38 Walked 204 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 154 None (did not compete) 112 More to come..
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Friday, June 06, 2008 5:00 PM

DWWTWT?: June 2-6

The week was again non-competitive as my recovery continues its slow, steady pace: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 38 Walked 204 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 154 None (did not compete) 107
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:00 PM

I'd Much Rather Be At TechEd 2008 Developers..

.. but my appendix had other plans. I underwent the fabled 0400 Sunday morning emergency appendectomy following a burst on Saturday evening, May 17. Absent a misguided 16-hour attempt to leave the hospital 72-hours post-op (my last gasp at joining you
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