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Monday, October 26, 2009 7:30 PM

Pond’s Laws Home Page Now Live

Thanks to yet another kick-in-the-pants from Jimmy May (did he play soccer as a youth?) the Pond’s Laws Home Page is now live. Jimmy wanted to find all of Pond’s Laws in one place, and now he (and you) can. There’s also a link to the new page in the A
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Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:00 PM

What I Know Now: Ward’s Epistle to the N00bs

And I remember what she said to me How she swore that it never would end I remember how she held me, oh so tight Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then Bob Seger, Against the Wind All you need is love Love is all you need John Lennon and Paul
Posted by Ward Pond | 13 Comments
Thursday, February 05, 2009 8:45 PM

Second Shot with a Side of Career Assist: Just What the Doctor Ordered

In light of the current state of the economy (not to mention recent news in my own back yard (I can still call it that since we continue, against our deeply held wishes, to own a house in Redmond)), I make it a point to count my blessings every day. 
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Monday, December 29, 2008 5:30 PM

Feedback is a Gift; Thanks, Kalen!

The law of unintended consequences is an amazing thing. When I posted Dirk Gubbels’ holiday greeting last week, I very quietly snuck in a new format for displaying source code, a formatting plug-in that was recommended in an internal discussion group. 
Posted by Ward Pond | 1 Comments
Friday, December 12, 2008 9:30 PM

Linchi Shea Makes an Interesting Point About Hints

I had a couple of extra minutes today and found this post on Linchi Shea’s blog ; I wanted to commend to all of you who’ve taken in the programming methodology and set-based thinking discussions in this little corner. While I disagree some with the point
Posted by Ward Pond | 2 Comments
Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:30 PM

Database Versioning Demonstration Uploaded

Fulfilling my promise at TechEd , I’ve finally completed a self-directed demonstration of the database versioning techniques I first presented at last year’s TechEd and which was alluded to during this year’s TechEd SQL Tricks presentations. It’s published
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Friday, November 21, 2008 11:45 PM

Thank You, Greg Winston

If you live long enough and lead a certain sort of life, you end up writing a lot of correspondence that you don’t really want to write when you start writing it. If you’re lucky enough, more of those missives relate to happy things happening in peoples’
Posted by Ward Pond | 3 Comments
Thursday, October 02, 2008 2:30 PM

More On Machine Translation: A Response for Hugo

No, that's not "moron machine translation", but if you read Hugo Kornelis' candid and very helpful comments on Tuesday's Windows Live Translator post , you're certainly aware that machine translation (MT) has its pitfalls. The pun in the paragraph above
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:30 PM

Don't Like My English? Try Me In Portuguese (and Eleven Other Languages) With Windows Live Translator!

This is the coolest thing I've seen in quite awhile.. Microsoft Server and Tools (the group that brings you, among others, the MSDN , TechNet , Expression , and CodePlex sites) is leveraging the latest translation technology from Windows Live and Microsoft
Posted by Ward Pond | 4 Comments
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:15 PM

Pond's Seventh Law Inspires a Question: Elegance Serving Randomness

Marc left a great question on a Pond's Laws post from July of 2006 : Hi, I have a flashcard system that randomly pulls a word from the database. I also have a testing module that allows a user to test him or her self on words. For each word the user answers
Posted by Ward Pond | 1 Comments
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:30 PM

A Month and a Day in Florida

We are 32 days in Florida as of today, and so far it's been a marvelous experience. All three boys are thriving in school. I haven't seen so many A's since my mother's book club read The Scarlet Letter. * Good on you, boys! Connectivity in the home office
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:00 PM

Victory! Broadband Connectivity from my Home Office in the Boondocks

Now the story can be told..  the last couple weeks have not been pretty around here, connectivity wise.  Think of a duck..  paddling like the dickens underwater to keep things going while looking calm and serene from above. Note that if
Posted by Ward Pond | 1 Comments
Tuesday, September 09, 2008 6:00 PM

Nullity: The Gift (of Nothingness) That Keeps On Giving

Almost three years after the post was originally published in October of 2005, Mark Johansen, author of A Sane Approach to Database Design (an approach I trust it's clear I favor) has left a terrific comment on the Do Not Fear NULLs article which is worthy
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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
Posted by Ward Pond | 1 Comments
Monday, May 12, 2008 10:15 PM

Non-Technical News: Lessons from Benihana and Brandon Roy

Yesterday was a big day in our household. In addition to our two resident mothers, we also commemorated our eldest son's sixteenth birthday. Earlier in the week, after a delicate negotiation, we agreed on a blended celebration dinner at the Benihana restaurant
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