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Friday, October 10, 2008 5:15 PM

DWWTWT?: October 6-10

This week saw me telecommuting from central Florida: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 71 Walked 209 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 190 None (did not compete) 125 Other Transportation Employed
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Friday, October 10, 2008 12:00 PM

Log Buffer #118: a Carnival of the Vanities for the DBA

UPDATED 10 Oct 2008 to reflect Giuseppe's comment . Welcome to installation #118 of Log Buffer , the weekly review of database blogs. Today, we’re gonna party like it’s 1999 ! For those of you who might be new to this little corner of the Internets, my
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Friday, October 03, 2008 5:00 PM

DWWTWT?: October 1-3

The month and the last quarter of the year began as last month and last quarter ended: with telecommutes from my home office in central Florida: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 66 Walked
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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 7:30 PM

DWWTWT?: September 29-30

I'm back home from Redmond and enjoying my "normal" three-room "commute" to my home office: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 63 Walked 209 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 190 None (did not compete)
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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
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Friday, September 26, 2008 10:30 PM

La Font de Canaletes Works Its Magic

La Font de Canaletes is a public fountain near the head of La Rambla de Catalunya in what it currently the center of Barcelona, Spain: When I was in Barcelona last November, I reported that I "drank generously from the fountain, hopefully sealing
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Friday, September 26, 2008 4:45 PM

DWWTWT?: September 22-26

This was my first week back in Redmond since moving to Florida. I "celebrated" by walking to work all week: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 61 Walked 209 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 190
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Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:00 PM

A Note From Binh's Customer

Binh Cao's customer left a comment on yesterday's post on global temp tables. Here's the money quote: My research confirms that global temp table does allow the plan to be shared among processes. However now we are forced to deal with the problem of ownership
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:30 PM

Database Programming: Sharing a Temp Table Among Processes

One of the great things about my involvement with the SQL Ranger community is that I occasionally hear from past Candidates asking for help with issues in the field. So it was earlier this week when Binh Cao, an MCS Senior Consultant II based in San Diego,
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:15 PM

Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable Tomorrow!

A note passed through my inbox this morning that may be of interest.. Tomorrow, September 24, at 9am PST, Mark Russinovich will lead a virtual roundtable exploring top of mind performance issues, common misconfigurations, and tips on how to fix them.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008 8:15 AM

Mobility, Defined: Greetings From MCO

MCO, for the groundlocked, is the FAA Airport Code for the airport in Orlando, Florida.  The same broadband card that speaks to the Yagi antenna back home has found broadband-level connectivity in MCO's Terminal A.  It would therefore appear
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Friday, September 19, 2008 10:45 PM

DWWTWT?: September 15-19

This week was 100% telecommuting: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 61 Walked 204 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 190 None (did not compete) 125 Next week, I'll be walking in Redmond. Tough to
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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
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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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