Many forms of disasters can happen to a database. Here are three I’ve seen lately.
My Database Is On Fire
There's a reason they keep datacenters cool
My Database Has Been Hacked
Ouch!
My Database is Responding Erratically
"Is there Tuna in There?"
Are You Following Your Dream?
I got my first “real” job working with databases in New York City in the early 2000′s. The woman who hired me was incredibly smart, and a pleasure to work for. She understood how mainframes processed data, the need and challenge to create web interfaces and relational databases that would work well with mainframes, and [...]
A Place For My Stuff: Where Did My Posters and Partitioning Page Go?
The great philosopher, George Carlin, famously claimed that the meaning of life is trying to find a place for your stuff (NSFW– it’s George Carlin, after all). My Stuff Was in More than One Place … and my stuff was getting hard to update. I’m working on creating a balance so I can regularly create content [...]
I’m Speaking at 24 Hours of PASS! The SQL Server First Responder Kit
On Wednesday, March 21st I am presenting a free online webcast as part of 24 Hours of PASS. My session will be held at 7 AM Pacific / 10 AM Eastern. Register here! I’m planning some great demos for the event and some very cool downloads. Here’s my session abstract: SQL Server First Responder Kit When [...]
Why Do We Always Draw Tower Servers?
Whenever I see system drawings, a server is always represented by a standing rectangle– it’s taller than it is wide. It seems to represent the kind of tower server that’s left sitting under someone’s desk. You know what happens to that server? Someone designs a small web application (COUGH *hack*) on it that solves a [...]
Complaining Doesn’t Help, Even When Your Office Smells Like Pee
I’ve had a problem for a little while: my office smells like pee, and it gives me a headache sometimes. Correction: my office smelled like pee. Past tense. The problem has been resolved. Owning Up to the Problem Admitting that you have a problem is the classic first step. The real lesson here for me [...]
SQL PASS 2011: Notes From a Presenter
SQL PASS Summit 2011 was a lot of fun. I reconnected with lots of people and met many more. I attended as many sessions as possible and learned new things. And I presented my first full length session at the SQL PASS conference. I’ve been on stage at SQL PASS before– last year I gave [...]
My site got hacked. And it was kinda fun.
Programmpower.ru said: FU I recently got a direct message on twitter from the fantastic Karen Lopez (b|t), who let me know my blog was redirecting to another site — a site called ‘programmpower.ru’. I don’t know about you, but there’s something strange and just icky about that URL. Karen is super savvy, so she let [...]
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