My PASS Summit Abstracts: Why You Should Care

by | posted: May 19, 2011
As you may already know, I’ve gone crazy for speaking at SQL events.  I can’t get enough of it. If I had the means, I would be hitting SQL Saturdays all over the country.  It’s only...
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Feedback Matters

by | posted: May 17, 2011
I readily admit when I see a comment card, there’s a 99.9999% chance I’m not filling it out.  When I buy a product on Amazon.com or another site, I don’t go back and post a review unless...
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Cooking Fonts to Order with Reporting Services

by | posted: April 28, 2011
If you go to a restaurant often enough, you’ll get to know the people who work there — the hosts, wait staff, managers, and perhaps even the cooks.  One of the perks of a good relationship...
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SQL Cruisin’

by | posted: April 22, 2011
I’m half-Viking.  Seriously.  On one side of my family, my grandmother was 100% Finnish, my grandfather was 100% Swedish.  Which probably explains why I’m a better...
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Meme Monday: April 2011

by | posted: April 4, 2011
Tom LaRock (blog|twitter) has a blog get-together going called Meme Monday.  The first Monday of every month, he puts out a meme that people can write about.  This month’s meme is “Write a SQL...
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SQL Saturday #67: Priceless

by | posted: March 30, 2011
Having presented at SQL Saturday #66 in Colorado Springs, I was eager to present again. I was understandably delighted then, when my “Data-Driven Subscriptions in SSIS” abstract was chosen...
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For Parents of Newborn Babies

by | posted: March 10, 2011
I thought I’d post this for anyone who has or is about to have a new baby. When my son was a newborn, he was very fussy. I made a white noise track to help him calm him down to sleep. It worked...
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T-SQL Tuesday #016: Aggregations in Reporting Services

by | posted: March 8, 2011
It’s Tuesday, which means two things: I may or may not be out of Craisins…not sure. Time for a T-SQL Tuesday post. I’ll check on the Craisins later.  Let’s do the post. Last...
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