Monthly Archives: June 2007

Avion Indoor R/C Plane

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Megatech now has the Avion FAF3000MP Biplane, which only weighs 8.4 grams. This looks pretty cool.  

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Giving a Helping Hand To SharePoint Blogs

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Not too long ago, SharePoint Blogs had a catastrophic hardware failure, which took them offline. They also lost their database backups, so they were in a pretty bad situation. Our own Dan Larson, who is a SharePoint MVP and Microsoft Press … Continue reading →

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Dry Dock Brewing Company

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Glenn Berry

The Sunday Denver Post had a nice article in the Business section about the Dry Dock Brewing Company in Aurora, CO. The article had a lot of information about home-brewing and how to make the leap from home brewing to … Continue reading →

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Playing With Windows Home Server

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Glenn Berry

I finally got my hands on the RC version of Windows Home Server, and so far I really like it. When I had my house built in 2000, I had CAT5 Ethernet and RG6 coax cable run to every room, … Continue reading →

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Obama Girl

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Oliver Willis has noticed the Obama Girl video, featuring Amber Lee Ettinger, who is shown below: Technorati Tags: Obama Girl

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SQL Server Performance Crib Sheet

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Grant Fritchey has a nice article on the Simple Talk site that discusses the basics of measuring and tuning performance with SQL Server 2005. It’s a good read. I am always amazed at how many questions I see in the MSDN … Continue reading →

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Updated SQL Server 2005 Books Online

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has updated the Books Online (BOL) to the May 2007 version. You can get it here.   Technorati Tags: SQL Server 2005

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SQL Server 2008 Livemeetings on June CTP

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft will be having six Livemeetings over the next three weeks on specific features that are included in the recently released June CTP build for SQL Server 2008. They are free, but you have to be registered with Microsoft Connect. … Continue reading →

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Good Info about Non-Clustered Indexes

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Paul Randal talks about the fate of non-clustered indexes when the table structure changes (in both SQL Server 2000 and 2005). There are some interesting changes in behavior between the two versions. Basically, SQL Server 2005 does not automatically rebuild … Continue reading →

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More About MCA: Database Certification

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine has an article about the new Microsoft Certified Architect:Database certification. I think they are wrong, in that it looks like you need to complete both versions of MCITP (Administrator and Developer), not one or the other. … Continue reading →

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