November 2009 - Posts

• My new (fairly) tiny PC

  Ever since the early days of laptops, I have looked for the “perfect” device. Something with excellent battery life, very portable, and useful for writing. I like to write, you might have noticed. I also like gadgets. The goal being that whenever I get Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:30 PM by drsql | 5 Comments

• PASS Wrapup

  Yeah, yeah, I know. PASS ended two weeks ago. Well, not for me. The effects of 5 days of standing and walking and standing and walking took their toll on my post operative hip and I went down for the count. Finally things have calmed down and it is time Read More... Posted Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:23 PM by drsql | 2 Comments

• Quest DMV Breakfast Code – Disk IO

  For any of you who attended the Quest breakfast at PASS (and anyone else really) I wanted to go ahead and post the code and give a little wrap up/explanation. (I will post the stuff on perf counters later. They are cool, but this is really what I wanted Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:52 PM by drsql | 1 Comments Filed under: Dynamic Management, PASS, Speaking, SQL Server, SQL Techniques, SQL Tools