February 2007 - Posts

Talking the talk

OK, these two sites cracked me up today. The first generates web economy phrases that are actually just rubbish (but very believable sounding).  http://dack.com/web/bullshit.html The second auto-generates web 2.0 business names and functions. Read More
posted Thursday, 22 February 2007 9:35 AM by drgreg | 0 Comments

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Released

Great to see service pack 2 for SQL Server out the door. Download it from here.   Read More
posted Tuesday, 20 February 2007 9:02 AM by drgreg | 0 Comments

Happy new year - for the Chinese readers

February 18th was new year for the Chinese. This is the year of the pig. Apparently, this is also a special year of the pig. It's the golden one which only comes every 60 years. My wife is of Chinese extraction and so it's been interesting following Read More
posted Tuesday, 20 February 2007 8:56 AM by drgreg | 1 Comments

SQL Down Under show 21 - Joe Celko

SQL Down Under show 21 with guest SQL industry legend Joe Celko discussing SQL coding and multiprocessing futures is now available for download from www.sqldownunder.com. Read More
posted Tuesday, 20 February 2007 8:53 AM by drgreg | 0 Comments

Be there tonight Valentines Day

Attention: Blokes who prefer WCF over girlfriends/wivesDate: Wednesday 14th 6pm to 9pmNote: Different session than the one he is doing at SDNUG Dont mind being in the doghouse for a couple of days? Tonight at the Sydney .NET User Group at Microsoft North Read More
posted Tuesday, 13 February 2007 10:12 PM by adamcogan | 1 Comments

The Elements of C# Style

Mitch Wheat recently posted about a wonderful little book called "The Elements of C# Style". I loved reading Strunk's "The Elements of Style" so I had to pick up a copy and read it. Mitch was spot on. This is a great little book that doesn't Read More
posted Thursday, 8 February 2007 9:12 AM by drgreg | 0 Comments

More on the search for Jim Gray

I've had a few questions about the search for Jim Gray. More info on the search for Jim Gray is here: http://www.latitude38.com:80/LectronicLat/2007/0107/Jan31/Jan31.html It covers details of the search itself. Sadly, this isn't looking good at all. Read More
posted Friday, 2 February 2007 9:06 AM by drgreg | 0 Comments

Want a job to help cure cancer?

Fellow RD, Tim Huckaby (who many would know from his presentations when he's been in the country) has been doing some awesome demos lately of a project he's on that's helping in the fight to cure cancer. Heavy use of visualisation is involved. Recently, Read More
posted Friday, 2 February 2007 8:47 AM by drgreg | 0 Comments

Search for Jim Gray to be called off

I'm deeply saddened by the news that the search for Jim Gray is to be called off. (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16591383.htm) I met and got to spend some time with him in late 2004 and ended up getting him to do a podcast with me in Read More
posted Thursday, 1 February 2007 7:05 PM by drgreg | 0 Comments