Blog Posts

MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.

Department of Redundancy Department

Department of Redundancy Department

I really hate repetition, especially useless repetition, in language. I guess I've been a follower of the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) programming principle long before I knew about the acronym, but I tend to apply it in …

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Creating a New SQL Database

Creating a New SQL Database

Today I need to set up a new database for a new web site I'm working on. Last week, I saw Rick's post about the \" mousercise\" that defines the typical table set up in SQL Server 2000 and 2005's table designer.

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Kids and Deployment

Kids and Deployment

I thought I'd post this so it isn't lost, as memory erodes. When I left to go to Iraq in 2004 my daughter had just turned 2. She's 5 now (soon 6) and doesn't remember a lot about when I was gone, but when asked last year …

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