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English books I’ve read recently
Since I listed some of the Chinese books I read in this post, I made a list of some English books I’ve read in the last 3 years or so for completeness. The books are not listed in any specific order. I highly recommend most of them. I am currently reading a Chinese book, 我的父亲邓小平，(My…
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Barcelona bound
My proposal on sqlcmd was accepted at Sql PASS European conference, to be held in Barcelona, Spain. Last Friday I submitted the last document the Spanish Consultate in Chicago needed. I was told that I would be able to get the visa next Friday. I will deliver a session on sqlcmd for the conference. So,…
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I want it that way — Funny Chinese student spoof music videos
Here are some links to funny spoof MTV videos produced by college kids in China. The shorter guy is 黄艺馨 (Huang YiXin). The tall guy in the back is 韦炜 (Wei Wei). The guy in the background playing computer games is 肖静 (Xiao Jing). Oh wait, maybe he is their agent busy dealing with potential…
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Be careful of .Net Framework hell Microsoft
I have encountered a few instances of application failing to install because of the .Net Framework on the machine is either too old or too new. This happened quite a lot during my testing of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Beta and CTP. I figured it was ok because, after all, it was Beta, although I…
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You are fatter than before
My parents visited us on September 11th, 2001. They were supposed to fly to New York City to meet my brother first, who lived there then. However, their Japan Airlines Boeing 747 was re-routed to Chicago that day, because of what happened in NYC. It was their first time on a plane, first time to…