Author: Haidong Ji

  • Sql Server presentation on 01/12/2005

    As posted here, my presentation last month at Chicago Sql Server User Group was cancelled due to some technical issues. So I will present again in our next Chicago Sql Server User Group meeting on Thursday, 01/12/2005, at Microsoft’s downtown Chicago office on Wacker Drive. The session will start around 5:30pm. Free pizza and soda…

  • Santa only comes when you are asleep now

    I have been Santa Clause ever since Benjamin was born. We spent his first 3 Christmas in Sweden, so I was Tomten, the Swedish version of Santa. During Benjamin’s 3rd and 4th Christmas, he commented that Tomten / Santa wears the same shoes as Daddy’s and he sounded like Daddy. We were alarmed:-) So on…

  • MSDN, Technet, or other technical subscriptions to give away?

    I learned that Microsoft is giving away some MSDN subscriptions to MVPs for them to share with people in the community. If you are an MVP or Microsoft and reading this, I wonder if I can get a subscription for free:-) I got one year subscription of TechNet through a drawing last January, and it…

  • Say cheese, say bless you

    Today I provide the information below for your enlightenment, my dear reader;) I will resume posting useless information tomorrow. To get a fake smile when taken a picture, you can say cheese. When somebody sneezes, you can say bless you. In China, at least in the region where I am from, you say 茄子 (eggplant)…

  • Will take skating classes

    I’ve done ice skating twice this year. My performance exceeded my own expectations. And I had fun doing it. So I’ve decided to take another skating class from the Park District to make my fundamentals more solid. The first time I attempted ice skating was in Västerås, Sweden, around Christmas of 1999. I didn’t have…