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  • Redirect Acer laptop’s video output

    I totally rebuilt my Acer Aspire 3500 laptop. I wiped out Windows XP Home Edition and installed Windows XP Pro SP2. When I brought it for a presentation last month, I couldn’t redirect the video signal to an external projector or monitor at Microsoft’s office. It turned out that my laptop uses a separate program…

  • Christmas tree is out on 01/18/2006

    Tonight I tossed away the Christmas tree. To me, that concluded the Christmas / New Year holiday season. Chinese New Year comes next. On Jan. 29, 2006, it will be the year of the dog. Some pictures to share with you, my dear reader. I posted more here in an earlier post: 1. Christmas tree.…

  • Offering thanks in January

    I have asked for MSDN subscriptions here. Don Kiely, Sql Server MVP and all-around nice guy, has generously given me a free MSDN subscription. Don’s blog is one of my favorite. And he recently produced a training video here. I’ve seen Don presenting at last year’s PASS conference in Texas. He is a great speaker.…

  • sqlcmd presentation on 01/12/2006

    I did a presentation on sqlcmd at the Chicago Sql Server User Group meeting yesterday at Microsoft’s downtown Chicago office. Overall, I think it went pretty well. For participants, thanks for coming and your great questions. As I mentioned earlier, the slides and scripts used can be downloaded here. Let me know if you have…

  • What do I want in a house

    We currently live in a 2-bedroom condo. As Benjamin is getting older, we are thinking of buying our first house. The person who is really in charge in my household has ordered me to think about what I want in a house, instead of speading too much quality time with my computer. So I am…