Category: Other

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]