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In Memoriam: Robert L. Davis – @SQLSoldier
No one’s life works out exactly as they want it to – or goes exactly as planned. We all have our struggles, challenges, triumphs, and sorrows – our good days, and our bad. Which is why, in the end, the thing that matters most is how you live your life – what you do with…
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The Selkirk Crest from Myrtle Peak
Late this summer I embarked on a ‘Solo’ backpacking trip through the Selkirks. The plan was to start up Myrtle Peak, bush-wack my way over to Ball/Pyramid Lakes, then hike over and up to Trout and Big Fisher Lakes, back round again past Long Mountain Lake and then out through Parker Ridge. That was the…
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Enchantments – 2016
This summer, my brother, his son, and my oldest son, and I decided to do a hike-through tour of the Enchantments – which Wikipedia describes thusly: The Enchantments is regarded as one of the most spectacular locations in the Cascade Range. In my estimation, Wikipedia is underplaying The Enchantments quite a bit. A Grueling Hike…
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A Favorite Undocumented T-SQL Snippet
While there are tons of undocumented T-SQL commands out there, one of my all-time favorites is this little gem: It’s not much, but it will show you default details on: Arguably, there are better ways to retrieve some of this information (like SELECT * FROM sys.dm_server_registry;). But SERVERPROPERTY(‘ErrorLogFileName’) works just fine when looking for low-level…
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Triple 4K Monitors – Backgrounds
As part of a workstation upgrade in January I grabbed a video card (that was more than) capable of driving 3x 4K monitors simultaneously – along with 3x Dell P2415Q Monitors. I’ve now been using 3x 4K monitors for over half a year (previously I was using 3x 1680×1050 monitors – so this has been…
