SQL Saturday #279 – Phoenix
Here is the video from my SQL Saturday #279 session on developer best practices & good habits to help DBAs keep the server healthy and secure. Please excuse the fact I was dealing with a sinus & chest infection during the presentation, then halfway through the camera died & we had to switch to Lauri’s Windows Phone…such a superior product! You’ll notice halfway through the presentation the resolution changes, and I apologize. Next time I do a speaking engagement I…
Closing one chapter, opening another
For the past 19 years, I have worked in Native American gaming. I remember starting out in February of 1995 working at Harrah’s newest casino on the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation south of the (at that time) town of Maricopa (now it’s a city). One lane in, one lane out, through the central Arizona desert, no highway lights, and I worked grave shift with my Dad. Made for some interesting driving experiences! I remember meeting all sorts of people from all…
Windows 8.1 RTM on Surface Pro
Today I installed Windows 8.1 RTM on my Surface Pro, and so far I’m pretty happy. I decided to list what I believe to be some pros and cons to consider when updating your Windows 8 system: Pros: Mail app has improved significantly. Ability to easily select more than one message by either long-pressing or right-clicking, or by checking the checkboxes next to each item. Also appearance is closer to Outlook.com’s look and feel. Setup prompted me to either keep…
SSRS 2008 functionality in IE9, IE10
Seems lately browsers update faster than the web solutions, or at least faster than we can update the web solutions to keep up with the browser changes. Maybe it’s just me… Regardless, my company very heavily relies upon custom reporting. Since there were numerous changes in the way IE9 and IE10 render JavaScript DOM objects and other elements, things like SSRS and SharePoint start “breaking”. I recently handled an update enterprise-wide to IE9 by having to modify SharePoint 2010’s compatibility…
Surface RT Metro apps won’t launch
Just the other day I applied the most recent mandatory firmware update to my Surface RT, and let it restart. I thought nothing of it until this morning when I tried launching my usual morning apps (Bible, check metrics on my apps, etc), and they wouldn’t launch. The only apps that would launch were Desktop, IE and my app I developed that’s already in the store. My initial thought was to run Refresh, but it wouldn’t launch since it’s part…