Well... I think I had had too much tea that morning ;-). But, as always, chatting with Richard and Greg was great. Here's the specific show link: http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=76. Oh, and just for the record, I didn't come up with that title. But, I do hope that all your [high-priority and important] ...

I started this post while Paul and I were in the TechEd Bloggers Lounge... which, from the number of folks ''stopping by'' must be more of an online thing :). We did have lots of folks visit with us in the DAT ''Green'' area but in the bloggers lounge, I thought I'd blog (maybe that's the point?!). But, as luck would have it, I ...

Memorial Day weekend we were in Chicago to celebrate my Father's life. We did a ''Celebration of Life'' memorial and we had a few drinks (celebratory Meyers, Tonic and lime - which was my Father's favorite drink), we (7 of us) gave a few heartfelt speeches, and a few friends wrote a song (and passed out the words - to which we ...

OK, we were in Iceland and then Florida for our Accidental DBA workshops and both went really well. People agree that there are quite a few involuntary/accidental DBAs out there and overall, we helped quite a few to see a lot of options for better performance, availability, recovery, and/or just manageability. So, this ...

A couple of weeks ago, Paul and I recorded two interviews with TechNet Radio... both are ready for download and in multiple formats!  Our specific interviews can be downloaded from the following links/formats:   SQL 2008 Part 1 of 2: Security and Availability WMA | MP3 High | MP3 Low   SQL 2008 Part 2 of 2: ...

OK, well, the first day is over and we're starting to relax... just had a nice meal in our room and we're off to each do a blog post (or what might turn into a couple :) regarding the things we each discussed in our full day workshop today. So, it was a great day and a great way to start the Connections event. We had ...