October 2009 - Posts

• Starting the Travel Meme

  'Tis the season for travel! With the PASS Summit just around the corner and lots of other interesting events waiting in the wings, such as TechEd Europe, lots of IT people will finally be allowed to stretch their wings (and budgets) to get in some first Read More... Posted Sunday, October 25, 2009 11:31 PM by KKline | 3 Comments Filed under: PASS, Professional Development, Tips

• What Direction Do You Choose?

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. Dr. Seuss Dr Seuss makes a great point. Only you can determine where you go in life and where those you lead in life (your significant other, Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:12 AM by KKline | 19 Comments Filed under: Opinion, PASS

• New at SQLMag - Disk2Vhd

  I just posted a new entry on my SQLMag Tool Time blog that you might enjoy. Thanks to my friend and fellow MVP John Paul Cook for bringing Disk2Vhd to my attention on his blog . The free tool is enables migration of a physical machine (PM) to a virtual Read More... Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 1:01 PM by KKline | 2 Comments Filed under: Tools, Virtualization

• [OT] Windbelts - The Next Cool Energy Technology

  Windbelts - The Next Cool Energy Technology Start here to see this revolutionary new technology! I'm not kidding - this is a huge game changer! Whether you like it or not, our energy landscape is changing. Our children's energy needs will incorporate Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:07 PM by KKline | 6 Comments Filed under: Opinion, Trends

• Upcoming Seminar and SQL Saturday in Florida, Oct 13-17

  Please join me for SQL Saturday #21 coming up on Saturday, October 17th. There are over 50 sessions on tap with great speakers from the area and across the nation. Some of the notable speakers include: Andy Leonard (blog here ) Andy Warren (blog here Read More... Posted Sunday, October 04, 2009 5:24 PM by KKline | 2 Comments Filed under: Conferences, Performance, Speaking, SQL Programming

• New at SQLMag - TraceAnalyzer

  I just posted a new entry on my SQLMag Tool Time blog that you might like to check out. I'm a big fan of Bill Graziano's ClearTrace tool , but perhaps you'll like the new tool from DBSophic, called TraceAnalyzer , even better? Compare the two and let Read More... Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 11:30 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Tools, Troubleshooting