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How I learned to love the cloud (at least for backups)
If you haven’t heard of “the cloud”, you probably haven’t been paying attention to all of the online services that are cropping up online. If you’ve used Flickr, Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail, or any of the thousands of online tools available … Continue reading
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Tagged Backups, Cloud Services, Dropbox, Mozy, Security, TrueCrypt
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Letter to the Univerity of Illinois UC Senate
Dear Sir, I am a proud alumnus of the University and a proud supporter since graduation. I am writing to you, the clerk of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate, to express my displeasure and distress at the wording of … Continue reading
I’m humbled by my wife
I have to say that after being home on paternity leave for two weeks, I’m once again humbled by the number of things that my wife does for our family. While I did manage to get the kids fed and … Continue reading
Answers to 10 Common Questions when you tell people you’re having your 6th child
1) Yes, we know what causes this and we quite enjoy it. ;) 2) The first three are the hardest, after that, it just gets louder. 3) No, we don’t own a bus, but we’re thinking about it. 4) Nope, … Continue reading
An open letter to the leadership of Notre Dame University
To Whom It May Concern:
Oracle-like ROWNUM in MySQL
Sometimes in MSSQL, you need to mimic the Oracle ROWNUM functionality. Here are some tips on ways to compress it into a single line of SQL.
Weight Watcher Points
So I’m starting Weight Watchers with Sharon, and had a hard time trying to figure out how many points I could eat. Finally found this calculation at Yahoo Answers:
The Health Care Crisis
I hear a lot about the Health Care problem, but most of the solutions that I hear about are Health Insurance, not Health Care.
Search Triggers, Stored Procs, and Functions
Code that will search Triggers, Stored Procs, and Functions in MS SQL Server
Old Age
Old age is the one disease you don’t look forward to being cured of. — Citizen Cane