January 2010 - Posts

• Helping Haiti: Geeks Building Applications at CrisisCamp

  Stop what you're doing and go to http://crisiscommons.org/ and see how you can use your geekiness to help the people in Haiti. So far there are 8 cities in the United States holding CrisisCamps for Haiti this Saturday, January 23. There's a lot going Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 19, 2010 1:24 PM by John Paul Cook | 0 Comments Filed under: Haiti

• Vote on Connect: Graphical UI for SQL Server Agent

  When you only have a few SQL Server Agent jobs, it’s easy to keep track of and make sense of them. I’m using a graphical free tool called SQLjobvis (screen capture below), available at http://www.sqlsoft.co.uk/sqljobvis.php . It provides a visual view Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:36 PM by John Paul Cook | 7 Comments

• Getting off to a good start

  There are several things I do to get each New Year’s Day off to a good start. All of my machines have been to Windows Update today and are updated and defragmented. My DBA toolkit on a stick is completely new for 2010. When I went to http://portableapps.com Read More... Posted Friday, January 01, 2010 5:20 PM by John Paul Cook | 4 Comments