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• Goals and Theme Word for 2010

  NOT A WHINER I've been really intrigued by a meme making the rounds of the blogsphere concerning goals for the coming year and picking a theme word, rather than the usual New Year's resolution. Et tu, BrentO? As with all memes, they start with a blogger Read More... Posted Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:35 PM by KKline | 8 Comments Filed under: Goals, Humor, Memes, Opinion, People, Speaking, Theme Words

• 2009: The Year in List Form

  Before I jump onto the Goals and Themeword meme started by my buddy, Thomas LaRock ( blog | twitter ), I decided I'd spend a few minutes looking back on both the year 2009. (From a personal standpoint, the 00's were my most difficult decade yet. Major Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:53 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Administration, Humor, Opinion, People, Performance, SQL Programming, SQLIOSIM, Tips, Tools, Trends

• Sequels for SQL: Dec 17, 2009

  In the Sequels for SQL series, I point you to sites where you can go beyond the nose-to-the-grindstone resources that we see every day as SQL Server professionals. (My favorite resource for pan-SQL Server pointers is Steve Jone's Database Weekly email Read More... Posted Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:46 PM by KKline | 2 Comments Filed under: Administration, FutureWatch, Humor, Opinion, Performance, Professional Development, Society, Speaking, Trends, WorldView

• Sequels for SQL Server: The Week of November 27, 2009

  I'm starting a new series called Seven Sequels for SQL. In this series, I point you to seven sites where you can go beyond the nose-to-the-grindstone resources that we see every day as SQL Server professionals. These are the story that comes after and outside (the sequels) of our daily working lives (the other SQL). Let's broaden our horizons together. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 25, 2009 5:02 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Devices, FutureWatch, Gadgets, Humor, Opinion, Performance, Professional Development, Society, Tips, Trends, WorldView

• [OT-Humor] A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages

  This blogpost is hilarious! So, how would you write the entry on SQL? Here's my shot - " Initially developed in 1979 to support IBMs first relational database, System R, the Arkansas faction lost their bid to have the new SQL language pronounced 'SQUEEL'." Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:34 PM by KKline | 2 Comments Filed under: Humor

• PASS Conference Humor - Tag! You're It!

  Kevin tells a couple funny stories about experiences at PASS Conferences from years past and tags some of his blogging buddies for their best conference stories. Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 8:32 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Humor, Speaking

• SQL Server SWAG Smackdown

  Kevin's been in the SQL Server business for a long time and accumulated a LOT of swag over the years. Have you got more? Read More... Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 6:09 PM by KKline | 14 Comments Filed under: Humor

• Opening Microsoft Office and other technology blunders

  Have a laugh while you watch some of these technology blunders... Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:26 PM by KKline | 2 Comments Filed under: Humor

• RAID Example Revisited

  Thanks to several alert readers, I was quickly notified that my posting of RAID explained via a water cooler analogy had been hijacked by a porn site. You can now find the picture at here . Many thanks, -Kevin Read More... Posted Saturday, January 06, 2007 5:07 PM by KKline | 1 Comments Filed under: Humor