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• OT: March Mdness 2011

  This past fall, I decided to take a break from Fantasy Football. Did I miss it? Yes to some extent. Fantasy Football can really eat up a lot of time. But - I still love March Madness (NCAA Men's Basketball Tourney). It doesn't take much time to pick out Read More... Posted Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 AM by RickHeiges | 0 Comments Filed under: Community, fun, Off Topic, SQL Community

• OT: Observations of how technology made things SO MUCH BETTER and how it doesn't help everything

  My mother-in-law had a camera that still uses film. She isn't really technical, but her camera was acting up over the Thanksgiving holiday. Her birthday is coming up in a couple of days, so we decided to get her a digital camera (one of the Black Friday Read More... Posted Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:55 AM by RickHeiges | 0 Comments Filed under: Off Topic

• OT: Football! - (Late, but let's get rolling!)

  Once again, we will have a league for SQL Bloggers and Blog readers. Sign-up quickly as the season starts Thursday! But we probably won't start our fantasy season until week 2. Go to Yahoo's Fantasy Football - The League's ID is 667860 and the Password Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:38 AM by RickHeiges | 1 Comments Filed under: Community, fun, Off Topic

• OT: Wi-Fi in the Sky

  For the first time in my travel history, I was on a flight on Thursday night that offered Wi-Fi server (after reaching 10,000 feet). I was on a rather short flight from ATL to GSO, but thought that I would give it a shot. There are some sites that you Read More... Posted Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:31 PM by RickHeiges | 0 Comments Filed under: fun, Off Topic

• OT: March Madness

  Every year, I look over the 65 teams for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament and guess who is going to win. I am not as much into the game as I have been in past years, but there are always teams that I root for and others that I root against. There Read More... Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 3:44 PM by RickHeiges | 1 Comments Filed under: Community, fun, Off Topic

• PASS Conference Stories - Tagging Rushabh

  At the European Conference Eventin Munch, Germany, Rushabh and I decided to go back out since everyone else seemed to be too tired. Some of the attendees had given us an address of a place where they were going to be for the night. Rushabh's German skills Read More... Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 5:49 PM by RickHeiges | 3 Comments Filed under: Conferences, fun, Humor, Off Topic

• OT: Fantasy Football 2008 for SQLBlog folks

  It is that time of year again. Time for Fantasy Football. Last year, we had a big surprise in the playoffs! To join, visit http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1 League ID: 540668 Password: rssfeed We already have 4 teams! Sign up now so that the Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:29 PM by RickHeiges | 2 Comments Filed under: Community, fun, Off Topic

• OT: Shock at the Gas pump in Orlando at the airport

  This past week, I was in Orlando at SQL Connections. It went well and I will blog about a few things later, but I was in for a shock when I returned my rental car on Thursday. I rented from an off-site company to get a great deal. I usually start looking Read More... Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 10:25 AM by RickHeiges | 3 Comments Filed under: Community, Off Topic