I’ve written many blog post and articles over the years about SQL Server backups and restore options. I am constantly amazed at how often I find databases that are not being properly backed up and are critical to the organizations that utilize them. Fortunately, as organizations move to cloud solutions, things are getting slightly better. […]
Online Training Courses
Today Paul sent out the quarterly numbers to the team letting us know the hours our courses have been viewed during March. Being a data guy, I decided that after nearly 5 years of having courses available, I should crunch some numbers. I currently have 4 courses available. SQL Server: Consolidation Tactics and Best Practices […]
SQLFAMILY Folding@Home Makes Top 100 Team
Back in March 2020 Glenn Berry created the #SQLFamily Folding@Home team and many of us joined in donating compute cycles to helping find a cure for various diseases to include the COVID19 virus. Many of us felt anxious during the start of the pandemic and this helped give us something to do to help. As […]
MVP for Another Year 2021-2022
A few minutes ago, I received an email from Microsoft presenting me with the 2021-2022 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. This is my 8th award and I am just as excited and amazed as I was for my first one. This award is extra special this year considering the challenges and struggles of the […]
3D Printing Ear Savers Aug 6th 2020
I have now printed over 20,000 ear savers. I hit 20k printed yesterday on Aug 5th, exactly 4 months after starting this project. As of 7PM Eastern today, my stats are: 20,357 ear savers printed20,223 shipped75 spools of filament used28,906 meters of filament used 14.91 miles of filament used 165 lbs of filament2.09 miles of […]
3D Printing Ear Savers Update July 14th 2020
I’ve now been printing surgical mask straps aka “Ear Savers” since April 5th. It has been a wild journey getting started and obtaining all the supplies needed such as filament, rubber bands, alcohol, glue sticks, stamps, tape, and other misc items. Fast forward from April 5th to July 14th and I’ve printed a great deal […]
MVP for Another Year 2020-2021
Early this afternoon I received an email from Microsoft presenting me with the 2020-2021 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. This is my 7th award and I am just as excited and amazed as I was for my first one. There are so many others in the community that give their time to help others […]
3D Printing Ear Savers
On April 5th, I started printing ear savers for healthcare workers. I started with a single Ender 3 Pro printer with a .4 nozzle. When I made a post on Facebook tagging a few family members and friends asking if they needed ear savers, I had no idea how my life was about to change. […]