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2015 2

  1. Odd Excel error. Not sure what caused it.
  2. Blast from the past—and still true today.

2014 15

  1. Goodbye, Outlook Tasks!
  2. Thanks, Emily! My $0.02 US (unadjusted) on security.
  3. Federal budget math shows up in OneDrive?
  4. Interop between SharePoint Online and Family Safety
  5. Free is a good price.
  6. I’ve been in meetings like this. Gack.
  7. Is that what THAT button was for?
  8. One last laugh for John Pinette
  9. Yes, I hate April Fools’ Day.
  10. The death of agile?
  11. I like to read ‘expert’ opinions for their comedic value.
  12. My life in comics.
  13. Learning under fire. Is there any other way? =P
  14. Dinosaur engineering org structure is #dead. #yammer
  15. Dave Campbell for CEO

2013 7

  1. Metadata is everything
  2. Alas, IE9, we knew ye well…
  3. The Perils of Predictive Analytics
  4. Adventures in relocation…
  5. The Real Cost of Mobile Development
  6. Who is the next dinosaur?
  7. Getting Pocket to work with IE11 and Windows 8.1 (formerly colored Blue)

2012 1

  1. Consider your [data] sources...

2009 51

  1. The app that would get me to buy an iPhone...
  2. Amen, brother. Preach it, SQL-type dude!
  3. Scary. But probably true.
  4. Degenerate dimensions in VSTS DB edition GDR R2 (a.k.a. TSD03136)
  5. erR? TSD03006. Doh!
  6. South Park mobile business model?
  7. Tough decision. Should I share this with my son?
  8. This is what happens to Twits™ with weak passwords...
  9. We need to do $@#%ing research to learn this?
  10. NTS: Always install the TFS Power Tools
  11. This explains so many things... Scott Adams explains compensation modeling?
  12. In other words, if I get promoted that means what...?
  13. Note to Self: Label shipping containers more innocuously...
  14. If you need me, I’ll be in teh garage...
  15. Good cryptography is built to last.
  16. Two links I want to save for l8r: WM6.5 DTK and Windows API Code Pack for .NET 3.5
  17. I would’ve blogged this yesterday, but...
  18. Bing: there it is! My PPS setup problem(s) solved.
  19. Whoops. Got to uninstall all the .NET 4.x bits or Server Manager breaks...
  20. If you finish reading the entire article...
  21. I wasn’t concerned about warbots. Until...
  22. To whom it may concern (code comments)
  23. It’s been real and it’s been fun...
  24. Yeah, I know I said I’d never run for office again...
  25. Awww, aren’t they just so cute?!
  26. Do we really need a manifesto for software craftsmanship?
  27. Nulls are always a problem.
  28. For once, the forecast was accurate...
  29. I need a new dart board. Would the MOF circle work?
  30. Ooops. Better luck next time!
  31. The Problem with Software Architects
  32. Error code 2738 when installing AdventureWorks.
  33. Future geek advantage? An inability to sit still?
  34. If you absolutely must call a WCF service from inside your database, here’s how you do it...
  35. Back when I was an enterprise architect...
  36. If it wasn’t in California, this might have gotten me to choose UC Berkeley.
  37. Updated Books Online (January 2009)
  38. Thanks, Brian! A couple minor nits to pick, though.
  39. SQL RSS code review coming up.
  40. It’s nice to be wanted!
  41. Samples forum consolidation.
  42. I think I’ve read that one. By Haldeman, right?
  43. Live Mesh to the, uh, rescue?
  44. Sybase loves AdventureWorks2008?
  45. Pirates are customers, too?
  46. Tweeting AdventureWorks?
  47. I needz a squeegee.
  48. Thank you, Captain Obvious! (@ NASA this time.)
  49. DTLoggedExec updated for the new year (and more).
  50. Bike update (January ‘09)
  51. Now that's funny! Air Force RoE for Blogging?

2008 99

  1. Game on! Steve's going down...
  2. Now with more open and soon with more source!
  3. Legal use of social network websites
  4. How reliable is your data source?
  5. You’d think that this would already be available off-the-shelf...
  6. Who are you and what do you want with my data?
  7. Do you want the bad news first? Or the worse news?
  8. Voice Command: FORMAT C: [ENTER]
  9. Michael Crichton: RIP. We’ll miss you.
  10. Voting in R’lyeh?
  11. Developers MERGE thyselves?
  12. Meet the Reedz on Xbox Live
  13. AdventureWorks2010, anyone?
  14. Get your beta on! SQL Server 2005 SP3 Beta
  15. We don‘t need yet another database security czar.
  16. Does censorship work as expected?
  17. Simplifying AdventureWorks setup
  18. More AdventureWorks in the blogosphere...
  19. Mail Goggles? Really? Is it April Fools’ again already?
  20. I’ve had data days like that...
  21. INSERT your.own.data INTO election.spreadsheet
  22. SQL Server Samples in the News and Print
  23. You're doing it wrong!
  24. Testing the SQL Database
  25. The Next Big Gaming Platform: SQL Server?!
  26. Searching for Mexican Food... on CodePlex?
  27. It's hard to tell.
  28. How to crash agile-ly?
  29. Nearly 7 billion witnesses, and nobody saw nuthin'...
  30. I was right: I was wrong. 15% was too much.
  31. Another example of life imitating video games... at the zoo?
  32. How do you spot tourists in Seattle?
  33. Can you tell a great architect from a bad one?
  34. Watching the watchers watch with SQL Server
  35. I think I've found my new sport... Chess Boxing.
  36. Thank you, Captain Obvious.
  37. Who is your [Certified] Master now?
  38. Can your IT guy do this? Can you?
  39. Cool (Free, Open) Tools: SQL RSS
  40. Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler...
  41. In case you were looking for the SQL Server 2005 Metadata Toolkit...
  42. SQL Server 2008 RC0 Samples are up!
  43. Got milk? How many gallons will it take?
  44. A day in the life...
  45. Contrary to the FUD, The Relational Database™ is far from dead...
  46. One thing leads to another... leads to fired?
  47. It may not seem related to SQL Server, but...
  48. Everyone's a critic...
  49. Breaking News! AdventureWorks abandoned for Katmai in favor of Northwind, pubs and...
  50. SQL Ranger Rotation 4 is rounding the corner...
  51. Open Source Day @ Microsoft (tomorrow)
  52. Be there. Do that. Get the T-shirt.
  53. I've often wondered that myself!
  54. Calling all SQL Heroes!
  55. The synchronicity is frightening...
  56. Is BI a state of mind?
  57. ETL 1TB during lunch. A short lunch...
  58. {Open Source} Heroes Happen Here?
  59. SQL Server gurus: Find bugs. Win an Xbox 360?
  60. I'm sorry. I laughed. It was funny.
  61. Geocoding semi-imaginary data points
  62. Office is now more open?
  63. Charging toward CTP6 on Longhorn...
  64. Are you fungible? Or are you a funge?
  65. Tracking Politicians Like Bugs?
  66. If it's stupid and it works...?
  67. Now playing in my Zune podcasts... Escape Pod
  68. Not quite a chocolate factory, but...
  69. How do I use Feature X in SQL Server?
  70. Internet vigilante justice?
  71. Hi, Mom! (And everybody else.)
  72. 64-bit Zune player! Nice.
  73. A cool DP sample that couldn't make it into the out of the box for some reason...
  74. FILESTREAM, Windows Vista and you.
  75. LCD Panels are sooo yesterday...
  76. Connected Home's 3-part Series on WHS and more...
  77. SQL Server gurus! Get connected to CodePlex.
  78. More upcoming webcasts
  79. Hi-ho, hi-ho... I knew something was different this morning.
  80. Upcoming SQL webcasts and virtual events (January 2008)
  81. Belated happy annibirthary, SQL Server.
  82. In case you need help justifying a Home Server of your own...
  83. Big brother (or SkyNet) is coming... to a PC near you.
  84. Sun makes database play! Is MySQL worth $1B?
  85. I'm not the only one! Poor lil' guy...
  86. Inquiring transplants want to know, too: Who ordered snow?
  87. Will the RML Utilities will catch up to 2008 soon?
  88. No. Yes. Zune!
  89. Alien? No way. Blade Runner was far better.
  90. Wow. A first time for everything...
  91. Fashionable PCs? How about...?
  92. Nominate your SQL Server wins for the 2008 TDWI Best Practices Awards!
  93. The voice of the grunts writes novels, too?
  94. Simplify your SQL search!
  95. January is Windows Server 2008 High Availability Month
  96. Fun with software bugs in GPS units.
  97. Old hometown steakhouse makes the top 10!
  98. Want free SQL Server 2008 e-learning?
  99. Book addresses teen issues (with an autism twist)

2007 103

  1. Mr. Jobs, welcome to the slightly bigger time...
  2. The geekiest instant message that I've sent (in a while)...
  3. I quit!
  4. I've read some Dumb Science in my life, but...
  5. I think they're eventually going to have to give it away for free...
  6. Need to Renumber All Your Packages?
  7. If you have to look it up more than once, blog it.
  8. Data mining from casinos to counterterrorism...
  9. Don't hate the game...
  10. Thanks for being a great audience!
  11. Tech Talk. Today. University of Houston.
  12. The Troubleshooting List?
  13. Consulting: It's a lot like running your own business...
  14. Little installation gotcha with PAS 6.3
  15. Do we need a new term? Metametadata?
  16. Yet Another Disingenuous Headline? RDBMSes Obsolete?
  17. Medical economics in geek humor?
  18. Dreamstar: A Cosmologist's Nightmare?
  19. The Reluctant Customer
  20. It's good to be the DBA!
  21. A 'wulf of my own?
  22. So, this explains why FPS are the most immersive types of games?
  23. RE2: The value of a little failure here and there
  24. First quad-core laptop hits U.S.? Ooh, shiny!
  25. Hello, SkyNet? Your SkyDrive is almost full.
  26. Bungie: You've got to give us more warning than that!
  27. Got rbar blues? You're not the only one.
  28. Which Serenity Character Are You?
  29. Conchango puts a nice little Vista Gadget out there for SQL Server
  30. Getting Serious About Gaming?
  31. Games Workshop could learn a thing or two from our XNA license...
  32. How is that possible? I guess some people can't hold their caffeine...
  33. Meet the Rangers (Houston, Tejas)
  34. Welcome the newest Microsoft BI blogger!
  35. If I were in sales and Steve Jones were my customer...
  36. It’s Good to Be in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing?
  37. Shiny! Four-player online co-op campaign mode for H3.
  38. A show of hands, please. Who is NOT taking the day off on Tuesday 25 September 2007?
  39. Ooh, the free market actually impacts public universities? Wow!
  40. Ooh, more free-time filler! I heart XNA.
  41. Both
  42. The value of soft skills.
  43. This is only funny if...
  44. RE: The value of a little failure here and there
  45. More required reading: AntiPatterns
  46. Incorrect logic operator selection
  47. Who's doing code reviews these days?
  48. What would I do?
  49. But do you want to be great?
  50. Goodness! Be careful, people!!
  51. Business Intelligence Best Practices?
  52. Yeah, me, too. I always forget on a fresh install.
  53. Plug-n-Play command line in Vista
  54. Back Burner: Evaluate Change Director for SQL Server
  55. Note to self: SSRS Scale-Out Checklist
  56. OK, more fun with Vista on x64 with VIA SATA RAID VT8237
  57. The same can be said of data architects...
  58. Microsoft eScrum now up on Download Center!
  59. I normally hate these things...
  60. I didn't miss him while he was gone...
  61. Microsoft on SourceForge?
  62. The Quiz Lives!
  63. 38. 39. Whatever it takes.
  64. So long 32-bit. We barely knew ye...
  65. Can you hear me now?
  66. Mirror, mirror
  67. SourceForge getting into the contract coder marketplace?
  68. Is this like dreaming about having a dream?
  69. Note to self: 0xC0047041
  70. Thanks, Len! More SSAS performance than the law allows...
  71. Yes, I got the memo, but I'm not sure it's entirely accurate...
  72. Is this why we can't get kids to study computer science?
  73. It's not an addiction. It's work. Honest!
  74. Patent applications to become a full contact sport?
  75. Is there a reasonable expectation of encryption?
  76. Next? Oracle to bet $3.3 billion on BI?
  77. Good advice for consultants, too, not just employees.
  78. An obsessive-compulsive by any other name...
  79. What's the most expensive bug you've ever written?
  80. Video Games May Lead to... Surgery?
  81. Registration opens in 2 days...
  82. It must have been Official Download Day yesterday: Virtual PC 2007 was RTW, too.
  83. Cool new data mining toys!
  84. To my boss(es): See? It's not my fault!
  85. Oooooh! Pivot diagrams in Visio...
  86. As cool as PerformancePoint is...
  87. Note to self: Update BizTalk documentation
  88. High Stakes Data Miners?
  89. Uh-oh. I might have to root for Apple again?
  90. Hello, World! humor
  91. What do you call an anti-populist organizational structure?
  92. Not always free or open?
  93. Putting Unit Tests to Work (for the database)?
  94. One good use for molecular chemistry! (Caffeinated doughnuts?!)
  95. Writers for The Onion moonlight at PC World?
  96. Google takes aim at BN and Amazon?
  97. Immortal computing gives new meaning to the phrase long term planning
  98. New Rules for Old Geeks? Amen.
  99. Military to recruit Xbox players in the near future?
  100. Welcome aboard, Don!
  101. Ubiquitous Quality Culture?
  102. Congratulations to Donald Farmer & the whole BI crew
  103. Is your daylight going to be saved this year?

2006 35

  1. No Merry Golfmas Today
  2. Halo 3 cured my Hotmail problem (really!)
  3. I'm ambivalent about Exam Insurance
  4. Workaround for error in Configure Distribution Wizard
  5. 150 meteors per hour?
  6. Hey, I resemble that remark. (I have a new theme song!)
  7. Giving Live Writer a try...
  8. You’ve got to wonder what is so important...
  9. McAfee ASAP collision with old version of Daemon Tools fixed with new version?
  10. Possible justification(s) for... toys?
  11. Ask and ye shall (eventually) receive?
  12. LoggingMode.UseParentSetting is a good idea, but... beware the connection string!
  13. I can try, but I’d sure like to be able to catch.
  14. Use the OleDbConnection, Luke! (in Integration Services)
  15. How many of these do you violate?
  16. How often do YOU press F1 and expect a real answer?
  17. What year is it? (Or, “what not to do to make your project fail.”)
  18. My BI thought for the day.
  19. Do inexpensive SD cards make ReadyBoost more attractive?
  20. Installer, check thy dependencies!
  21. Proofreading as a Smell
  22. My Favorite Quote from TR3
  23. Houston, we have Bluetooth on Vista! And Power ISO works nicely.
  24. Thanks, Keith! KPC650 now phones home with Vista.
  25. Update Your BOL & Samples
  26. MDX Expression for TechReady
  27. Requirements for Success of BI Projects: The Question
  28. Note to Self: This means you forgot to check the package out of SourceSafe, again.
  29. Oooh! When can I buy one? I must have a Hyanide!
  30. Migrating off of Teradata and Business Objects onto SQL Server 2005
  31. Hi, I work for Bill (for a little while longer).
  32. Building Bridges to Nowhere
  33. Autism Every Day on MSNBC
  34. Optimizing my virtual world?
  35. When your buttons get pushed