MIUI ROM for Android Review
MIUI (mee-you-eye) is a ROM that is available on the Android platform. If you’re bored with your stock look-and-feel of your Android piece, or tired of the quirks in your current ROM, you should have a look at MIUI.
SQL Server – Script Out a Database Role and Securables
Sometimes, as a DBA, you will have to copy a database role to another instance, such as when you have to move something from development to testing or production. Recently, I discovered that using the SSMS “script as” option doesn’t help very much at all. It simply generates a statement to create the role but… Read More »
End of the World Prediction “Best Practices”
In honor of December 21, 2012, I have extracted this from an old post on benjf.com. Please enjoy my “best practices” for predicting the end of the world. See you on December 22. New Doomsday Prediction Rules I would like to lay out some rules for predicting the end of the world. This will be… Read More »
SQL Server Profiler New Templates Failing
Upon trying to create a trace template in SQL Server Profiler, I was able to name the trace but there were no events to choose from in the “Events Selection” tab, even when the “Show All Events” box was checked. If I clicked the “Column Filters” button the entire Profiler application would close itself without… Read More »
SQL Server Profiler New Templates Failing
Source of info: http://www.mattbutton.com/2011/06/01/sql-profiler-templates-missing/ Upon trying to create a trace template in SQL Server Profiler, I was able to name the trace but there were no events to choose from in the “Events Selection” tab, even when the “Show All Events” box was checked. If I clicked the “Column Filters” button the entire Profiler application would… Read More »
Basic PHP Data Setup
Ideally, when setting up a data-driven PHP site, you should have your configuration and database connection code separate from your code that generates content. What I want to display is a simple way to keep things separate and simple to work with. I use a config/index/data file structure. There are ways to further break apart… Read More »
Weather Modification – A 20th Century Weapon
While most people believe that only whackos and kooks believe in weather control, those who have done their homework on the subject know otherwise. Not only is it provable that the technology exists, but you can prove that everyone in congress and the senate already know about it. In the US CODE, USC Title 15… Read More »
SQL Server – Email Results of Stored Procedure Conditionally
Within a Stored Procedure, you may want the results of a particular query emailed to you, but only if there is a result. In other words, I don’t want to be notified when the result set size is 0.
Car Crashes Into Police Car in Augusta, Wisconsin
Law Enforcement Gets Lazier – Wants Carriers to Store Text Messaging
Background: CBS News Law enforcement groups have discovered another way to make their lives easier at the expense of your privacy. Now all that they have to do is get enough congressmen (who accept cash and checks, by the way) to agree with them and the deal is done.