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RSS, TiVo for the Internet
No one consumer product that I can think changed my life more than the TiVo.
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Search Outlook Emails FAST and FREE
The one thing I hate about Outlook is managing my archived mail.
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Using Alt-Tab in Remote Desktop
I stumbled on accident on this one.
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Sql Server Templates
I keep saying this, but I can't believe I have been programming in Sql Server for this many years, and never heard of templates. While in Query Analyzer, hit Ctrl-Shift-Ins.
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Shrink Sql Server Database and Transaction Log
Shrinking the transaction log was so very easy once I figured it out. All you need to do: 1. Backup your database just in case. 2. Run the following. If your database is called “Vampires”, then Database name will be “Vampires” and most likely your log file will be “Vampires_Log”: USE <DATABASE NAME> BACKUP LOG <DATABASE […]
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Sql Server Reindex Tables
During my attempt to shrink my database so that it would fit on my laptop (it was 20 gigs), I figured out that I needed to reindex all my tables. Usually the format of your data and log files will follow this pattern – just replace the {DATABASE_NAME} with the name of your database. DBCC […]
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Tolkein’s Favorite Hobbies
Tolkien’s favorite hobbies as of June 6, 2004: Waking daddy up at 7:30 am by slamming himself into my face while purring louder than a freight train.
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Interview with Fox
Sam and I went to interview to be on a reality show on Fox called (I think), “Live Like a Star”.
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Unable to open Web Project Errors
One thing is consistent for all of us starting out with ASP.NET.
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Inserting Nulls Into Sql Table
Countless times I have needed this information, and countless times I can't remember it and have to go searching the net for it. So here it is so Google can search it easily. It is a keyboard hot key to enter a null value in a Sql Enterprise Manager field. Tab to the column and […]