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Jim_McLeod

  1. New keyboard - Microsoft Natural 4000. It's been too long without an ergo!
  2. Kids are in bed, I'm reorganising my home computer room. I hesitate to call it an office!
  3. It's always nice to see what my developers can throw at me. I saw the bitwise NOT (~) used in a stored proc for the first time today.
  4. Oracle makes me feel like a SQL beginner. Surely SQL Server isn't this intimidating for infrequent users!
  5. @lukehayler You mean more wet than usual? Typical Melbourne. Thanks for the heads up!
  6. @fatherjack Love to see the number of EXes in SQL Server 2054! Alternatively, with DATABASEPROPERTY soon up for grabs again...
  7. @fatherjack What happens when DATABASEPROPERTYEX is found wanting and a new function is needed? DATABASEPROPERTYEXEX?
  8. My 4 year old just drew his best picture ever. Of me. On his bedroom wall. Do I get mad?
  9. Cleaning the garage to remove clutter. So much old technology, and now it has negative value (i.e., it's taking up space!)
  10. @mratomickitten yfrog.com/g022613269j Not the best picture, but it sort of works. I didn't think it was a lizard to begin with!
  11. @woodgreg Database spiders are much nicer than lizard killing redbacks. Except when developers forget to create PKs.
  12. Ick. Discovered a small dead lizard in a spiderweb. Looked again 10 minutes later, found a redback spider on it.
  13. @anildas Thanks for the heads up. It was down when I first looked, but seems to be up now.
  14. Getting excited - Melbourne SQL Server User Group meeting in 3 hours! (I do get excited easily...)
  15. Ahh, Australia vs. New Zealand. I love these games - I always come out legitimately supporting the winner. Yay dual citizenship!
  16. @lukehayler What exactly are you still doing up? 4am?
  17. @greglow A sad day. I'm thankful that we live in an exciting time that many of the founders of our relatively young field are still around.
  18. What's the preferred shortened pronunciation of SQL Server 2012? "SQL Twenty-Twelve"? "SQL-O-Twelve"? I dread "SQL-Twelve" becoming common.
  19. @parawolf Heh, that's usually me, but it was pouring hard this morning. This evening, not so much. It's only water!
  20. I'm THAT guy that strolls through the rain holding his umbrella closed, while you're getting wet with no umbrella. Feels good.