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  1. Trying tuned version of heavy update query, take 2.Gave up on the old version & killed it after 16 hrs. This one's not looking 2 hot either.
  2. RT @BenchmarkIT: http://twitpic.com/qx16j SWAG table for EDMPASS meeting tonight :) Thanks Sponsors!!!
  3. @BenchmarkIT All my SQLPASS blogs are linked from my event page: http://bit.ly/5Gwv91 #sqlpass
  4. @BenchmarkIT Tell me about it. I make decent enough money, but I could do better...
  5. RT @SQLGal: Is your boss looking for gift ideas for you? Kalen Delaney's Internals class is open for registration! http://bit.ly/KfUow
  6. Contract work sucks. Working extra today and online Friday so I don't get a half paycheck...
  7. We have a winner!! Our highly formal and TX Lotto Commission-supervised drawing has yielded the winner's name: Todd Holmes!! Thx 4 playing!
  8. We have a winner!! Our highly formal and TX Lotto Commission-supervised drawing has yielded the winner's name: Todd Holmes!! Thx 4 playing!
  9. @chuckboycejr Wow, haven't even thought of that in forever. Guess I need to pull out the album...
  10. Blog: Impromptu Panel on Agile Development http://tinyurl.com/y987lgu Includes partial transcript of #sqlpass group interview w/@paulNielsen
  11. Love rewatching the Joe Celko (et al) video. Sean, to Joe: "You're a pr16k in the forums!" And we laugh.
  12. Haven't blogged yet, but did u know our final #sqlpass interview was in group form? Joe Celko, @BuckWoody, @PaulNielsen, & Louis Davidson
  13. Here's an "it depends" question: What do you consider high CPU for a single query/SP call? #sql #itdepends
  14. @SamMoreira I know. I'm working on convincing my EF guys that we need to map to some SPs instead of using all "adhoc" EF queries. CPU>1400
  15. Can anyone point me to a good resource on SQL queries in .NET entity framework? The framework queries I'm seeing are HIGH-high CPU. #sql
  16. And now on to @kekline's "Correlating SQL Profiler with PerfMon" chapter. Love it, love it, love it. #sql #mvpdeepdives
  17. Reading the "Unused Indexes" chapter (Rob Farley) of MVP Deep Dives. UNIQUE indexes have hidden benefits. #sql #mvpdeepdives
  18. Cool blog by Tom Yager (good friend & cool dude), on in house hardware repair/upgrade. http://tinyurl.com/ydy5r76
  19. RT @PaulRandal: 150th anniversary today of Darwin publishing On The Origin of Species and changing thinking on how we came about. Good s ...
  20. Q: How many cups of coffee does it take to give a normal person ADD? A: WANNA GO RIDE BIKES? [Courtesy of my friend Julie.]