February 2007 - Posts

Talking the talk
Published 21 February 7 11:31 PM | GregLow
OK, these two sites cracked me up today. The first generates web economy phrases that are actually just rubbish (but very believable sounding). http://dack.com/web/bullshit.html The second auto-generates web 2.0 business names and functions. http://www...
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Released
Published 19 February 7 11:6 PM | GregLow
Great to see service pack 2 for SQL Server out the door. Download it from here: -> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/servicepacks/sp2.mspx
Happy new Year - for the Chinese readers
Published 19 February 7 4:22 AM | GregLow
February 18th was new year for the Chinese. This is the year of the pig. Apparently, this is also a special year of the pig. It's the golden one which only comes every 60 years. My wife is of Chinese extraction and so it's been interesting following things...
SQL Down Under show 21 - Joe Celko
Published 17 February 7 6:49 AM | GregLow
SQL Down Under show 21 with guest Joe Celko discussing SQL coding and multiprocessing futures is now available for download from www.sqldownunder.com .
The Elements of C# Style
Published 7 February 7 11:1 PM | GregLow
Mitch Wheat recently posted about a wonderful little book called " The Elements of C# Style ". I loved reading Strunk's " The Elements of Style " so I had to pick up a copy and read it. Mitch was spot on. This is a great little book that doesn't take...
Improving ASP.NET Session State database performance by reducing blocking
Published 4 February 7 11:24 PM | GregLow
On a recent consulting engagement, I was working with a client that had significant performance issues with their ASP.NET session state database. They had a combination of both large session state and a large number of concurrent sessions. They were regularly...
Want to try to help cure cancer and do interesting work?
Published 1 February 7 10:56 PM | GregLow
Fellow RD, Tim Huckaby (who many would know from his presentations when he's been in the country) has been doing some awesome demos lately of a project he's on that's helping in the fight to cure cancer. Heavy use of visualisation is involved. Recently...