MidnightDBA Groupies

This was a jampacked show!  We’re still kind of patting ourselves on the back for this week…

Quick news:

• @BoingBoing Screwed by the TSA? Now there’s an app for that. http://dlvr.it/1WFCqD
• @SQLChicken Want a free, online T-SQL Formatter that doesn’t suck? Thanks @Redgate! – http://format-sql.com  #redgateluv #redgate #sqlpass
• @SQLSoldier Just nominated @SirSQL for the Exceptional DBA Award. Seems like a no-brainer for finalist to me. http://bit.ly/ZTHmU
• @SQLShaw The May #TSQL2sDay question. http://wp.me/pd7Hs-dbA DBA’s Ethics. I can’t wait to hear what ya say.
• Jen: I’m doing Warrior Dash on June 2!

Features:

• Same day SQL Saturday submissions:
• @EddieW Blogged my take on submitting to multiple same-day #sqlsat events: http://indydba.com
• Big blog this week on double submitting. Some good stuff in there, esp the comments.
• BUT: How do you track/pass along information about bad speakers??
• Sean rant: SAN guy migration project
• Jen’s “youtube” mashup andcomments:
• @SQLDefender I can’t believe this BS is still there http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzg2NTk1NTky.html#sqlpass #sqlrally
• @jenstirrup @sqldefender it’s clear that @midnightdba does stellar #sqlfamily work. IMHO don’t tweet links that just give oxygen to detractors
• Sean on chargeback and anti-dev
• Kevlar’s chat comment: “Invincible ignorance”
• @Mike_Fal’s Blog on FILESTREAM on Server Core: http://bit.ly/ITxYeI Know your Powershell, people.
• Speaker evals: @NancyHidyWilson blogged Improving Speaker Rating Evaluations http://wp.me/p19eeP-89 < She was talking about the evaluations. I agree that they need work, but what kind of questions do we want on them? And how do we encourage people to give the feedback?
• Sean’s helpdesk PSA
• Sean: database consistency across groups / do it now
• Jen’s session on deadweight joins: @unclebiguns I love when I find tables in a query that are never used. No cols in select, later Join, WHERE, GROUP BY , ORDER BY
• S: …?
• – Qif peanut buttter –
• Sean and the SA breach
• Jen on hiding at work
• Jen on “backing up tables” (non-geek speak)
• Sean gives a Golden Shower award….to his server team!
• – DBA Roadmap ad —
• Sean: You make your own luck. I have a blog on that.
• Jen: Why is it always the database?

Twitter Tidbits:

• @MidnightDBA Reading @TimMitchell’s Transaction Rollbacks with Identity Values http://bit.ly/KzvzdX Oh good, I don’t have to blog this myself…
• Anne Wheaton‏@AnneWheaton Scheduled my always-unpleasant-but-necessary lady exam. Or as I like to call it, ma’am-o-gram. Reminder mom reminding you to schedule yours!
• Cami‏@Nuurdygirl Rocky Horror Slide Show. #LessAmbitiousTheatre
• Jen & Sean McCown‏@MidnightDBA [S] Les Ennuyeux #LessAmbitiousTheatre
• Jen McCown‏@JenniferMcCown Oklahomeh #lessambitioustheatre
• David Stein‏@Made2Mentor If your DBA ain’t happy, you ain’t happy.
• FatherJack‏@fatherjack can take your kids to their grandparents? then take photos. Like this guy http://bit.ly/HSHpfU
• Jen & Sean McCown‏@MidnightDBA @sirsql @nuurdygirl http://youtu.be/m4QDz3c3Auw Armstrong and Miller flyboys
• Jen & Sean McCown‏@MidnightDBA @sqlrunner “WAH WAH, I DON’T HAVE A FLYING CAR”. Shut up and enjoy your tricorder and communicator.
• Jen McCown‏@JenniferMcCown Also, I did this, too: http://bit.ly/K3cajC (Sharing and wasting your time on Twitter since 2009, folks…)
• Jen McCown‏@JenniferMcCown YOU. SPEAK. TRUTH. http://bit.ly/IOz9he
• Jeremiah Peschka‏@peschkaj Oh the painfully bad humor http://gluecomic.blogspot.com/2012/04/beck-sql.html
• Jonathan Coulton‏@jonathancoulton Dear internet: pics or it didn’t happen (please do not send me pics). Happy First of May you freaks!
• Karen Lopez‏@datachick I once had someone send me their phone number as a PPT slide.
• Nerdist News‏@NerdistNews This video is nuts… literally. Watch the infamous lobby scene from #TheMatrix recut with peanuts: http://bit.ly/KtgHIN
• Paul and Storm‏@paulandstorm [S] In heaven, a UPS truck pulls up to your house every five minutes.
• Jungchan Hsieh‏@JungchanHsieh Deciding between COALESCE and ISNULL in SQL Server http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2689/deciding-between-coalesce-and-isnull-in-sql-server/ via @mssqltips
• We need a Kitchen Nightmares show, but for IT. Seriously, we should do this.
• Isn’t it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4QDz3c3Auw
• Progress through small wins: http://thetalentcode.com/2012/04/25/the-power-of-small-wins/