Nobody reads this unless I point them at it, so may as well record the happenings of this week here. You know, so we have something to talk about during this week’s show.
It’s not even 11am on Monday, and we’ve already had a few big things:
- Sean got called to work at 1am (2 hours after we hit the hay) and had a cluster -m mishap
- The van battery died. Had to juggle life before the week could get started.
- Freakonomics – food science
- SQLDBA posted a link to a WIT SxSW article. Great article, but look at the comments!
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Tuesday:
- Had the slightly awkward call with the recruiter to say that I won’t be going back for a second interview. One, it’s over an hour’s drive. Two, the hiring manager fired my husband some years back, with prejudice. Shame really…she’d said to expect an offer…
- Interesting: https://www.systemcenteradvisor.com/ (Link from @AdamMachanic)
- Best disabled parking sign ever http://yfrog.com/gys5q1j (link from The Guild’s @TealSherer)
- Blogged about IE/FF/Chrome, and got a hell of a response back. I should try these out, just for giggles…
Wednesday:
- Went to bed early last night (8pm), up early today (4am) with some tea and toast and writing. Quiet in the house…nice.
- Finally got to reading the horror story email from Monday, about filling up TempDB. That’ll make good fodder…
- Superawesome tweet this morning by @douglane4: A friendly reminder: Stay optimized, my friends. http://qkme.me/11yd
- Also superawesome tweets: grrl_geek said “Behind every good woman…” Mladen: “…there’s me looking at her ass.”
Thursday
- Finished and published my blog on Magic Tables. Got quite a lot of play on Twitter; I edited the post to add the relevant bits from Paul Randal, Brent Ozar, et al.
Monday I also asked Twitter what movies you would say I HAVE to see. Here is an unsorted, unformatted list of responses:
SQLRockstar: go to http://tinyurl.com/4u9q4 and see these 250 movies, these are all ‘must see’.
wnylibrarian: Maltese Falcon?
mrdenny the sting and MASH.
sqlha West Side Story has to be on that list. A classic. And a bitch to play if you’re in a pit band.
pkansa In more recent release, I’d heartily recommend The Other Guys – it’s not great cinema, but it is hilarious.
HanSQL Wil Sisney Oh, you have to check out District B-13. It is an amazing free-running movie, and a ton of fun to watch.
datachick Karen Lopez Close Encounters < Muncie, @NoelMcKinney ‘s fav hangout
anonythemouse Nicholas Cain Midnight Express, The Killing Fields, No Country For Old Men also. Snatch def must see
TomHug Tom Huguelet Has no-one mentioned “Blade Runner” yet?
SQLRockstar SQLRockstar Moulin Rogue? Really? Jen would be better off watching Real Genius. Lawrence of Arabia is another one for you. And also Key Largo. And In the Heat of the Night. Ben Hur.
SQLBalls Bradley Ball the dark knight, X-men 2, spiderman 2, Time after time, the crow, star trek(the new one), I am Sam, I Robot, Back to the Future
wendy_dance Wendy Pastrick Moulin Rouge, District 9, Dead Poets Society and bunch that others have already listed
JDYork Jeff York Memento is a great one to see.
aamirsy Aamir Syed Raiders of the Lost Ark! yes!
HanSQL Wil Sisney How about Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World? Definitely must-see.
SQLRockstar Close Encounters, Raiders, Schindler’s List, Its a Beautiful Life, Rocky, Shawshank, Stand by Me…I can email you the list.
SQLBalls Bradley Ball Battle for LA was pretty darn awesome
SqlrUs John Morehouse If you like muppet classics, The Dark Crystal
SQLRockstar also, watch a dozen old westerns with Eastwood, then watch Unforgiven.
also, anything by Hitchcock, especially those with Grant or Stewart. Go see Notorious. Right now. City of God, another good one to watch.
SQLHA Allan Hirt
@MidnightDBA Die Hard (1st is the only must-see), Terminator (1 & 2), Ghostbusters, Empire Strikes Back, etc etc.
BakseDoesBI Erika Bakse Casablanca is definitely one everyone should watch again and again and again and again (oh how I loves it). If you want to go foreign Grave of the Fireflies may be the most heartwrenching animated film ever made. Beautiful, though.
SQLHA Allan Hirt Tron, Tron Legacy, The Incredibles, Almost Famous, The Jerk, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,Waking Sleeping Beauty (great doco)
sqlrunr: The Sting, Clockwork Orange, M*A*S*H, All the President’s Men. Dr. Zhivago!
sqlha: Here are some: Batman Mask of the Phantasm, Batman Beyond Return of the Joker (Unrated/unedited) – 2 of the best Bat ones ever. Tron, Tron Legacy, The Incredibles, Almost Famous, The Jerk, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,Waking Sleeping Beauty (great doco)
sqlrockstar: Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, The Hangover…
sqlrus: Heartbreak Ridge. Aliens. Predator. Saving Private Ryan. Top Gun.
greelygeek: Probabaly go old skool classic and say Seven Samurai
onupdatecascade Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Being There / Peter Sellers,
sqlrockstar deliverance
aamisry Dumb & Dumber
TheSQLGuru Shawshank Redemption, Conrack, Princess Bride, Inception, Schindler’s List, Love Actually, Amelie, Das Boot, Amadeus, The Sting
sql_r Lawrence of Arabia, but only on the biggest screen and highest definition you can
Tim cost: Breakfast club
BaskeDoesBI American Psycho. You’ll never have a conversation about Phil Collins the same way again. I have to return some videotapes.
sqlcheesecake: The Expendables. But only if you like lots of gunfire & explosions, and no plot. Great cast, tho.
aamisry Highlander
Made2Mentor David Stein
Princess Bride. Must see.
sqlcheesecake Dustin Mueller Reservoir Dogs. Space Cowboys. Armageddon. Serenity.
sql_r Rob Volk
The Princess Bride, Robocop. Great double feature.
HanSQL Wil Sisney
Serenity. That’s the only movie you MUST see.
Control_Group Matt Cherwin
Memento, The Usual Suspects, The Ring, Fight Club, Shaun of the Dead, Curse of the Wererabbit
anonythemouse Nicholas Cain
Scott Pilgrim, They Shoot Horses Don’t They?, Shaun of the Dead
codegumbo Stuart R Ainsworth
She’s out of my league. Way better than I thought it would be
AaronBertrand Aaron Bertrand
Primer, The Usual Suspects
pkansa Patrick Kansa
Batman Batman Batman. 89, 92, and then the Nolan ones.
mgroves: Touch of Evil
