Free Stuff Friday! Again!

I love the smell of free stuff in the morning…smells like internet.

FREE training at upcoming SQL Saturdays! Redmond is October 3, Gainesville GA is October 10. Check the SQL Saturday site for East Iowa, Orlando, and Louisville, all in October.
I just saw this link in a SQLServerCentral email this morning: Download your free "How to Become an Exceptional DBA (2nd ed.)" eBook and a trial of SQL Backup for smaller, faster, more robust SQL Server backups.
Head First Labs, from OReilly Media, has a bunch of books with free sample chapters available. I have a couple of these books, and I really like the format.
MS has several free chapters available on Windows 7.

Fun stuff (call it free entertainment):

Pictures (front, sleeve) of our new MidnightDBA tshirt mockups. No, the shirts won't be free (maybe we'll do a couple giveaways?) but the pix are. When we get this going, the shirts will be not for profit – we'll either sell them at cost or slightly above & donate proceeds to charity. Shoot us an email or a comment if you're interested…top ideas are this BEGIN TRAN/COMMIT TRAN shirt, one that says "There are TOO stupid questions", and a couple others…
Funniest thing I read this week (Michaels' response).
Cool! Cardboard computer case
Why didn’t I know this: Legislation passed in 2007 requires all companies selling computers in Texas to offer free recycling for old computer equipment. Find a list of participating retailers here or here.
Best quote from a blog: "…hard to get in trouble being conservative so when in doubt, lean tight right like a southern Baptist GOP senator in the closet." – Jason Massie

Happy days,