Call or email your representative and let them know that you, too, want to stop the NSA’s mass collection of our information. The Electronic Frontier Foundation made it really easy. The short version: Mass data collection is bad, no matter how (allegedly) benign the intentions are of the collecting agency. Every person has the right to […]
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#SQLHighTea Donates to Project C.U.R.E.
Three months ago, we threw the Classiest Party in Charlotte(tm*), SQL High Tea 2013. Many folks attended, sipped tea daintily with their pinkies out, and enjoyed themselves. Tophats were worn, monocles adjusted. Money was raised. In fact, due to the generosity of our attendees, several non-attendees, and Pluralsight, we donated $1,400 to Project C.U.R.E. There’s […]
Protesting government web surveillance: Feb 11 Blackout
We at the MidnightDBA compound* believe firmly in the right to privacy, and so have watched with dismay over the last few years as online privacy has taken a giant, flaming nosedive into the land of Big Brother Is Actually a Thing Now. As always, I am heartened and pleased to bring you news of […]