What Three Events Brought You Here?

January 26, 2010 by 8 Comments

Whiners and Whingers Get Wedgies There I was, just a couple weeks back, whining that I wasn’t getting tagged by friends when a new meme comes out.  Sure enough, when my friend, Paul Randal (blog | twitter), starts a new meme with me as one of the first handful of people tagged, it’s taken me [...]

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[OT] When Does Media Content -Truly- Become Public Domain?

January 20, 2010 by 1 Comment

I’ve always been intrigued by our process for allowing creative content, such as songs or movies, to become public domain. A common usage for public domain might be to create a short family video and, seeking a peppy and familiar piece of background music, you settle on “The Entertainer”, by Scott Joplin. (If you’ve never [...]

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New – Author Page on Amazon.com

January 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment

I’m happy to report that I have a new Author’s Page on Amazon.com.  I look forward to interacting with you there in the future. Best regards, -Kevin Twitter @kekline

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New Interview and SQLMag ToolTime Blog Article on “SQLClue”

January 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment

A neat new administration and configuration management tool for the SQL Server set.  I especially like the Run Book features, because Run Books are the way us “oldtimers” like to run our IT infrastructure.  My pal, Buck Woody, also likes Run Books (and really big explosions by the guys on MythBusters, but that’s another discussion).  [...]

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Goals and Theme Word for 2010

January 14, 2010 by 11 Comments

NOT A WHINER I’ve been really intrigued by a meme making the rounds of the blogsphere concerning goals for the coming year and picking a theme word, rather than the usual New Year’s resolution. As with all memes, they start with a blogger picking the topic of discussion (in this case, Tara Hunt at HPC) [...]

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The Awesomeness of ROBOCOPY Now at SQLMag

January 12, 2010 by 2 Comments

If you’re like me, you’ve used Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V more than a time or two, but you’ve always felt a little dirty afterwards.  Yeah, you can use the command-line COPY or XCOPY utilities.  But they’re decidedly 20th Century, much like some of the laundry still loitering under my office couch. So I spent a little time over [...]

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Kevin Kline Interview – Part 2 SQL Server Evolution

January 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Heather Eichman interviews Kevin Kline, the former President of PASS and systems specialist for the SQL Server Business Unit at Quest Software.

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2009: The Year in List Form

January 5, 2010 by 2 Comments

Before I jump onto the Goals and Themeword meme started by my buddy, Thomas LaRock (blog | twitter), I decided I’d spend a few minutes looking back on both the year 2009. (From a personal standpoint, the 00′s were my most difficult decade yet.  Major problems of every stripe beset me on all sides and [...]

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Interview Now Appearing on CSTech.com

January 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment

I was honored to be recently interviewed by the crew at Consortio Services.  You can find my portion of this particular webcast at http://www.cstechcast.com/podcasts/cs-techcast/episode99/ beginning at 17:24.  In the interview, I discuss a number of thoughts and opinions about the future of cloud computing, where our profession is headed, and more. When I first became [...]

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