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Month: January 2012

General, Writing January 11, 2012August 11, 2012

New stuff

Yesterday I attended my second meeting of the local writers’ group in town. I wrote something for the meeting, as well as a shorter piece during the evening (they call it a “prompt” where everyone writes for ten minutes from the same prompt, or opening line). Both of these pieces are available on my OriginalContinue reading New stuff

General January 11, 2012August 11, 2012

Ten years on

On 20 February 2012, just over a month from now, my blog will turn ten years old. This site, such as it is, won’t be as old, but I’ll have had a website for 16-and-a-half years. Last year I began writing a very long piece about how I’d been online for fifteen years and whatContinue reading Ten years on

General January 10, 2012August 11, 2012

Puns for Educated Minds

(Via Yolande) The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from eating too much pi. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. A rubberContinue reading Puns for Educated Minds

SQL Server, Technology January 3, 2012February 22, 2019

Increasing SQL Server Error Logs

Via Tim Radney, here’s a quick and easy way to increase the number of error logs from the default of six. His blog has a walkthrough in SQL Server Management Studio if you prefer the GUI. [Note: If you copy and paste this code, please be sure to check the quotation marks. WordPress may changeContinue reading Increasing SQL Server Error Logs

Announcements January 1, 2012May 27, 2012

Happy New Year

Happy new year.

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