Well, I realise that I’ve been posting a lot of non-technical entries lately, but as we get closer to Christmas, I tend to get both nostalgic and sentimental, so it is kind of apt. Today I was musing about toys of the 1980s era (Transformers in particular) and I wondered […]
With the amount of travelling I’ve done this year, it’s no wonder I’ve started (or resumed) reading so many books. Typically, the normal book for me would be something technical (e.g. a Training Kit for SQL Server, for example) and for a long while I actually banned myself from reading […]
Well, I’m sorry, but I can’t stay silent any longer. I’ve been a “card carrying” Packers fan for 15 years or more and even through the Ray Rhodes debacle (disaster) I don’t think I’ve ever been as frustrated as I am now. You know we want to discuss the O-line, […]
Those who have stumbled upon this blog before will be well aware of my hatred for what is brewing in the field of International copyright. The so-called “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” (ACTA – summary) is bad news and it’s coming to a country near you – and soon. The recent meeting […]
Well, folks, no sooner had I returned from a nice overseas jaunt in August, but I’m off yet again. This time I’m off to the Asia-Pacific region to meet up with an old friend, and I won’t be back in Terra Australis until mid-November. Those of you who are interested […]
Hi, well as per my annual ritual I’ve purchased Madden 2010. I’ve been buying Madden on PC, PS2 and 360 since 1995 and recently I started to question whether I should continue to do so in the face of lagging game quality, copious amounts of plainly obvious bugs and a […]
Q: What is SQL Code Camp? A: ““SQL Down Under Code Camp is an annual community-driven event for SQL Server professionals. Each year, well over a hundred DBAs and Developers come together to learn from each other and to network. It is held in October at the Wagga Wagga campus […]
This is a little late – but I feel it is worth going into and you can catch up be reading (or re-reading) Part 1 located here. Just in case you are wondering “what on Earth is he babbling on about?” which is a fair and often under asked question, […]
If you’ve been following the blog for a while now, you’ll know there are two main database schemas I tend to work with for Proof of Concept (PoC) applications, movies and records (vinyl LPs). Last year I was building an Entity Framework based PoC using a schema made up of […]
Sorry about the delay in posting new content here on the ‘Entertain Us’ Nation. Since we’ve been back from holidays (just over a week or so now), a lot of effort has gone into writing up details of our travels for future reflection. This has taken a lot of time.. […]
Hi There! With some excitement brewing, I just got invitation codes to the first public CTP of SQL Azure – the successor to SQL Data Services (SDS) previously documented on this blog. Below is a screenshot of my first SQL Azure Server. As I start to develop with the new […]
There’s been a lot of not-so-subtle mentions about news sites packing up the free content and starting some form of monetization scheme where they expect Internet users will cough up some dough. This does not please me terribly much. Assuming, for a second, that we don’t take into account the […]
Welcome! It’s official, I’m finally back from a long overdue holiday. We got in around 11 pm last night and will slowly get back up to speed in the next few days. It’s been an absolute blast being abroad once more and each time I collect new memories which (hopefully) […]
G’day, regular posts will resume after August 31st just in time for Tech Ed Australia. Until then you can email me: rob.sanders@gmail.com Cheers…./R
In the past three years in particular, I’ve been travelling both internationally and domestically on a very regular basis, and I’ve adopted some strategies to try and make the experience as streamlined and hassle free as possible. Some of these ideas were adapted from the advice of fellow travellers or […]