Monthly Archives: January 2007

iRobot Create Service for Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.0

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Glenn Berry

The Microsoft Robotics Studio Blog has a post about a web service that can be used to control the new iRobot Create robot or a regular Roomba robot using Bluetooth. It includes C# source code. I have an older Roomba Discovery … Continue reading →

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A Lesson from History

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Do you know who said this in 1946? “Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country … Continue reading →

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Some DataDude Resources

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Richard Waymire from Microsoft has a nice whitepaper about security considerations for DataDude (aka Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals). This whitepaper has lots of good security guidelines for SQL Server 2005 in general. Brian Randell has a good … Continue reading →

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More good information about SQL Server 2005 Plan Caches

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft’s Sangeetha Shekar is continuing to crank out good posts about plan caching in SQL Server 2005, including changes in SP2 compared to SP1 and RTM. This post talks about when the Plan Cache is flushed, and how SQL Server … Continue reading →

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Jack Bauer Kill Count

Posted on January 14, 2007 by Glenn Berry

I just enjoyed the first two hours of the sixth season of 24. I’ve been a fan of 24 from the first season, back before "it was cool". It seems like lots of people have discovered 24 in the last … Continue reading →

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Examining Memory Pressure on SQL Server 2005 Caches

Posted on January 11, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Here is a useful DMV query for looking at memory pressure on SQL Server 2005. — Detect external and internal memory pressureSELECT *FROM sys.dm_os_memory_cache_clock_handsWHERE rounds_count > 0AND removed_all_rounds_count > 0 The clock_hand column tells you whether the clock algorithm is … Continue reading →

Posted in SQL Server 2005 | 22 Comments

Some Very Good Blog Posts from SQL Server Programmability & API Development Team

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft’s Sangeetha Shekar has been a busy beaver with three, very long, detailed posts about how plan caching works in SQL Server 2005. This is the begining a whole series of posts about the subject. The first three are: Plan … Continue reading →

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Brewing with Mr. Beer

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Glenn Berry

I noticed that Bed, Bath and Beyond was selling the Deluxe Mr. Beer kit for 50% off this weekend, so I decided to spend $15 and get one on Saturday. Then, I decided to get twelve Grolsch style swing-top bottles … Continue reading →

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New Rooma Create Robot

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Glenn Berry

The makers of the Roomba (iRobot), have announced the new Create robot, aimed at hobbiests for $129.99. They also sell a selection of accessories, such as a command module (the green thing in the picture below), for $59.99.  It sounds … Continue reading →

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Right-Wing Blogosphere is Wrong Again

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Good wrap-up here from Greg Sargent showing that the "Lonely Kerry" story is false. There is also a good post on DailyKos about how the whole winger-meme about how the Associated Press had a source who is an Iraqi policeman named … Continue reading →

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