I hate Olympics coverage in the US. I tune in to watch 4x7.5km biathlon, I don't want a 10 minute break to talk about skating. #peacocksucks #olympics

Coastal NC winter storm. Just a few pictures showing the progress. At 11AM we had no snow, 2 hours later ground covered, by 5PM 2+ inches. As of 7PM Saturday night still snowing hard.

Is SentryOne dead? Or at least SQL Sentry product? Their support anymore is more of a hindrance to use the product than help.

55 years of flying and had my first rejected take off!

Operation Julenisse 2 has started.

Time for some winter reading.

BLOG ALERT! www.arcticdba.se/posts/tooth-... Sugar went from luxury to ubiquitous poison before we understood what it was doing to us. We're doing the exact same thing with AI, adding it to everything without genuine use cases while it erodes literacy and critical thinking. #AI #Literacy

Automating audits with @alevyinroc.flxsql.com #passdatasummit

I have no idea what @heidihasting.bsky.social is talking about, but she did great! #pasadatasummit

Love living in a small town, it does however make for early flights to get anywhere. OMw to Seattle

Seeing the crap coverage and quality @f1tv.bsky.social lately, maybe it is a good thing I don't get the pleasure of paying for them next year. (not that I will pay Apple either)

Time to try to get this wheat harvested. #farmcation

Travelling is much more tiring than it used to be. Must be the travelling and not me right?

LHR is the worst part of a shopping mall, combined with the worst part of an airport.

Time for vacation. 4 weeks in Norway. And they say Americans don't take vacation!!

Coding, at 1:30AM, while listening to BABYMETAL. I wonder how my code will look like this week. Although I don't think I will top my triple nested cursor from last week (the two inner ones in dynamic SQL). Making cursors great again, Row By Agonizing Row.

Grats to Hulkenberg, breaking a 239 start no podium finish! #Formula1

Well that was old school Verstappen. And NOT in a good way.

Gah decided too late to go to Norway this fall to apply to speak at SQL Saturday Oslo and Gothenburg . Maybe I can go just as a participant for once ;)

Watching the Blues Brothers. As a reminder of how nazi's should be handled.

I am for the first time in the 24 years I have been a US citizen embarrassed about my citizenship.

The President of the United States took questions in the Oval Office this week as Donald Trump watched silently from the sidelines. On today's Coffee Klatch, we discuss how Trump 2.0 has morphed into The Musk Show. https://youtu.be/fkrD22itxbg

Just about had it with Sentry1. Time to look at alternatives to replace it.

She flies!!!!

So... Gearhead finally ditched gas cars and got an EV. It was dark so no good pictures.

Launch of a new space rocket will be watched.... New Glenn.

So this happens when I have been on vacation for over 3 weeks, but it dawned on me that 1/4 of a century ago I sat in the ops center for a major medical operation in the US, watching the clock strike midnight in the 3 times zones we had operation. Last bug fix done with 4 hours to spare.

Good to see #F1 stewards keeping up tradition of randomly handing out penalties. (and for once i actually even don't think the penalty for VER was correct)

What have I done!!!!!

I'll be over here hiding for a few weeks.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kCH...

Time to travel again. Two more flights, 12 hours to home. After 2+ weeks on the road/air, ready to be in my own home with none else around! Great Summit, great seeing so many long time #sqlfamily friends, and meeting new ones. See y'all in November 2025, if not before.

Parallel landing at CLT

Flight #6 from airport #6, in 8 days. 2 more airports then ready for #passdatasummit.

F-1 Brazil qualifying. No results, but dang, rain really makes F-1 a lot more fun...

Such an early flight from Oslo the duty free is not open. Cries. That means certain things won't make it. But enjoy a picture of an empty airport.

I should probably get more to make sure I bring enough with me back to the US

233.50 mph. I think my 401k savings might be enough for it.....

SpaceX going to try to launch and capture Starship this morning...chop chopstick www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC87...

25 years ago today I lost my wife Tab to suicide. Gone but not forgotten. If you are struggling, please talk to someone. Chat with me here (anonymity guaranteed). Seek professional help. Call one of the suicide prevention hotlines. You are not alone.

Everyone that knows me knows how passionate I am about foster kids. Well the charity I am part of is directly helping foster families that were effects by the hurricane in Western NC. Please consider helping by donating. ffa-nc.networkforgood.com/projects/235...

Wow. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Chicks nailed the National Anthem. I'm a heavy metal guy, but went to see them in London some years ago, one of the best concerts ever.

Someone give me strength. About to sit through 2 2 hours long product demos, on security products

wow. What a weird yet amazing F-1 race this morning. Two (3?) great races in a row. With actual racing. 1 stop at Belgium GP is... amazing.

I need a new job, making a lot more money. In unrelated news, new Corvette ZR1 information official tonight. Totally bonkers.

Wow. What a F-1 race at Silverstone. Amazing. #f1 #formula1

RIP Bill Anders. Best known as the photographer of Earthrise. Anders: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there. Here’s the Earth coming up. Wow, that’s pretty Borman: [chuckle] Hey, don’t take that, it’s not scheduled. Anders: [laughter] “You got a color film, Jim? Hand me that roll of color

For my fellow space nerds, Spaceship launch attempt around 8:45AM EDT today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTkh...

So this should be an interesting late fall. Norway last week of October. PASS (36 hours at home!) SE Asia December to January (not booked yet, trying to decide where)

Monte Carlo is such a snooze fest. First lap excepted. #F1