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They’re using HOW MUCH space?
This assumes a convention where databases are named after the responsible party with an underscore and a version number or description. It also assumes that running this script is faster than remoting to the server and looking at the directory. 😉 declare @dbname...
SFTP – copy smallest files first
I needed to SFTP a bunch of files ranging in size from 40 meg to 130 gig. The default behavior of "mput *" is to copy the files in alphabetical order, but what happens then is that all the smaller files pile up behind the large ones. This is bad because there's a...
Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
I'll be reading with Broad Universe at WorldCon, Sunday at 10am in 007B (Convention Center). I plan to read from "Ondine's Curse," which will appear in an upcoming issue of Electric Velocipede. Come by and say hi!
Fun with PXE
At one of my previous positions, I was in charge of the PXE server. I like PXE, so I set up a PXE server here, too. It was a lot easier at my current place of employment, because I had access to the routers and the DHCP server. It ended up being a straightforward...
“Saving Alan Idle” is now up at Escape Pod
WOOHOO! My story "Saving Alan Idle" is now available as both HTML and a podcast. I'm so excited! http://escapepod.org/2013/07/05/ep403-saving-alan-idle/ Thanks to everyone who helped me critique it, including, but not limited to: Gary David Henderson, Beth Dawkins,...
Nagios Event Handlers on Windows
Nagios event handlers are WHERE IT'S AT, BABY, YEAH! There are some services that I can just automagically restart without any problems. (WSUS, SQL Agent, etc.) This way, instead of notifying me, Nagios can just fix the problem for me and We Need Never Know. These...
Immortal Gifts invites readers to re-evaluate the meanings of things such as life, death, freedom, hate and love from the first page. Katherine Villyard manages to capture some of the most poignant questions we ask ourselves as we go through our individual lives. Is it worth being able to live forever if, in the end, we’ll lose the ones we love to mortality? Is Death really the ultimate enemy to life, or is death just life’s misunderstood old friend? To stop hate, do we need to restrict our freedoms? This book makes readers ask and answer tough questions not only about the characters and plotline, but about their own beliefs, understandings, and dreams.