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Unlocking Liberty

This week a US judge asked Apple Inc. to help them unlock the iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino shooters. The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, has resisted this order citing risk to his customers and implications…

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Unsolicited Advice

The Price of Free

When looking at which tech toys to use it’s easy to differentiate by the upfront cost. An iPad, for example, can be twice the price of some of its competitors. This can certainly be prohibitive, no matter the quality of…

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Divine Ponderings

Love God and Love People

There are a multitude of verses in the Bible and endless topics of conversation that can be drawn from them. However, we often forget that complexity is not the point. There is a simple message that ties it all…

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Divine Ponderings

Consider It Pure Joy

“ Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature…

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SQL

Is Optimizing for AdHoc Queries Worth It?

As you probably know, there is a server configuration option called “optimize for ad hoc workloads”. For more details on that option check out the MSDN article . The real question is, how do I know the extent to which…

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SQL

Managing CDC Jobs on an Availability Group

So, here’s the deal. You’ve got Change Data Capture going in your environment and want to move your database to an Availability Group on SQL Server 2012. That’s great, lots of advantages there. But what happens to CDC…

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Unsolicited Advice

Web Hosting Tools

Over the last year or so I’ve been getting more into web hosting for myself and friends. Below are the solutions I’ve chosen to use and I would recommend them to anyone. Name.com : This is the site I’m using both to…

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Unsolicited Advice

Windows 8 Evaluation

My opinion of Windows 8 after using it for a bit: I think it will work well for personal machines. I’m going back to Windows 7 on my work laptop. In our case the apps we use just aren’t compatible enough with it yet and…

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Neat Finds

Curb Your Office Toolbar Fury

When they introduced the ribbon menu in Office 2007 it seemed like both the best and worst idea ever. While it provides a more simple approach to those new to Office it is infuriating for us that had the old style down…

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