My vintage garage system is pretty sweet! 1981-vintage Pioneer A-8 Non-Switching Stereo Amplifier with some Bowers & Wilkins speakers. The amp has 90 wpc.

Our sausage dogs, Chorizo and Andouille.

Incredibly good analysis here by Timothy Snyder!

New blog post: SQL Server 2019 CU29 glennsqlperformance.com/2024/11/02/sql… #sqlserver #sqlserver2019

You might not have noticed, but Microsoft recently extended the Mainstream Support date for SQL Server 2019 from January 8, 2025, to February 28, 2025. The Extended Support Date did not change. #sqlserver #sqlserver2019

This is already happening in multiple states around the country (such as Texas). The "Republic of Gilead" is an aspirational goal for far too many people.

Finally, a "Downfall" take on the Trump campaign.

Windows Server 2025 has RTM'd. New stuff listed in this article: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-… and you can get an eval version here: microsoft.com/en-us/evalcent…

Yes, but my MAGA friends still claim it is a "huge problem"

I'm sure Trump's religious supporters appreciate this...

Exactly this! Be prepared for a blizzard of MAGA and foreign actor lies and misinformation about "voter fraud" on this platform.

Wow. The ALL CAPS freakout from Stephen Miller

Southwest has seat back charging ports.

Microsoft released GDR security updates for SQL Server 2016 and newer yesterday as part of Patch Tuesday. They are being pushed out by Microsoft Update, but your Production servers should not have that enabled. #sqlserver

One of my two 5000-watt SMA solar inverters started showing a fault yesterday, and I just "fixed" it by rebooting it. That made me happy!

I started playing "Sea Power - Naval Combat in the Missile Age" last night. Lots of fun, with a bit of a learning curve. microprose.com/games/sea-powe…

The sky is definitely bluer on another site, where I have an account with the same handle. It's in my profile here too.