SQLQuill – Link Round Up – February 2012 Edition
by Andy Lohn
Here’s the links I’ve tweeted in the last month – hope it is useful/entertaining/etc. (I’ve been using buffer, ifttt and instapaper.com to manage my lists). Here’s last month’s version. Without further ado – here’s the list:
SQL
- Careful Hashing | Michael J. Swart
- Team #SQLPlunge’s Polar Bear Plunge Page | Special Olympics Minnesota
- Andy Lohn’s Polar Bear Plunge Page | Special Olympics Minnesota
- SQL Server – Generate SQL INSERT from Excel | Blog | SQLServerPedia
- February-2012-passmn-meeting-ssrs-to-address-business-cases
- T-SQL Tuesday Topics- Febuary 2012 « Voice of the DBA
- The Minimalist Guide to Database Administration | SQLRockstar | Thomas LaRock
- Timestamp/Rowversion Column Definition
- Automated Script-generation with Powershell and SMO
- SQL Server Certifications: What to Take and How to Prepare | Brent Ozar PLF
- Discerning-between-noisy-and-important
- Management Studio tricks you may or may not know about
- sp_help_revlogin
- Real SQL Guy: Abusing T-SQL: SELECT * – Doom With A View
- January #Meme15 Round-Up | Strate SQL
- SQL Server 2012 Upcoming Launch Events « Dan English’s BI Blog
- Aaron Bertrand : Bad Habits to Kick : Thinking a WHILE loop isn’t a CURSOR
- SQLServer 2012 Special Ops Tour – Minneapolis, MN
- Real SQL Guy: 20 Ways To Abuse T-SQL
- A Script to create missing default bindings
Time Management/Productivity
- How to Consume Information More Efficiently
- Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes
- 30 Ways Your Company Is Wasting Time | Time Management Ninja
- Make Your Daily Social Media Activities More Productive with Buffer
- How you can cut through your tasks like a laser
- 10 Things I Am Not Going to Do Today | Time Management Ninja
- Free online speed reading software | Spreeder.com
- How to Stay Motivated and Avoid Slacking Off While Working From Home
Tools/Tips
- Five Best Ways to Stream Live TV
- Navigate Chrome’s Extension Toolbar via a Simple Keyboard Shortcut
- Turn Your PowerShell Console Title Bar Into A RSS/Weather Ticker | Learn Powershell | Achieve More
- Repurpose a Soda Bottle as a Lens Cap
- How to Organize and Declutter Your Entertainment Center
- 10 Killer Cooking / Kitchen Hacks
- Pimp Your Facebook: How to Create a Badass Timeline Banner
News
- Doctor: ‘Sleep texting’ is a growing problem – Kare11
- Addiction may be hardwired in the brain | Science Buzz
Entertainment
- Trivia Page – Cliff Clavin
- House of the Rising Sun Covered by Legacy Computer Equipment | Colossal
- KFAN Sports Radio FM 100.3 – The Fan
- 11 Little-Known Facts About Frank Sinatra – Mental Floss
- Modern Marvels on History.com
- Coast Guard Alaska | Weather.com
- School House Rock – Youtube
- ‘Parks and Recreation’: Get your fill of Tom Haverford with ‘Tommy Talk’ – From Inside the Box – Zap2it
- MURK AVENUE, I FOUND ICE CUBES ‘GOOD DAY’
- The 5pm Quiz: Steven Wright or Mitch Hedberg? – Mental Floss
- Blue Marble: NASA’s Incredible New High Resolution Photograph of Earth | Colossal
- 10 Dirty Pictures – Mental Floss
- The Story Behind Gmail’s Logo
- Bon Joviver
- Lethal Weapon (1987) – Memorable quotes
- Lethal Weapon – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Violinist interrupted by old school cell phone – his response is awesome
- 6 Towns That Claim Paul Bunyan as Their Own (and What They Should Be Bragging About Instead) – Mental Floss
Humor
- Hilariously Ferocious Underwater Dogs | Colossal
- Steve in a Speedo?! Gross!: Good Use for a Bike Lane….
- I Never Finish Anyth | Colossal
- Hot New Internet Meme: ‘Breading’ Cats
- Human Speed Camera – The Awesomer
- Parks and Recreation – Tommy Tsunami – Video – http://www.nbc.com
- Coffee! T-Shirt – The Awesomer
- The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger
- Twitter Crashes From Sheer Volume Of Clear, Insightful Comments On State Of The Union | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Sports
- NFL.com news: Moss ends his retirement, sets sights on NFL return
- Tom Brady getting new bro-in-law: Red Sox Kevin Youkilis! – BostonHerald.com
- Alumnus to Represent Minnesota Twins on MLB Network Game Show – Posted on February 6th, 2012 by Matt Thomas ’00
- Statue honoring Hrbek to be unveiled in 2012 | twinsbaseball.com: News
- Ray Lewis Crushes Postgame Locker Room Speech | Terez Owens
- An Old School Photo Of Manute Bol And Spud Webb Standing By Each Other | Sportress of Blogitude
- New Texas Rangers Pitcher Yu Darvish Supports 420? | Terez Owens
- Welcome to Broncoridge – YouTube
- Before The Tebow, there was The Hershiser | MLB.com: News
Sports Humor
- Fine Art Of The Free Throw Distraction – Photos – SI.com
- Petition: The National Football League, Nerds Everywhere: Weird Al Yankovic performs the Super Bowl XLVII Half Time Show | Change.org
- DAVE’S ART LOCKER: MANNING FACE
- Leaked Document: Proposed NFL Rules for Player Behavior Following a Super Bowl Loss – SportsPickle Opinion
- 6 Charts Explaining Super Bowl XLVI Commercials – SportsPickle Opinion
- Twitter / Peter Myxter: @jgkfan Looks like Brew’s been here
- Top 10 Rejected Challenges for 2012 | Confessions of a Drive-Thru Runner
- Super Bowl: Separated at Birth Photos via SI
- January’s Funniest Sports Photos – SportsPickle Picture Gallery
- Cobra Kai – AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com 01/31/2012
- Pathetic Harbaugh Family Unable To Get Even One Son To Coach In Super Bowl | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
- Eli Manning Asks Peyton If He Can Crash At His Place | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
- Detroit Tigers’ Team Nutritionist Resigns – SportsPickle News
- The 25 Funniest Sports Movies of All-Time – SportsPickle Opinion
- Coach Brew Motivator
Running/Workouts
- World Marathon Lists
- One Day Run – Run the World
- Qualifying for Boston: The Thrill of Running a BQ in the Marathon
- If Confucius Were Your Coach | Run The Edge Blog
- 7 Tasty Post-Run Beers – Runner’s World
- Beer Run! at Runner’s World
- Cross-Training for Trail Runners – Runner’s World
- 5 Exercises that’ll make you faster