Links You Should’ve Clicked Last Week – November 9, 2009

I have only a few bookmarks this week – I’ve been hard at work recording new SSIS 2008 training videos!

Database Related

• TSQL script: Show upcoming jobs
• Statistics Used by the Query Optimizer in Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Microsoft to raise prices, add more high-end editions with SQL Server 2008 R2
• T.S.T. – the T-SQL Test Tool

Programming Related

• Microsoft Research’s CHESS project to find bugs in Concurrent Programs
• MSBuild Tasks projects
• OMG Ponies!!! (Aka Humanity: Epic Fail)
• Programming is Like a Dream
• StackOverflow Careers

Sysadmin Related

• How to Install and Use Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Windows Server
• Exchange 2007 will now run on Windows Server 2008 R2
• SharePoint guidance for SQL Server database administrators (Downloadable book)

Misc

• Lawsuit claims MSFT’s WGA software is spyware
• In Bb - a collaborative music and spoken word project
• Firefox is growing!
• Research paper (PDF): Does Taking Notes Help You Remember Better? Exploring How Note Taking Relates to Memory

LearnItFirst Related

Check out LearnItFirst’s newest course, course 158: SQL 2008 Integration Services training videos