Going To SQL Saturday #357 In Cleveland

I'm going to be speaking at SQL Saturday #357 in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, February 7th, 2015.  I'll be giving my APPLY talk.

DDOS attacks explained

If you are a gamer (and chances are that if you are reading this post, you are), you've likely heard of the Lizard Squad attacks on PSN and XBL. Kotaku has a great post explaining what DDOS attacks are and why they're so difficult to prevent. As I was fairly n00bish on the matter, I found…

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I’m baaaaaaaaaaack

I safely returned from London late this morning. I believe I shall post later today comparing my two international trips of 2014!

Only the Browns…

... would need to address that the GM and coach have not been fired in a press conference. Overall, though, I'm pleased with the season. The Browns showed a lot of toughness, and there are some excellent pieces in place to take it to the next level. We need to go d-line in the draft,…

Identity Integers Using ASP.Net Identity On MVC 5

ASP.Net MVC 5 introduced a new identity model, ASP.Net Identity.  Brock Allen has a blow-by-blow analysis of the product, and that's pretty fantastic reading.  What I was really interested in, however, was an understanding of how to change the database tables used in the identity model. By default, ASP.Net Identity creates a five tables, including…

Another Cleveland QB takes the field

With Johnny Football on the IR and Hoyer himself nursing a shoulder injury, Connor Shaw will make his first NFL start on Sunday. I actually like this move. The Browns have nothing to play for, and even though it's against the Ravens, it might be a lower pressure situation than Manziel faced two weeks ago or…

More Catallaxy Services Updates

I've been pretty busy with the Catallaxy Services website.  Since my last post on the topic, I've implemented steps 2, 3, and 4 of my master plan for two of my presentations.  Those two presentations are Much Ado About Hadoop and APPLY Yourself. Step 2:  Add a "Links and Further Information" section to each presentation.…

An early contender for dumbest HOF ballot

Meet Garry Brown, "Special to the Republican." He is your one stop shop for all of your Venus the golden retriever news! Does Venus like cheesecake? Click to find out! Oh, and he somehow has an HOF ballot, which is: News item: Dec. 17 deadline set for Baseball Hall of Fame ballots. I voted for Jeff…

What I’m Reading: Pro Git

I started reading the first edition of Pro Git, which was released in 2006.  Then, after grabbing the link for this blog post, I found out that they put out a revised version of the book this year.  Now I'm picking up on that new edition. I have to admit that I'm not a tremendous…

Get out of my computer, you damned (government) kids!

Wired has a brilliant article attacking self-limiting PC programs and related items. It's awesome and you should read it. It pretty much destroys any argument for legally restricting what computers can and cannot do, because it's too easy to get around any safeguards you employ.