SQL Feather and Quill

Here’s the links I’ve tweeted in the last month – hope it is useful/entertaining/etc.

SQL

• Good reading from Google Reader – T-SQL Tuesday Topics – December 2012 Update http://bit.ly/RlFqt6
• Blogged – December Special PASSMN Meeting http://goo.gl/fb/8wngG
• I’m giving SSMS projects a second chance – due to @grrl_geek – http://buff.ly/RojXzg

Tools

• Good reading from Google Reader – Use the “Embarrassment Test” to Help Make Difficult Decisions http://bit.ly/TjmeqT

News

• Family Blog updated – Photo of the Week – 12/16/12 – Basketball http://bit.ly/U3Akjs
• Family Blog updated – Photo of the Week – 12/9/12 – Jake’s Party http://bit.ly/Z3ye6I
• Family Blog updated – Photo of the Week – 12/2/12 – Decorating the Tree http://bit.ly/QAQ1yw
• Hmmm — The End Of The Smartphone Era Is Coming http://buff.ly/V4l82s via @sai
• Family Blog updated – Photo of the Week – 11/25/12 – Grandma and Grandpa Sliding http://bit.ly/TflfbC

Entertainment

• finished The Evernote Bible – The Guide to Everything Evernote, Including: Tips, Uses, + Essentials http://amzn.to/YcprPw
• The Shark Sandwich review always gets me…Spinal Tap Reviews: http://youtu.be/-ruDdcd8G-g via @youtube
• finished The Betrayal (Precinct 11) by Jerry B. Jenkins http://amzn.to/us5BSZ

Sports Humor

• Good reading from Google Reader – We found the clipboard Mark Sanchez was drawing on http://bit.ly/SKFrmT
• Good reading from Google Reader – Friday Funny 433: Who’s Beating You In Your Marathon? http://bit.ly/11bOBhb

Running/Workouts

• Good reading from Google Reader – 10 Sentences that Can Change Your Life http://bit.ly/UKZaVY
• Count down to #IMWI pic.twitter.com/gSjhMs41
• Good reading from Google Reader – How to Raise Money for Charity http://bit.ly/VaCNFF
• AdWeek: Nike ‘Jogger’ Commercial 2nd Best of 2012 | Runner’s World & Running Times http://buff.ly/V4mzxW
• Nike: Find Your Greatness. — Jogger: http://youtu.be/LsXRj89cWa0 via @youtube

Here’s the links I’ve tweeted in the last month – hope it is useful/entertaining/etc.

SQL

• Listing Database Info with Object counts http://bit.ly/RMQRFl
• SQLFriends Lunch – Oct 19 http://bit.ly/OCM2Rf
• Blogged – October PASSMN Meeting http://goo.gl/fb/uWyNI
• Blogged – SQL Saturday #149 – Wrap up http://goo.gl/fb/L7WWe
• Blogged – SQLSaturday #149-this weekend! http://goo.gl/fb/XoVWU

Tools

• How to Boost Your Brain Power By Playing Sudoku http://bit.ly/OCM37C
• Create Your Masterpiece, a 16-Step Guide http://bit.ly/OCJAKp
• One of my favorite quotes on stress http://amzn.com/k/LHdSsTyiQc2ggJxq9AbiXA … #Kindle
• Reader Project: A Kick-Ass Balance Bike http://buff.ly/PjZeY7  – my son has a balance bike and we are hoping it’ll help.
• 21 Signs That You Are Failing At Time Management http://buff.ly/PQDMuF
• 30 Books You Need to Read if You Want to Make it Big Online http://buff.ly/TdajQF
• 9 Reasons Why You Should Use Lists and What You Can Use Lists For http://buff.ly/TeVL2S

News

• Family Blog updated – Photo of the Week – 10/21/12 – Pumpkins with Stickers http://bit.ly/OV0pQS
• Family Blog updated – Photo of the Week – 10/14/12 – Pumpkin Patch http://thelohns.com/2012/10/14/photo-of-the-week-101412-pumpkin-patch/ …
• Family Blog updated – Photo of the Week – 10/7/12 – Reading in Running Shirts http://bit.ly/QnOx7o
• Family Blog updated – Photo of the Week – Abbie http://bit.ly/Rtu5UP
• Family Blog updated – Photo of the Week – 9/23/12 – 5K Athletes http://bit.ly/Pe8yws
• Court rejects bid to block Minn. wolf hunt http://bit.ly/QnuMgc

Entertainment

• Declutter Your Life: Reduce Stress, Increase Productivity, and Enjoy Your Clutter-Free Lifehttp://amzn.to/OwZcjU  #Kindle
• Running the Edge: Discover the Secrets to Better Running and a Better Life http://amzn.to/xA79ag  #Kindle
• Mud, Sweat, and Tears: The Autobiography by Bear Grylls http://amzn.to/K2bPRw  #Kindle
• 43 Sesame Street Facts for the 43rd Season http://buff.ly/TvMinW  from @mental_floss

Sports

• Watch the drama as the final finisher crosses the line at the 2012 Ironman World C… http://bit.ly/S2AdBy
• Johan Santana Returns to Minnesota for First Time in 2013 http://sns.mx/uJlyy4
• NFL Rookie QB Tracker – http://www.nfl.com/qs/bucketlist/index.jsp?campaign

Sports Humor

• Marlins Still Confident the Miguel Cabrera-Cameron Maybin, Burke Badenhop Trade Wi… http://bit.ly/UHqH7f
• Astros Off to Disappointing 50-105 Start http://buff.ly/TGGTe3  – I love the @sportspickle
• Ghetto Drink Holder for a Marathon http://buff.ly/PjV56t
• Report: Russell Wilson called wrong play on Hail Mary http://buff.ly/TvNcAQ  from @nfl
• Tennessee Fan Has Tennessee "T" Logo Goatee – SportsPickle Picture http://buff.ly/PgwRd8

Running/Workouts

• "Running is a drug where the stopping is easy. Getting hooked is the hard part." http://amzn.com/k/Y86zsAfmRsWeyJFhbqoU6w … #Kindle
• Top Running Dogs from Runner’s World http://buff.ly/TC8soJ
• My wife and kids are in a couple of photos: District 279 Foundation Reading is Fun Run, Walk – Maple Grove, MN Patch http://buff.ly/Po0kBZ
• @karagoucher is warming up the route for me, just like at Grandmas..Kara Goucher, 3 Other Olympians at USA 10 Mile http://buff.ly/PjYz8V 
• Strength Exercises to Help You Run Faster – Runner’s World http://buff.ly/PjK4SA
• Tapering? Wrap It Up With a Burst – Runner’s World http://buff.ly/TrQOnx

Here’s the links I’ve tweeted in the last month – hope it is useful/entertaining/etc.  (I’ve been trying out ifttt and sending all my tweeted links to instapaper.com, then exporting exporting it from there)

SQL

• 24 Hours of PASS – Fall 2012 > Sessions by Schedule
• Survival Tips For DBAs: How To Talk To Your Developers | SQLRockstar | Thomas LaRock
• 5 Things That Every New Developer Needs to Know
• PowerTip: Define PowerShell in Thirty Words or Less – Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blog
• Speaking for PASS Professional Development Virtual Chapter – SQLServerCentral
• Medtronic Launches CareLink Express(TM) Service – Yahoo! Finance
• August PASSMN Meeting – SQL Feather and Quill
• Upcoming Presentation: MDX Trek: First Contact on August 21st | Mark V SQL
• Save All Open Files in the PowerShell ISE | The Lonely Administrator
• the-seven-sins-against-tsql-performance
• SQLQuill – Link Round Up – July 2012 Edition – SQL Feather and Quill

Tools

• How I Built the Media Center of My Dreams for Under $500
• Make Your Music Stream Just About Anywhere This Weekend
• The Lifehack Big List: 50 Top Productivity Apps for iPhone
• How to Make Limited-Time App Deals Last Forever
• Give Your Old, Slow, Overheating Laptop New Life and an Extreme Makeover
• 28 Great Books You Can Read For Free | The Simple Dollar
• 8-things-you-may-not-know-your-apple-headphones-can-do
• Use a Matchbook and a Scale to Perfect Your Knife Sharpening and Honing Technique
• Top 10 Ways to Boost Your Home Wi-Fi
• Shortcuts for Gmail Teaches You to Use Shortcuts by Reminding You When You Don’t
• Leet – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• http://beertext.us/
• Cut Through the Bystander Effect by Explicitly Telling Someone to Call 911
• get-rid-of-your-overstuffed-wallet-once-and-for-all
• How I Blog – The 21 WordPress Plugins That Keep Me Sane

News

• Man builds himself bionic hands | Photo Gallery – Yahoo! News
• Photo of the Week – 9/19/12 – Bunker Beach – TheLohns.com
• Wakeboarding with McKayla – TheLohns.com
• Photo of the Week – 8/12/12 – Erika Wakeboarding, going BIG – TheLohns.com
• Wisconsin teen defends $50K texting title | kare11.co"
• Cabin Videos – TheLohns.com
• Photo of the Week – 8/5/12 – A day at the cabin – TheLohns.com
• 15 Offbeat Holidays You Can Celebrate in August
• Photo of the Week – 7/29/12 – Kyla – TheLohns.com

Entertainment

• Lunchtime Quiz: Fast Times at Ridgemont High – Mental Floss
• 100 Maniacal Laughs – The Awesomer
• mckayla is not impressed
• How The Power Literally Rocked the House – Mental Floss
• Twitter / batemanjason: A grandson, looking for hi …
• Bob Ross Remix – The Awesomer
• Twitter / nbccommunity: What do Greendale and the …
• Twitter / SQLQuill: "Lost Sheep" passed me on …
• Day Out With Thomas

Sports

• The Official Site of Major League Baseball | MLB.com: Homepage
• MLB.com Must C | Must C Carom: Casilla turns two off deflected ball – Video | MLB.com: Multimedia
• Baseball Oddities | MIL@PHI: Gomez thinks he has a homer but strikes out – Video | MLB.com: Multimedia
• KHAAAAAAN! – YouTube

Sports Humor

• 0.0 Photo by eatrealthings – Instagram
• London 2012 Olympians: Where Are They Now? – SportsPickle Opinion
• London Having Huge Yard Sale of Used, Obscure Athletic Equipment – SportsPickle News
• I’m Truly Sorry For This, But You’re About To Hear All About The Last Marathon I Ran | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

Running/Workouts

• New Book: Rick Hoyt Tells His Story | Newswire
• low-tech-alternative-to-alterg-on-market
• "Struck By Blow Dart": A Brief Index Of Recent Terrible Events Involving Joggers
• Mayo Clinic medical information and tools for healthy living – MayoClinic.com
• Must-Run Marathons from Runner’s World

Here’s the links I’ve tweeted in the last month – hope it is useful/entertaining/etc.

SQL

• June PASSMN Meeting – Filegroups « SQL Feather and Quill
• MERGE Statement Generator | Michael J. Swart
• SQLQuill – Link Round Up – May 2012 Edition « SQL Feather and Quill

Tools

• Stop Working All Those Long Hours
• The #1 Reason Why Most Blogs and Businesses Fail (And The 3 Questions You Need to Answer to Save Yours)
• the-top-10-bad-emails-being-sent-at-your-company
• 10 Must Reads to Tap Into Your True Potential
• Five Best Internet Radio Services
• How to Make the Best Salmon Rub | The Ravenous Runner
• Memory Improvement Tips: Davis Viera: Amazon.com: Kindle Store
• The-House.com
• Infusing Play into Mundane Tasks :zenhabits
• Top 5 Tools for Impressive (and Easy) Vlogging
• dont-touch-that-email-unless-you-are-going-to-do-something-with-it

News

• Photo of the Week – 6/17/12 – Rock Climbing « TheLohns.com
• Photo of the Week – 6/10/12 – Flowers « TheLohns.com
• Photo of the Week – 6/3/12 – Another Happy Kyla « TheLohns.com
• Photo of the Week – 5/27/12 – Jake Sliding « TheLohns.com
• Photo of the Week – 5/20/12- Walking « TheLohns.com

Entertainment

• 21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity
• Flickr Finds No. 22 | Colossal
• The Father’s Day Slideshow! – AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com 06/14/2012
• Sloppy Seconds: The Tucker Max Leftovers: Tucker Max: Amazon.com: Kindle Store
• Amazon.com: Confessions of a Las Vegas Motorcop eBook: H Justice: Kindle Store
• Why Do Bubbles in Guinness Sink? | Discoblog | Discover Magazine

Sports Humor

• R.A. Dickey Caught on Mound with Wiffle Ball – SportsPickle News
• Twitter / goodjobkid: Come on Heat! I made this

Running/Workouts

• Sarah Reinertsen: Watch the Amazing Journey of an Amputee Triathlete – EverymanTri.com
• The Beginner’s Guide to Heart Rate Monitor Training
• How to Google your way to a PB – EverymanTri.com
• Cool Tools: Swim Smooth
• Marathoner Meb Keflezighi continues to persevere – latimes.com
• AndyLohn.com "
• 5 Ways That Exercise Increases Your Productivity | Time Management Ninja"
• Twin Cities Area Rated Healthiest in U.S. | News

Here’s the links I’ve tweeted in the last month:

SQL

• April PASSMN Meeting SQL 2012 and Apply T-SQL Magic « SQL Feather and Quill
• RT @buckwoody: More confirmation of my premise that all computing is merely re-arranging data
• export-to-excel-with-powershell-part-3.htm
• Write to Excel file with Powershell – Part 2
• sqlquill-link-round-up-march-2012-edition

Tools

• The Top 10 Time Management Lies We Tell Ourselves | Time Management Ninja
• The Simple Twitter Book – Free Ebook | Brent Ozar PLF
• Packing for dance competition « My Life as a Dancem0m
• Legacy Dance Championships « My Life as a Dancem0m
• The Granblogs: Return of the Granblogs/Appetizer
• To Get Ahead, Do 21 Things That Others Don’t | Time Management Ninja
• Top 10 Technological Time Savers to Keep in Touch « SQL Feather and Quill
• This I Believe: 43 Lessons from 43 Years
• Bridging.org – Home
• JetSetCitizen Manifesto | JetSetCitizen.com
• How to Maintain a Blog AND a Full-Time Job
• Write 1000 Words in an Hour
• Get Up, Dressed for Work, and Eat Breakfast in 5 Minutes – The Japanese TV Show Way
• How to Do the Ultimate Brain Dump

News

• Photo of the Week – 4/15/12 – Surprise – TheLohns.com
• Photo of the Week – 4/8/12 – Easter Bunnies « TheLohns.com
• Photo of the Week – 4/1/12 – Spaghetti « TheLohns.com
• Photo of the Week – 3/25/12 – Grand Portage « TheLohns.com
• No Snow Emergencies declared for the entire snow season, first time in 25 years – City of Minneapolis
• Photo of the Week 3/18/12 – Abbie « TheLohns.com
• The ice went out last night – dock in today!

Entertainment

• James Cameron Explains Titanic’s Sinking – Mental Floss
• Deadliest Catch Partners With WWE For a Brand New Season – The Official Homepage of the F/V Northwestern | Dutch Harbor, AK | F/V Northwestern
• Time-Lapse of Ocean Currents Looks Like a Living Van Gogh Painting | Science Buzz
• Watching 130 Episodes of The Simpsons Simultaneously – Mental Floss
• Frame of Mind: Two Guys and a Magic Picture Frame | Colossal

Humor

• Key & Peele: Flicker – The Awesomer
• Smartphones Just Keep Getting Bigger and Bigger – There, I Fixed It – Redneck Repairs
• ThinkGeek :: Canned Unicorn Meat
• I’m Too Old For This Sh*t – The Awesomer

Sports

• Piece of Metrodome roof heads to Hall of Fame
• 2012 Masters Pool – HOLLA – ACS edition « Andy Lohn
• Minnesota @Twins embrace social media with giant Twitter board at Target Field – Page 2 – ESPN
• NFL.com news: NFL bans Saints’ Payton a year for ‘bounties’; Williams out, too
• From open tryout to the MLB, Hamburger recalls ‘surreal’

Sports Humor

• Nerlens Noel – Look What’s Carved In My Hair – Photos – SI.com
• If Internet Commenters Had Been Around to Ruin Great Moments in Sports History – SportsPickle Opinion
• Bill Parcells: "I will consider coaching a veteran-laden playoff team for five months in exchange for several million dollars" – SportsPickle News
• Flowchart: Which Member of the Jets are You? – SportsPickle Opinion
• Is there ever going to be an MSRI: Meatsauce Robot Investigates?
• MLB Network Remembers: Bobby Valentine in disguise
• Sleeping Bruins LW Milan Lucic = Sloth from "Goonies" – SportsPickle Picture
• Tim Tebow Absolutely Horrified After First Phone Conversation With Rex Ryan | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
• And now, The Love Boat intro, starring the Minnesota Timberwolves (video) | Sportress of Blogitude

Running/Workouts

• Boston Marathon: April 16, 2012 | Universal Sports | Year-Round Coverage of Olympic Sports & Athletes
• Dexter: the Punisher: Return to the 150 Miler This Weekend
• GU 100,000 Mile Challenge
• rip-micah-true-run-free-man
• 2012 Grandma’s Marathon & Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon – Duluth, MN | DetermiNation
• Born to Run’s Caballo Blanco Reported Missing | News
• Boston Marathon Course Tour 2.0
• 10 Stubborn Exercise Myths that Won’t Die, Debunked by Science
• Steve in a Speedo?! Gross!: Don’t Let Your Mind Screw You Over

Here’s all the Link Round Ups from 2012