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• Social networking, keeping up with friends/family and getting more tech info!

  OK, I know I don't blog all that often but when I do, I do try and post as much useful information as I can :). I've got a few posts in the queue and a few more tests to do and code to write before I can wrap them up. In the interim, Paul and Read More... Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:37 AM from Kimberly L. Tripp | (Comments Off) Filed under: Personal, Opinions

• Good strategies - excellent improvements... thanks Jim!

  This morning, I woke to a wonderful email and I thought I would share it: Good morning Kimberly, I just wanted to send you an email to let you know how awesome you are! I have applied some of your indexing strategies to our website’s homegrown CMS Read More... Posted Saturday, March 28, 2009 1:47 AM from Kimberly L. Tripp | (Comments Off) Filed under: Conferences, Personal

• Resources: A panel on HA and a second on Women In Tech

  OK, in my quest to blog more often, I realized I have the perfect thing to blog about today... stuff I did that I haven't yet told you about. :) :) At TechEd US, Paul and I were on a panel created to debunk some of the more common questions/concerns when Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 6:13 AM from Kimberly L. Tripp: Improving *my* SQL skills through your questions! | (Comments Off) Filed under: Personal, resources, Opinions

• SQL Server 2008 fails to send database mail, Sparse columns with filtered indexes, Upcoming Events, and - as usual - catching up (i.e. cookies)!

  OK, so, I don't blog very often. I don't know what it is... I think it's that I feel like I always need to blog huge posts and the thought of writing my huge post makes me not want to blog... so, sometimes my time-between-blogging (TBB :) is long. I'm Read More... Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 3:27 AM from Kimberly L. Tripp: Improving *my* SQL skills through your questions! | (Comments Off) Filed under: Events, Personal, indexes, SQL Server 2008, tips, Design

• Something to think about as we approach Memorial Day...

  Paul just blogged about all of our scanning here ... Overall, this is a very daunting and time consuming task (scanning and touching up hundreds of images) but it's also very therapeutic. However, I have to admit that I'm sorry that I didn't do a lot Read More... Posted Sunday, May 18, 2008 12:17 PM from Kimberly L. Tripp: Improving *my* SQL skills through your questions! | (Comments Off) Filed under: Personal

• When did you last backup your home/personal/less-critical system... is it really less-critical?

  Have you ever written something and then lost it... for whatever reason: your own stupidity ( come on we've all accidentally done something at some point where we lost data or a spreadsheet or a document or something... ), the software eats it ( this Read More... Posted Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:11 AM from Kimberly L. Tripp: Improving *my* SQL skills through your questions! | (Comments Off) Filed under: Personal, resources, Opinions

• Our first trip of the New Year...Shanghai and Beijing

  Actually, I can't even begin to tell you how great it is that Paul loves blogging so much... he does an amazing job filling in everyone (even our family :)) with our travels through his "personal" posts on his blog ( and, he always researches the sites/details Read More... Posted Sunday, February 03, 2008 3:48 PM from Kimberly L. Tripp: Improving *my* SQL skills through your questions! | (Comments Off) Filed under: Personal, Where in the World are Kimberly and Paul?

• Donald Wayne Tripp, August 6, 1944 - November 28, 2007

  Since many of you follow our (Paul and my) blogs, you know that my Father has been terribly ill this year... On Wednesday, November 28, 2007, my Father passed away. Paul and I were by his side when he went peacefully and for this – and all of the time Read More... Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 2:00 PM from Kimberly L. Tripp: Improving *my* SQL skills through your questions! | (Comments Off) Filed under: Personal

• He could be doing worse things...

  OK, so Paul could be doing worse things while I'm away... but, what was he doing? I guess you'll have to read here and listen here . Enjoy! kt This weblog is sponsored by SQLskills . ©2007 Kimberly L. Tripp. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use Read More... Posted Friday, October 19, 2007 1:52 PM from Kimberly L. Tripp: Improving *my* SQL skills through your questions! | (Comments Off) Filed under: Events, Personal

• Our Perfect Weekend...

  OK, I'm not normally the one to blog a lot of personal stuff but there's definitely a reason for a lot of my silence over the past couple of months....... I was planning a wedding. OK, Paul helped out more than you would expect - he met with the officiant Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:24 AM from Kimberly L. Tripp: Improving *my* SQL skills through your questions! | (Comments Off) Filed under: Personal

• Der Commissary

  I stand corrected. The best BBQ in Memphis is not Rendezvous or Corky's , it's at the Commissary in Germantown. Everyday I spend in Memphis, I get to sample better food and end up eating more. Thank God I'm leaving tomorrow or my diet will be ruined! Read More... Posted Friday, April 20, 2007 1:27 PM from MSDN Blogs | (Comments Off) Filed under: Non-Microsoft, Personal, Cool Stuff, Off Topic