Turns out I did break the mouse touchpad on the laptop. Also possibly screwed the heat sink back in a little too tight. Lost the 6,Y,H, and N keys when...
I've know for a while that my travel laptop is dying. A few years ago, I had a heat problem. The bottom of the laptop kept heating up to sorching...
This is is why women can't have nice things. Apparently it is dirty pool to keep men out of the room when it comes time for women to form their...
When I come into work, I double-check all my SQL databases and jobs, fix any failures, then catch up on emails and respond to my customers. After all this, I...
So a woman I know, we'll call her Jane, works an IT job in an environment similar to mine. Her two coworkers are male and her boss is male. While...
Well, here's an interesting piece of news from the tech world: "The best city for women in tech, according to the research, is Washington, D.C. In the nation's capital, about...
I haven’t posted a SQL Saturday post in a while because I’ve had a lot going on, not the least of which is working extra weekend hours. Also, Steve Jones...
After fellow writer (and my VP mentor) Steven Gould retweeted my “Why the SFWA Debate Matters to Women in Technology” post, a male twit (aka twitter user) responded with the...
Welcome back to SQL Saturdays. It may seem odd that I’m devoting a SQL Server post to a science fiction / fantasy (sff) controversy, but I find my writing and...
Brandie Tarvin is an author and tie-in writer and a copy editor. In addition to her original fiction, she has written SQL Server articles, Shadowrun: The Role Playing Game sourcebook material and fiction as well as a piece for Hasbro’s Transformers. She currently lives in Florida with her family and is owned by two cats.
