July 14, 2006

Poor little Lebanon

I've been reading some Lebanese blogs trying to understand what people from the other side of the bleeding border think. And I realized how weird country Lebanon is. Where in the world a government would strongly refuse to control a half of its own country? It's like the whole world ...

June 7, 2006

4 months database query

I was querying one remote and probably distributed database recently. I entered my name, sent query request and got "No such record" response - four freaking months later! What kind of crazy database is it? That's Russia's police database. I requested a police certificate from russian embassy in Israel and ...

June 4, 2006

New Microsoft certification - MCPD

I had a voucher for a free Microsoft certification exam which I got at the MVP summit last year and it was due to expire May 31. So I went to see how can I use it. As you probably know Microsoft has launched new wave of certifications with ...

July 14, 2005

Microsoft Certification: MCP Program Takes New Road in September

Microsoft refreshes their professional certifications program: Changes are afoot in the Microsoft Certification Program that can be labeled as "evolutionary"; that is, changes to the certification process will be implemented over time, as newer technologies become generally available. According to Valvano, Microsoft will follow tradition, releasing exams for SQL Server ...