Sometimes the best sites and resources end up being the simplest ideas executed to perfection. Google has a lot of fans because of the simplicity in the way it does search. I believe one of the reasons the iPod design is so popular is because of the simplicity of the controls. The same simplicity in design also works well for websites.
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I’m in SQL just about every day of the week. Supporting multiple clients with multiple SQL servers in operation, we’re regularly working on databases. Part of that process is to backup and restore databases on our local machines for development.
One of the annoying items about SQL for me is that it wants to bury your database files deep within the Windows program folder for your SQL install. I really don’t want to dig down 7 levels of folder structure to get to my files. I can see how that might be handy and serve as a layer of protection, but for me it’s just annoying.
It took me awhile to find it, but I’ve now found where you can set your default file locations for databases. It’s actually pretty obvious where it is now, but that makes me think they’ve changed how you set this preference. If I didn’t find it before, surely it couldn’t have been that easy initially.
Right click on your main SQL server database and select “Properties” from the right-click menu. Then click on the item labeled “Database Settings”. Almost to the bottom of the screen is a location to specify where you want to keep your database files. You can select different locations for the data and the log file, which could help with management in the future as well, depending on your personal use preferences.
Hopefully that may help you if you’re looking for this in the future. I’m now debating on storing my database files on a removable USB external drive. Just not sure about the risk of storing them on that type of device instead of the main computer hard drive. Does anyone else have experience with SQL databases in this format?
I know I should, it’s got lots of handy features, but I just haven’t gotten used to using FriendFeed for anything. I know it consolidates and organizes much of the updates that I’m interested in across a variety of social networks. I’m just not using. Why not?
Maybe I just haven’t spent enough time really playing with it to figure out how it could really change the way I handle social media. I love using twhirl to update my twitter accounts, and I’ve got my FriendFeed account setup in twhirl, but I just don’t use it.
I like the grouping functionality that’s available and the ability to tag certain users as my favorites. I could see using this feature with that handful of friends that I really don’t want to miss any updates from during the day.
How do each of you use FriendFeed? Is it a replacement for other micro-blogging services for you? The one thing I know I don’t want to do and I don’t like is to send out an update that’s just duplicated as the same thing across multiple destinations. To me that’s just noise. Where do I find the balance between using multiple services like this?
I do like some of the tools that FriendFeed has for integrating in with your website and blog. That may be the angle I need to really approach this from to move forward. We’ll see what happens next.
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