Increase size of a .VHD

This VHD Resizer is a great tool: http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry87.aspx

Just download and install, select your existing VHD, choose a new size and voila. (Be sure you have enough disk space for the new drive, or you will get a VHD of 0KB.)

How to search for a keyword in all tables and columns of a SQL database

I've been needing a proc like this for ages. Thanks to http://vyaskn.tripod.com/search_all_columns_in_all_tables.htm

CREATE PROC SearchAllTables
(
@SearchStr nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN

-- Copyright © 2002 Narayana Vyas Kondreddi. All rights reserved.
-- Purpose: To search all columns of all tables for a given search string
-- Written by: Narayana Vyas Kondreddi
-- Site: http://vyaskn.tripod.com
-- Tested on: SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000
-- Date modified: 28th July 2002 22:50 GMT

CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))

SET NOCOUNT ON

DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256), @ColumnName nvarchar(128), @SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
SET @TableName = ''
SET @SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + @SearchStr + '%','''')

WHILE @TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET @ColumnName = ''
SET @TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES

The Inauguration

High points:

Cheney in "below head shot" range in a wheelchair.

Obama announced as "H." rather than "Hussein".

Obama didn't say, "Present" when asked to take the oath.

Oath reminded me of Diana taking her vows to Charles.

Obama didn't Rick Roll us.

Of course, Aretha singing was awesome!

Spot the new faces and pick your choices

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/allpolitics/0811/interactive.obama.white....

Lots of people have bios that include the word Clinton, but I'll give the Changeling credit for some folks with the word Reagan in their bios too.

If you ever wanted to pick cabinet positions, this tool lets you. Or, you know, you could do laundry or something.

UAW acting like homeowners who want to sell for 40% more than they paid

Because they wouldn't accept wages and benefits that were "competitive" with foreign owned car factories in the US, the UAW decided to scupper a deal that would have provided the auto companies financing.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Angry-UAW-members-lash-out-at-apf-13823458...

I'm not really keen on a bailout myself, but I don't work for the auto industry. If I did, and I saw my union leaders refusing to make any concessions that would help save my job, I might want to have a word with them.

Where are we on the secret votes for union members anyway?

I know I'm not as cool as all of you alt kids

But, really, how could Pitchfork put together a list of the top 100 albums of the 1980s and diss Madonna?

http://www.pitchfork.com/article/feature/36736-top-100-albums-of-the-198...

Have you seen her biceps???? *duck*

Seriously, though. Madonna was pop, but she also influenced, oh, just about everyone who came after her in some way--however small. It's not like you could live through the 80s in ignorance of the Boy Toy. I say remove a dupe artist and at least put "Like A Virgin" on the list.

/*Disclosure: I am a pop culture retard. Strange childhood.*/

Computer Game Memory Lane

Ah, a trip down a memory lane I've never visited: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/13/tob_computer_space/

Although at the age of 8, I was very familiar with Atari.

Have to wonder about the change in video game marketing over the past few decades. Here's a Computerspace ad: http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/12/13/computerspace6.jpg and here's an article with Mr. T. promoting WOW: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gaming/mr-t-and-william-shatner-world-of-warc...

At least they kept Mr T in scale. Is it just me, or do you ever wonder if he regrets making a mohawk and gold chains his trademark? I'd hate to have to still wear the same clothes I had when the A Team was running...

What should we name the cat?

Check out pictures of the little feller:

He's not allowed on the desk...
but that's the only place he takes a good picture.
This is what most pictures of the cat look like.

What master page is my sharepoint site using

This is actually pretty simple, but it took me a few minutes to find it, so thought I'd jot it down.

I needed to change the master page for my site, but it wasn't using the one I thought it was. So, I went to Site Settings-->Look and Feel-->Master pages. That told me which Master Page the pages in the site were deriving from. I could then go to the Master page gallery and make the change.

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