Last word on the flat
Just to clarify: a friend asked over IM after my tale of woe with my flat tire: “Can’t you change a tire yourself?” Answer: Yes, and I have always found the Volkswagen jack and tire iron to be exceptionally intuitive to use (having had to change at least one tire in the line of fire [...]
Resolving permissions issues in SQL Server
I thought it was simpler in SQL Server 2000 than it turns out to be to move a database from one server to another and restore permissions. At least Microsoft provides a stored procedure to map existing SQL Server logins to users in the database being moved.

