Part of being a good DBA is the ability to be on call whenever you are needed. What that means is that I need good connectivity when I am on the yacht. Introducing the Starlink low orbit internet from SpaceX. I received my Starlink internet…
We had our first trip of the season this weekend, it was planned to be Friday night to Sunday, but we got caught in a wind storm with winds up to 50mph and waves over 4 foot preventing us from returning home when planned. But…
We have started making plans to spend a year on a boat, and what I have started here with the DBA on a yacht is the perfect plan. One of my life goals to to spend and entire winter somewhere warm, somewhere outside of the…
This week was a busy week having worked over 70 hours by the time Friday afternoon came around and it was time to head out on the yacht. We helped others with configuring SQL Server replication, multiple clients with both transactional replication and merge replication.…
Customer service is one of those things that can make or break a business. Since we have been yachting in the San Juan Islands we have experienced the good and the bad of customer service. Based on those experience with customer service we have learned…
If know are familiar with bandwidth speeds, then the following would not look very good for internet at home with a cable modem or something like that. But this is the internet speed I am getting on my boat today at Roche Harbor, San Juan…
When disaster strikes, and you call on the team at Stedman Solutions, LLC to help you out are you going to care where I am? The call usually goes like this: Client: We have this problem X that just occured, and we need your help.…
Part of being a consultant, and emergency response DBA is being available when customers need us, and it does not always conform to an 8 to 5 Monday through Friday type job. Now that is okay, and I am used to it. My wife is…