This is is my weekly speed link post.  It is here that I note the web sites that I have run across that interest me – whether it be related to work or play.

Application Development

• Here is a good article on Loading user controls from an HttpHandler in ASP.NET by Mads Kristensen.
• Tod McKenna has posted a good article on Dimension Tables.
• Chinh Do has posted two good articles this week: StringBuilder is not always faster ~ 11 VS 2005 IDE Tips/Tricks.
• Snippet(s) that caught my interest on CodeKeep: Recursive Dir Search ~ Find Index(s) of substring w/in a string ~ File Cnt Lines ~ Nbr of decimal places
• Tip(s) that caught my eye on DNTOD: Generic collections and Predicate delegate ~ System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch
• Good book review by Claudio Lassala on Windows Developer Power Tools.
• Jeffrey Schaefer has posted an in-depth article on The Code Project on C# Event Implementation Fundamentals.
• Scott Mitchell writes extremely useful articles and this one on Displaying Random Images in an ASP.NET Web Page is no exception.
• Rockford Lhotka shows us how to hide a disabled Save button in WPF.
• Scott Guthrie and Dan Wahlin have both posted some great advice on how to deal with development, staging and production connection strings. [Scott's Article ~ Dan's Article]

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Leo Babauta from ZenHabits has guest posted on Cultivate Greatness about How to Declutter.
• I recognize several of the Thirteen Patterns Of Programmer Interviews.
• This is a good list of Firefox add-ons for productivity from theWebWire. I just love productivity stuff!!!
• Jarkko Laine gives us 5 Small Lessons Learned From Carrying a Notebook Everywhere and in another post, gives us several more links about notebooks. 
• Todd Goldfarb posts on Cultivate Greatness about how to have an Effective Morning Routine.  He has also posted on his own blog about improving time management. I don’t know about you, but I could use advice in both areas.
• 43 Folders is going through a redesign and I think it looks pretty good.
• Brendon Connelly suggests that we keep a file of our accomplishments at work. It sounds like a good idea, especially for annual reviews.

Nutrition and Fitness

• Dumb Little Man is concluding a series on finding a healthier lifestyle with an article about How to Find a Diet that Works.
• This list of Top 10 Low Calorie Breakfast Cereals on the Diet Blog contain a couple that I did not expect.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• The new TV Show Reaper looks interesting.
• Check out the FireFox car.
• Holy moly!!! The Astros had a phenominal night.

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Happy Surfing.