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
- Builder AU has posted a detailed article on Working with .NET access modifiers.
- Dan Fernandez has posted about the Top 15 Things to love about Visual Studio 2008 Express.
- AjaxNinja provides some great ASP.NET Tips and Tricks.
- Walt Ritscher has posted several helpful articles on Visual Studio 2008 and WPF this week: Article 1 ~ Article 2 ~ Article 3
- Claudio Lassala has posted a detailed article on Working with Enums.
- Greg Duncan shows us where we can pickup Five Days of Training Materials for VS2008/.Net 3.5.
- SEO Blogger points us to a great tutorial for Creating CSS Rounded Corners.
- The Computer Zone provides some Tips For Improving Your Programming Skills.
- There is a good article on DevArticles.com titled Learn to Use HTML Tables and DIV tags Quickly.
- The Philosophical Geek gives us his take on The Effective Software Developer’s Book List.
- Rick Strahl has posted an article on CSS Validation in VS2008.
- Articles from The Code Project: An HTML Trace Listener for Windows Forms
- Snippet(s) that caught my interest on CodeKeep: TXT File Reader (C#) ~ Call an SP via ENTLIB & place inside a transaction (C#) ~ TXT File Writer (C#)
- Tip(s) that caught my interest on DNTOD: Difference between URL and URI
- Tip(s) from Sara Ford: How to search from the command line ~ Run VS commands w/arguments from command window ~ Log your command window session
SQL Server Development
- Mladen Prajdić has posted a great listing of Free SQL Server tools that might make your life a little easier.
- Looks like the next version of SQL Server will include Powershell Scripting.
- Paul Hayman gives us a SQL script to Backup ALL SQL 2005 Databases.
- Snippet(s) that caught my interest on CodeKeep: SQL script to list user tables (SQL)
Houston Area & Regional Technology Events
- User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of user group meetings.
Internet, Software and General Technology
- Dumb Little Man clues us in on a new dictionary source. I have started using it and absolutely love it.
- Web Worker Daily informs of some free alternatives to MS Office. I have used Google Docs quite a bit and find it a good alternative.
Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career
- Steve Pavlina has posted a great article on how to Discover Your Strengths.
- Gretchen Rubin tells us about The Three Types of Fun, and the secret of why people watch so much TV. I am guilty of it…
- Jarkko Laine tells us Why Most Business Cards Don’t Mean a Thing. I tend to agree.
- Fruitful Time tells us How to process 300 blog posts in less than an hour. There are some good pointers for anyone who has a lot of news feeds.
Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else
- I can’t wait for the new series The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I am a huge Terminator fan.
- Funny Dilberts this week: 11/20 ~ 11/24 ~ 11/25
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Great Link Blog Sources
- Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
- Steve Pietrek – Links
- Arjan Zuidhof – LinkBlog
- Christopher Steen – Link Listing
- Matt Hinze – Links Today
- Scott Reynolds – Links from the SharpSide
- David Vidmar – Links of the week
- Matt Goyer – Links
- Mike Gunderloy – The Daily Grind
- Mike Gunderloy – WWD Coffee Break
- Sam Gentile – New and Notable
- Chihn Do – Finds of the Week
- Craig Bailey – Link Blog
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Happy Surfing.
