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
- The Public Sector Developer WebLog has posted a list of How To Videos for Beginners. Looks like a lot of good .NET videos.
- Peter Bell has posted a detailed article on Structuring CSS.
- Simple-Talk has posted a good article by Daniel Penrod on Using WebServices with ASP.NET.
- I ran across .NET University on Craig Baily’s Link Blog.
- Jeff Atwood has posted an article on Sorting for Humans:Natural Sort Order.
- Joel Cochran has posted a great series titled Upgrade your C# Skills. Part 1 ~ Part 2 ~ Part 3
- DevTopics links us to some of the Best C# Blogs.
- Scott Michell has posted a great article on Dissecting ASP.NET Version 3.5’s Web.config File.
- Snippet(s) from CodeKeep: Read a csv into a dataset (C#) ~ Webpage file download (ASP.NET)
- Tip(s) from Sara Ford: Insert a snippet via shortcut keyword ~ Share snippets with your team ~ Browse snippets & add new ones ~ Change default values in a snippet ~ Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X inserts a snippet
- Tip(s) from DNTOD: Generating compiler warnings for calls to an obsolete methods
SQL Server Development
- The Database Programmer has posted some good articles on SQL keys. Article 1 ~ Article 2
- Good article on Using Microsoft Transact-SQL Correlated Query to Clean Up Duplicate Records.
Houston Area & Regional Technology Events
- User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of user group meetings.
- Houston welcomes the North Houston .NET User Group (NHDNUG). It is a little bit of a drive for me, but I plan on attending from time to time.
Blogging Tools and Advice
- The NeoSmart Files has posted an article about LiveWriter titled Microsoft’s .NET-Powered Windows Live Writer.
Internet, Software and General Technology
- Lifehacker gives us a faster way to shut down Windows.
- Greg Duncan has posted a link to Paint.NET 3.2 which is now RTW.
- TwitBin is a cool FireFox plugin for displaying Twitter in the browser.
- Good Microsoft Support document on How to use the forms controls on a worksheet in Excel [via Jon Galloway]
Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career
- Steve Pavlina has posted on the subject of Career Transitions.
Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else
- Can’t wait for Lost to start again? Here is the Season 4 Trailer to help make the wait easier.
- The upcoming movie Possession looks like it will be good.
- Funny Dilberts this week: 12/14 ~ 12/15
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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.
I posted part #4 – “LINQ to Objects” of my “Upgrade your C# Skills” series mentioned in this article today, just in case anyone is interested.
http://www.developingfor.net/c-30/upgrade-your-c-skills-part-4-linq-to-objects.html
Thanks Rhonda!
By: joelcochran on January 2, 2008
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