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.