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
- Chris Newman provides some great examples for the use of an ASP.NET Google Map Control.
- Scott Guthrie has started a great series on Dynamic LINQ. Part 1: Using the LINQ Dynamic Query Library.
- Jon Galloway has posted an excellent article on Large file uploads in ASP.NET.
- Julia Lerman shares her own experience with corrupt PST files in her article titled 101 Ways to fix Outlook PST files.
- Jeff Atwood has posted a great article about the distraction of shiny things titled The Magpie Developer.
- Matthew Griffin provides us with a great tutorial on Two Column CSS Layout: The Absolute Basics.
- Jesse Ezbell provides us with the Bad, Better, Best ways of Designing a Generic Database Layer.
- Beth Massi recommends us to Get LINQ in Your Brain Over at ThinqLinq.com.
- Chris Sutton has posted a great article on the Clarity with var in C# 3. Code clarity is very important and I believe he poses a good point.
- Ben Scheirman cautions us to Be careful outputting strings in ASP.NET MVC.
- I know this post from Beth Massi is from November, but I just listened to the .NET Rocks interview with Ken Levy and am all excited about VS extensibility.
- David Vidmar gives us Complete RSS feeds of AAC torrents for Pwop podcasts (HanselMinutes, .NET Rocks!, RunAs Radio, Mondays).
- Aaron Sprague provides a good example of the using Statement.
- Ben Scheirman gives us a heads up in his article Visual Studio 2008 CSS Support – Not Quite.
- Dmitriy Salko tells us about a Completely free PDF .NET library written in C#. Free sounds good.
- Snippet(s) from CodeKeep: Snippet: StartProcess (C#) ~ WPF Double animation (C#)
- Tip(s) from Sara Ford: Open up a Win Explorer browser directly to the active file
- Tip(s) from DNTOD: How to check email works with no SMTP
SQL Server Development
- Lionel Clarke has posted SQL Puzzle 9. I find most of his puzzle quite interesting. This one is no exception.
- Scott Bateman has posted a great article on automating SQL commands titled The Automatic DBA. This should come in really handy. Thanks Scott!
- Joe Webb answers the question Do I need to compact my SQL Server database?
- SearchSQL Server has posted the Top 10 SQL Server Tips of 2007.
Houston Area & Regional Technology Events
- User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of user group meetings.
Internet, Software and General Technology
- Mike Azocar recommends a Cool Online Design Tool. There is a limitation of 5 files with the basic, but it is pretty sweet.
- Ran across an article titled Is There Anything Developers WON’T Do For a Pizza? There is a lot of truth to it.
Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career
- Misty Khan gives us some great tips on Outlook and goal setting in her article titled You Might Be a Microsoft Outlook Snoozaholic If…
Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else
- Looks like edited episodes of Dexter is going to be on CBS.
- Dan Wahlin links us to a very funny video on Bill Gates’ last day at Microsoft.
- Looks like the new series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is getting good reviews.
- Ran across an interesting article from the Planetary Society on the Messenger spacecraft. Can’t wait to see some pictures and information from Mercury.
- Funny Dilberts this week: 1/9 ~ 1/11
–
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 – WWD Coffee Break
- Sam Gentile – New and Notable
- Chihn Do – Finds of the Week
- Craig Bailey – Link Blog
- Alvin Ashcraft – Daily Links
- Scott Koon – Links
- Scott Kingery – Links
- Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
- Matthew Griffin – 5 for Friday
–
Happy Surfing.
[...] http://rtipton.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/weekly-link-post-24/ Posted in Community, Tools. [...]
By: Good Link Summary « Code Slammer on January 16, 2008
at 7:06 am