This is is my weekly 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

• .NET Framework Library Source Code is now available. Here are posts from Scott Guthrie and Scott Hanselman that contain all the goodness.
• Phil Haack has posted a great article on TDD titled TDD Is Also An Organizational Process.
• Tim Kadlec has some interesting view on types of programmers in his article Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Code. This is in response to an article by Guy Davis on the 3 Levels of Programmers.
• Jay Kimble provides some awesome code samples in his article Don’t fear the Linq Query… it’s often a variation of a foreach loop.
• Mike Taulty has posted some ADO.NET Data Services – Screencasts. Sweet.
• Buddy Lindsey gives us a great introduction to TDD and Rhino Mocks in his article Hello World of Rhino Mocks.
• DevTopics gives us a list of the Best C# Web Sites.
• I ran into an extremely detailed article on Visual Studio Magazine by Kathleen Dollard titled Exploring C# 3.0. I had no idea that you could right-click the using block to get rid of unused namespaces.
• Matt Hamilton has posted a good article on Type Aliases in C#.
• Joel Cochran provides us A Good, practical LINQ example.
• JP Boodhoo give us some advice on goal setting in his article Dream Big, Take Some Risks, Reap the Rewards.
• Scott Hanselman has posted a detailed article on how to Get namespaces from an XML Document with XPathDocument and LINQ to XML.
• Buddy Lindsey has posted an article on Powershell titled PowerShell Hello World Script.
• Here are some podcasts from this year’s CodeMash Conference. I have not listened to them yet, but some of them look pretty interesting.
• BlackWasp has posted an article on using the TryParse method titled Check if a String is Numeric with TryParse.
• Article(s) from Code project that Interest me:   [1]  [2]
• Snippet(s) from CodeKeep that Interest me:   [1]  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]  [7]
• Tip(s) from Sara Ford that Interest me:  [128] [129] [130] 
• Tip(s) from DNTOD that Interest me:    [1/15]  [1/18]

SQL Server Development

• Joe Webb has another good article this week dealing with deleted rows and Reclaiming unused space from a table.
• Kenneth Downs gives us A Sane Approach To Choosing Primary Keys.
• Simon Sabin has provided some great information on SQL Server 2008 TSQL – Table Valued Parameters.
• Excellent Bakers Dozen article on DevX from Kevin Goff on 13 Comparisons Between Crystal Reports and SQL Server Reporting Services. I love the Baker’s Dozen articles, they are very informative.
• Here is a good article from Derik Whittaker titled Try-Catch in Sql 2005 is your friend.

Houston Area & Regional Technology Events

• User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of user group meetings.

Blogging Tools & Advice

• Chris Brogan has posted a great article that should inspire just about any blogger titled 100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Looks like Google Maps now has a weather data layer.
• DiffMerge – A FREE application to visually compare and merge files for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix.  Comparable to Beyond Compare.
• Digital Inspiration links us to the new Excel 2007 viewer that released this week in their article View Excel 2007 Files without Microsoft Office.
• Here are a couple of great articles on IE features from Jeff Atwood and Craig Bailey.
• Misty Kahn has posted an article that asks How Much Time Do You Spend Composing Emails?. It would be interesting to see how much time is spent composing emails.
• Looks like VBA will be supported in future versions of Office.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Kim Thompson has posted a good article on Hurry sickness.
• Lifehacker tells us how to Listen to Wikipedia on Your MP3 Player with Pediaphon. Interesting.
• The Diet Blog has posted a good list of 6 Quick Ways to Eat Healthier at Work.
• Lifehack has posted an article that gives us 8 Tips For Healthy Living On The Go. I am going to start doing some of the tips listed.
• Kelly Forister has posted a great article on Balancing proactive vs. reactive.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Interesting. I did not know that all full moons had a name. I had heard of the Harvest Moon, but that’s it.
• The Planetary Society has posted an article with all kinds of Mercury goodness.
• George Romero has a new film coming out.  Diary of the Dead trailer.
• Funny Dilberts this week: [1/14] [1/20]

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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 – 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
• Sam Buchanan – Links

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Happy Surfing.