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/Design

• Scott Hanselman continues his great link series with The Weekly Source Code 14.
• Joel Cochran continues his Upgrade your C# Skills series with LINQ to XML.
• Joe Webb has posted an article on Using the SSNS Management.NMO NameSpace.
• Aaron Lerch has posted an interesting article titled Confessions of a Software Developer. 
• Dan Wahlin asks How Would You Refactor this Code? Shows that just about every programmer has their own way of doing things.
• David Hayden illustrates how to Resolve Namespaces and Remove Unused Using Statements.
• Bill Wagner has a wonderful article on VSM Online titled Express Yourself with C#’s Query Syntax. Very cool stuff here.
• Ken Egozi has created a SQL Query Generator. I have not actually tried to use it yet, but looks very enticing.
• Michael.NET has posted an awesome article on IronRuby titled IronRuby Quick Start. It is a great start to testing the waters of IronRuby.
• BlackWasp has posted an article on Visual Studio Task List Comments. 
• Article(s) from Code project that Interest me:  C# and .NET Secrets ~ Beginner’s WPF Animation tutorial ~ Using MVC to Unit Test WPF Apps
• Snippet(s) from CodeKeep that Interest me:  None this week 
• Tip(s) from Sara Ford that Interest me:  Customize the commands on menus
• Tip(s) from DNTOD that Interest me:  Correct using of ASP.NET Cache 

SQL Server Development

• K. Scott Allen has some very good points in his article Three Rules for Database Work.
• The Database Programmer has posted a good explanation of the Table Design Pattern: Limited Transaction.  It is another of a continuous series on Table Design Patterns.
• Kalen Delaney shows us how to Define Hotkeys in SSMS. Cool.

Houston Area & Regional Technology Events

• User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of user group meetings.
• ArcReady Event: Service LifeCycle Management

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Digital Inspiration gives us some Extremely Useful Firefox Extensions. This is a good list. I have IE Tab, Morning Coffee and Firebug installed myself.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Jarkko Laine has posted a great article titled Why I Read All The Time And How You Can Too.
• Dumb Little Man suggests how to Improve Your ‘Hunched over the PC’ Posture.
• For those trying to give up caffeine, Scott Young provides 7 Tips for Morning Alertness Without the Caffeine.
• I Will Change Your Life has posted a great article titled Living Consciously: 10 Things I Have Learned About Myself. There are a lot of aspects to living consciously.
• Dumb Little Man gives us some great stress relieving ideas in the article Seek and Destroy Your Stress.
• This is a great Motivation Hacks list from Todd Goldfarb. I like the idea of committing to proactively doing at least two things daily.
• Scott Watermasysk has a great post on Time Management. He pushes the fact that there are only 24 hours in a day and no matter how organized you are there are things that cannot be done.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Here is an update on MESSENGER from The Planetary Society.
• Hilarious video posted by Mike McGuff. 
• Funny Dilberts this week: 2/2

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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.