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

• Dan Wahlin has posted an excellent article titled LINQ and Lambdas and Sprocs….Oh My!.
• Scott Guthrie continues his Link Listing Series. Love those links!
• Kathleen Dollard has posted an interesting article titled I Hate it When I Learn from Dilbert.
• Kyle Beyer provides 10 Best Practices for Production ASP.NET Applications.
• Looks like Mohammad Azam was very busy this week. He has posted several useful videos in the following posts: Three New Videos on GridViewGuy ~ Introduction to LINQ
• Steve Harman has posted a great article on ranges titled Ruby Has Ranges, and So Does C#. Some things are not as concise in C# as we would like.
• John Russell Plant introduces us to Object Initializers.
• Craig Boyd has posted a couple of great VFP articles: VFP Uploading/Downloading Made Simple ~ VFP Application Updating Made Simple
• BlackWasp had a couple of good articles this week: Convert Comma-Separated Strings to String Arrays ~ Show Advanced Members in Visual Studio
• Article(s) from Code project that Interest me: Export DataSet to XML File 
• Snippet(s) from CodeKeep that Interest me: Generic Collection with events (C#) ~ DateDiff (C#)
• Tip(s) from Sara Ford that Interest me:  Solution Explorer supports type-ahead selection ~ Where VS saves auto-recovered files in the case of an unexpected shutdown ~ Use the Watch Window to change a variable’s value
• Tip(s) from DNTOD that Interest me: When returning DataReader from a function, specify CommandBehavior.CloseConnection ~ Use explicit casting instead of DataBinder.Eval

SQL Server Development

• I ran across a couple of good articles from SearchSQLServer this week: Designing SQL non-clustered indexes for query optimization ~ Simplify queries with SQL 2005 (CTEs)
• Joe Webb has posted a great article on composite indexes titled Does the order of columns in an index matter?.
• Found an article titled Writing Outer Joins in T-SQL on SQLTeam. It is a good tutorial on inner and outer joins. 
• Pinal Dave shows us how to Import CSV File Into SQL Server Using Bulk Insert. Looks like an alternative to doing an SSIS Import package.

Houston Area & Regional Technology Events

• User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of user group meetings.
• SSWUG Virtual Conference – Conference where you do not need to leave your desk.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Misty Kahn has posted the Top 11 Email Rules of Etiquette. Unfortunately, #11 is a pretty big problem in my workplace.
• Lifehacker has posted on how to Quickly Compose New Gmail Messages with Launchy.  Very cool.
• Here is an interesting command-line tool called Find And Replace Text (FART). I could not resist the name.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• I Will Change Your Life gives us pointers on How to Go from Slob to Productive.
• Dustin Brewer gives us 10 Reasons for using LinkedIn. They are pretty compelling reasons.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Dollhouse sounds like a cool new show. It stars Eliza Dushku (Faith from Buffy) and is from the mind of the wonderful Joss Whedon.
• Some cool information on the Mars Express obiter and how it enables us to See Mars in 3-D. 
• Here is a cool wallpaper site via Lifehacker.
• Mark Curphey has posted an interesting graphic of The Internet Undersea World. I agree that definitely it puts things in perspective.
• Funny Dilberts this week:  2/12 ~ 2/16 ~ 2/17

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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.