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 posted a link to Better Know a Framework on Twitter. Looks like a great site.
• Doug Turn has given us Some good places to learn .NET for free. Contains lots of great links.
• Mohammad Azam provides some great details on The KISS Approach.
• Greg Duncan provides a good warning with his article Path.Combine – Be aware of a Slash in the Second Parameter.
• Jeremy Kuhne provides a great list of Tools for Digging Deeper Into .NET.
• Tim Heuer has a great post on New power tools for Office development.
• David Hayden provides information and links to tutorials for LINQ To SQL and SQL Server 2008.
• Scott Bateman tells us about the command-line tool for WMI in his article WMIC – A Hidden Gem.
• Mohammad Azam provides tips for HTML Formatting: GridView Vs Datagrid Control.
• Scott Hanselman continues his great link series with The Weekly Source Code 15.
• Craig Boyd has posted some VFP goodness this week: FoxFeeds – Windows RSS Platform for VFP ~ VFP Database Backup Made Simple ~ VFP Studio – Code Editor Screencast. 
• Article(s) from Code project that Interest me:  Allowing different strings in enums ~ Create a SQL Database Programmatically ~ Simple String Encryption/Decryption with Source Code
• Snippet(s) from CodeKeep that Interest me: None
• Tip(s) from Sara Ford that Interest me: Use Solution Folders to hide projects  ~ Hide or show the solution in solution explorer
• Tip(s) from DNTOD that Interest me: How to view code that is covered by the IntelliSense pop-up

SQL Server Development

• In the article SQL: If Exists Update Else Insert, Jerimiah Clark provides a better approach to the always needed Update else Insert operation.
• Joe Webb tells us how to Try out SQL Server 2008 without downloading the CTP. Very cool!!
• Kenneth Downs has posted a good article titled Database Development: Table Structure Changes.
• Allen White has a very cool post on how to Start PowerShell in Management Studio.
• Ran across a great article on SQL Team titled Implementing Table Inheritance in SQL Server.
• Joe Webb asks the question Does the order of criteria the WHERE clause matter?.
• Denis Gobo gives us 5 Ways To Return Data From 1Table Which Doesn’t Exists In another Table.

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.
• Claudio Lassala’s Slides and Code from the February NHDNUG meeting have been posted.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Scott Koon posted a link to AjaxLoad.info on Twitter. The tool looks pretty sweet.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Good post on Really-dark-sky observing.
• Interesting article about Labrador Retrievers in the Houston Chronicle this week.
• Movie trailers I like:  Prom Night (will never beat the original) ~ Diary of the Dead (George Romero is da bomb) ~ Be Kind Rewind
• Funny Dilberts this week: 2/18 ~ 2/20 ~ 2/21

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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.