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 18.
- Matt Berseth has posted a great article on Tag Cloud Filters w/ASP.NET 3.5’s LinqDataSource & ListView Controls.
- Dustin Campbell continues his excellent series called Why I Love F#.
- David Vidmar shares some awesome Delicious API interaction code in his article Simplifying My Life – Links of the Week.
- Builder AU informs of the testing options offered in VS2008.
- Here are some C# Code Samples for the Live Search API.
- Dennis Van Der Stelt has posted a great article on Getting data from Excel the fast way, using LINQ.
- Rick Strahl warns of an Odd string.Replace Chaining Behavior.
- Jeff Veatch has posted a couple fo good LINQ articles: Filter Collections on the fly, using LINQ ~ Programmatically designating a LINQ “orderby”
- Josh Smith continues his WPF Podcatcher series on Code Project with Part II – Structural Skinning.
- BlackWasp has posted a great article titled A Generic Searchable Range Collection.
- The MIX08 Sessions page has a very cool interface that make it easy to download the content.
- Jeff Atwood points out a scary situation in his article A Question of Programming Ethics.
- Julie Lerman lets us know about DataDevelper.NET – A resource for developers interested in Data Access.
- Andrew MacNeill talks about Working with VFPX and CodePlex Source Control.
- Tutorial Videos: Introduction to LINQ ~ Databinding in WPF ~ ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel ~ ASP.NET ListView Control
- Article(s) from Code project that Interest me: Get a table with all dates in a month
- Snippet(s) from CodeKeep that Interest me: None
- Tip(s) from Sara Ford that Interest me: Press Ctrl+/ to reach the Visual Studio command line
- Tip(s) from DNTOD that Interest me: None
SQL Server Development
- Pinal Dave shows us How to Retrieve TOP and BOTTOM Rows Together using T-SQL.
- SQL Team has posted an article on Using the TIME data type in SQL Server 2008.
Houston Area & Regional Technology Events
- User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of user group meetings.
- Heroes Happen Here – VS 2008/SQL 2008/Server 2008 Launch Event – 3/20
Internet, Software, Blogging and General Technology
- Misty Khan shows How to Convert Your Archive Folders to Quarterly Archive Folders in Outlook.
- Internet Explorer 8 is now in Beta 1. I installed it on a WinXP VPC and started working with it.
- Scott Hanselman has posted a great article titled ZEB (Zero Email Bounce) and a new Outlook Rule.
- Josh Smith has released version 2 of Podder. This is an excellent WPF application for listening to your favorite podcasts.
- Gina Trapani gives us the Top 10 USB Thumb Drive Tricks. I carry 2-3 thumb drives with me and this article gives me some great ideas.
- Misty Khan answers the question Should You Upgrade to Outlook 2007? I went from Outlook 2000 to 2007 and I am still trying to work through the differences. My husband uses 2003 and has no plans to move to 2007 anytime soon.
- Google announces the release of Google Calendar Sync, a tool that syncs calendars between Outlook and Google Calendar.
Blogging/Social Networks Tools and Advice
- Dwight Silverman gives a great example of What Twitter’s Good For.
- Brendan Tomkins introduces us to the Ten Types of Twitter Users.
Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career
- Diet Blog has posted some good ideas in the article 10 Easy Food Swaps to Lose Pounds Without Trying.
- I was listening to DNR Episode 320 with John Bristowe when he mentioned a web series called Ignite Your Career. The series looks like it includes some great information.
- Gretchen Rubin gives us 20 very easy tips for lowering your daily stress level. This is a good list. I actually do a couple of the items listed and picked up some new ideas too.
- Jarkko Laine provides some ideas for How To Triple Your Week Without Anyone Noticing.
- Oleg Dulin tells us about his Interview Experience at Google.
Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else
- Movie Trailers: The Alphabet Killer ~ Shutter (nice and creepy, just the way I like ‘em) ~ The Spiderwick Chronicles
- Great article in the Houston Chronicle about Future-Based shows called For shows like Lost, time is of the essence.
- Smashing Magazine has pulled together a really great list of Incredible Free Icon Sets.
- Good article on Space.com titled Nearest Star System Might Harbor Earth Twin. We may not be alone after all.
- Funny Dilberts this week: 3/4 ~ 3/6
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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
- David Vidmar – Links of the week
- Matt Goyer – Links
- 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
- Tim Boland – Daily Finds
- Darren Stokes – Visual Studio Links
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Happy Surfing.
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