Weekly Link Post 42

This is is my weekly link post.  It is here that I note the web sites and posts that I have run across that interest me - whether it be related to work or play.

Application Development/Design

• Andrew Stopford has posted an interesting piece of code in his post Using Where and Group in Linq.
• Jesse Liberty informs us of his 3-part video series in the post Expression Blend for Programmers.
• Claudio Lassala has posted an informative article on Lambda Expression and Object Mappers.
• I came across (via Greg Duncan) a very cool list of 101 Visual Studio tips, tricks, and add-ins.
• Max Pool has posted a great Whiteboard presentation on The Probability of Getting Tasks Done. I like the idea: Under commit and over deliver.
• Here is a new podcast on the subject of ALT.NET.
• Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 was announced earlier this week. Instead of listing all the great blog posts about it, I will point everyone to Chris Alcock’s Morning Brew #92. He lists just about every post on the subject.
• Steve Harmon provides some great information on useability and ReSharper in his post Visual Studio Usability Tip: Highlight Current Line.
• Mohommad Azam has posted a great article on Dealing with LINQ to SQL DataContext Issues.
• Shane Milton has posted a great article on DataAdapters and ReadXML / WriteXML.
• Steven Smith has posted a link to some Visual Studio Team System 2008 White Papers.
• K. Scott Allen dispels Two LINQ to SQL Myths.
• Mike Hall has posted an in-depth article answering the question Can Subversion and Live Mesh Play Together?.
• Scott Mitchell talks about how to Warn the User when the Caps Lock is On.
• Tutorial Video(s): —-
• Article(s) from Code project:  Execute Command in C#
• Snippet(s): Enum to DropDownList 
• Tip(s): Writing to the Event Log ~ Customize both your object & members pane in the Object Browser

SQL Server & PowerShell

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• Good post about interviewing for a SQL Server position. This is an old post, but I just ran across it, so it is new to me.
• Kenneth Downs talks about Database Triggers, Encapsulation and Composition.
• Here is a nice Instant SQL Formatter. I get a lot of “hard to read” sql code from other people and this will help me tremendously.
• Scott Koon shows us how to Deal with Comma Delimited Data in a Database Column.
• Kenneth Downs has posted a great article on security titled Introducing Database Security.
• Detailed article on Simple-Talk about Identity Columns.
• Shane Milton provides a quick script to Truncate Logs for SQL Server 2005.

 Houston Area & Regional Technology Events

• User Group Meetings - This is my monthly listing of user group meetings.
• ArcReady Event - Architecting for Scalable and Usable Web Applications - Austin, TX 05/06/08, Houston, TX 05/15/08, Dallas, TX 05/20/08
• Houston Mobility Metro - 05/20/08
• DevCare Events -  San Antonio, TX 05/21/08, Dallas, TX 05/21/08, Austin, TX 05/23/08

Internet, Software and General Technology

• ReSharper - Code Refactor tool for Visual Studio from JetBrains.
• RefactorPro - Code Refactor tool for Visual Studio from DevExpress.

Blogging and Social Networking

• Lifehacker reviews a service called FuelFrog that tracks mileage from Twitter posts. Sounds interesting. Especially in this day and age of high gas prices.
• Mike Hall has released a new Twitter client called Bitter.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Misty Khan continues her series on Using Outlook to Help Achieve Your Personal & Business Goals with Part III.
• Aliza Sherman talks about how reading RSS Feeds each day has benefited her in the article How RSS Feeds Affect My Life & Work.
• I have a co-worker who’s hours should be 9-6, but they never shows up before 11, so any article about Punctuality hits home with me.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Here is an interesting article about the moons of Jupiter titled Jupiter’s Moons to ‘Disappear’.
• Here is the trailer to the new Joss Whedon series Dollhouse. Can’t wait for this one, too bad it was pushed to mid-season. Maybe it will do as well as The Sarah Connor Chronicles did. 
• Ran across this post on the Astronomy blog about Microsoft’s Worldwide Telescope.
• The TV show Reaper has been renewed for a 2nd 13-episode season.
• Movie Trailers:  The Happening ~ The Strangers ~ The X-Files - I Want to Believe (I’ve been waiting for this one!!!)
• Funny Dilberts this week: 5/15 ~ 5/18

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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
• Mike Gunderloy - Double-Shot
• David Vidmar - Links of the week
• Matt Goyer - Links
• Sam Gentile - New and Notable
• Chihn Do - Finds of the Week
• Craig Bailey - On Microsoft
• Alvin Ashcraft - Daily Links
• Chris Alcock - Morning Brew
• Matthew Griffin - 5 for Friday
• Darren Stokes - Visual Studio Links
• Chris Love - Links of the Week
• Scott Koon - Links
• Michael Koby - Daily Links

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Happy Surfing.