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

• Derik Whittaker talks about his new video tutorial site in the article Dimecasts.net is Alive and Kicking.
• Less Than Dot is a new community for IT professionals. It includes a wiki with knowledge and reference material as well as a discussion forums and blogs.
• Claudio Lassala gives an in-depth review of the new C# Source Analysis tool in his article Checking out the Source Analysis for C#.
• Matt Hamilton talks about Another C# Idea: Interface Method Chaining.
• Josh Smith talks about the Yield keyword in the post Yield to the power of yield.
• D. P. Bullington talks about how Resharper can be used in estimating in his post Resharper: The New Software Estimating Tool. 
• Tutorial Video(s): Introduction to Linq2Sql
• Article(s) from Code project: Simplifying the WPF TreeView by Using the ViewModel Pattern ~ LINQ to SQL: All common operations (Insert, Update, Delete, Get) 
• Snippet(s): Horizontal CSS centering   
• Tip(s):  Export all your Object Browser customizations in a .vssettings file ~ Why the Object Browser has so many commands you can bind to ~ Do a “Find Symbol” search in the Object Browser

SQL Server & PowerShell

• Less Than Dot provides a list SQL Server Programming Hacks that can be found in their wiki. Nice list.
• Kalen Delaney asks the question What’s Worse Than a Table Scan?.
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 Houston Area & Regional Technology Events

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
• Jimmy Bogard has posted his session materials from the Austin Code Camp.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Tim Heuer has posted an article on SnagIt and PNGOut.
• Greg Duncan demonstrates how The latest Sysinternals utilities are just a URL away.
• Mike Gunderloy tells us about Flowchart.com, a new online drawing tool. It is invitation only at the moment.
• A wiki has been created for the Mike Tech Show. Very sweet.

Blogging and Social Networking

• Scott Watermasysk has posted a great review of FriendFeed.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Jarkko Laine has posted a great article titled Getting Started With Zooming Out.
• Great article on Dumb Little Man on How to Get the Most From the Wi-Fi Cafe.
• The Best Article Every day has posted an article listing the 25 Ways You Might Be Sabotaging Your Own Job Search.
• Article about an interesting way to submit a resume.
• Web Worker Daily has listed 8 Ways to Use a Whiteboard in Your Home Office.
• Joel Falconer has posted a great article on Lifehack listing 7 Ways to Use Evernote.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Wow. Here is an article about possibly the World’s Oldest Dog.
• Good article about the new series Fear Itself.
• All I have to say is I love this picture.
• Good article from The Planetary Society telling of Phoenix’s Flawless Mars Landing. 
• Movie Trailers:   Wanted ~ Eagle Eye ~ Twilight
• Funny Dilberts this week: 5/26 ~ 5/28 ~ 5/31

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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
• Darren Stokes – Visual Studio Links
• Chris Love – Links of the Week
• Scott Koon – Links
• Michael Koby – Daily Links
• Dilip Krishnan – Weekly SOA/MS Crumbs

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Happy Surfing.