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
- Scott Hanselman continues his great link series with The Weekly Source Code 29.
- Ken Egozi talks about FTP operations in his post FTP Upload in .NET – You ain’t need no libraries.
- David Cumps has started a detailed series on the subject of Design Patterns: Strategy Pattern ~ Observer Pattern ~ Observer/Event Pattern
- Greg Duncan has posted an article on Interactive F# in Visual Studio.
- Scott Hanselman talks about the var keyword in the post Back to Basics: var != Dim.
- Mads Kristensen explains How to use the IHttpAsyncHandler in ASP.NET.
- Found a good article on DigCode titled Understanding Structs in C#.
- Karl Seguin has released a free ebook titled Foundations of Programming. Sweet!!
- Tutorial Video(s): Querying XML Data using XLinq ~ Exploring Extension Methods in C# 3.0 ~ Pass Info From 1 Pg to Another Using a Query String
- Article(s) from Code project: Demystify LINQ in 10 minutes
- Snippet(s): Events and Delegates
SQL Server & PowerShell
- Great SQL Server posts from Jason Massie. SQL Server 2008 to increase slacking off at work by at least 15% ~ Open Source SQL Server projects on CodePlex
- Joe Webb explains how to find IDENTITY columns in SQL Server. Great tip.
Houston Area & Regional Technology Events
- Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
- Keith Elder has posted his Slide Deck for Lansing DODN.
Internet, Software and General Technology
- Alvin Ashcraft shares a list of his essential developement tools.
- Looks like Evernote is now in Open Beta.
- Good review of RSS Bandit. Maybe I’ll give it a try.
- Maggie Longshore has posted a great review of the Flock Web Browser. Looks like a useful tool for social networks.
Blogging and Social Networking
- Cool. Fail Whale accessories.
- Markus Egger tells us why he uses Twitter.
Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career
- Jamie Nischan has guest posted on Lifehack about 3 Ways to Hack Your Fitness Routine.
- Craig Bailey talks about what he believes makes Great Developers.
- A couple of co-workers turned me on to a Tech salary site called Glassdoor.com.
- Dumb Little Man has posted a great list of 14 Simple Ways to Super Charge Your Brain.
Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else
- Steve Muth talks about Magnificent Jupiter.
- This is an interesting study that compares a very low carb diet to the Big Breakfast Diet.
- Interesting little site that tells you how many people in the US have your name.
- Barkability has discovered a nice pet artwork site called Heal! Good Dog. I’m thinking about buying the Coffee with Lulu shirt.
- Movie Trailers: Hancock ~ The Mummy – Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ~ Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
- Funny Dilberts this week: 6/24 ~ 6/26 ~ 6/29
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Great Link Blog Sources
- Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
- Steve Pietrek – Links
- Arjan Zuidhof – LinkBlog
- Christopher Steen – Link Listing
- Mike Gunderloy – Double-Shot
- David Vidmar – Links of the week
- 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
- Michael Koby – Daily Links
- Dilip Krishnan – Weekly SOA/MS Crumbs
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Happy Surfing.
Rhonda,
Hey there. Steve Muth here. Just wanted to say thanks for your links to my blog. Great to have some interest.
Thanks,
Steve
By: scmuth on July 24, 2008
at 8:55 pm