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.