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.

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July.  Here are some great photos taken by locals Jim Thompson and MockBird.

Application Development/Design

• Scott Hanselman continues his great link series with The Weekly Source Code 30.
• Craig Shoemaker has posted a wonderfully detailed article titled 6 Steps to N-Tier ASP.NET Dynamic Data.
• Matthew Podwysocki talks about recursion in his post Define Recursion – See Recursion.
• BlackWasp has posted an article on C# Anonymous Methods.
• Scott Hanselman continues his Back to Basics series: Do namespace using directives affect Assembly Loading? ~ This is not the object you’re looking…wait, oh, it is the object
• Tip(s): save your file extension mappings to a file

SQL Server & PowerShell

• BlackWasp has started a series on Creating SQL Server Tables.
• Pinal Dave explains how to Insert Multiple Records Using One Insert Statement using SQL Server 2008.
• Kenneth Downs talks about Database Performance: The Web Layer.

 Community & Technology Events

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
• Lansing Day of .NET Recaps: Dan Rigsby ~ Michael Eaton

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Good list of the 5 Best Free FTP Programs.
• Found a couple of good posts on Visual Studio Hacks. Checking your Source Code and Comments ~ Visual Studio Power Toys Are Back!
• Cool Google Themes:  Javier Mariscal ~ City Theme

Blogging and Social Networking

• Great LifeHacker article with lots of good suggestions for who to follow on Twitter.
• Get Satisfaction is a great place to find out about the weird tech issues that happen with a number of services.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Cultivate Greatness goes a different route by listing the 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People.
• Here is a good article from Dumb Little Man listing 7 Steps to Completing Your Projects on Time. Most of us need all the advice we can get in this arena.
• Jamie Nischan tells us about The Glute Bridge and how to exercise it.
• Found a great article listing 20 Ways to Lose Weight After the Holidays.
• Jason Young talks about What Every Manager Needs to Ask and Know. Great article.
• Zen Habits gives us some great pointers in the article 9 Steps to Achieving Flow (and Happiness) in Your Work.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Sad day for Stargate fans – Don S. Davis: 1942-2008 
• The MESSENGER’s first Mercury flyby has made 2 discoveries. Mercury’s atmosphere contains water and there are volcanoes.
• Movie Trailers: Journey to the Center of the Earth ~ Hellboy II: The Golden Army ~ Mutant Chronicles ~ X-Files: I Want to Believe   

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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
• Scott Koon – Links
• Michael Koby – Daily Links
• Dilip Krishnan – Weekly SOA/MS Crumbs

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Happy Surfing.