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

• Kevin Hurwitz gives us A little help with the .NET WinForms TreeView.
• Mohammad Azam explains dependency injection in the post titled Understanding Dependency Injection.
• Alvin Ashcraft has posted an awesome .NET Developers’ Reference Card Roundup.
• Good article on List.Sort(), Comparer and IComparable.
• John Papa describes how to Scrub Null Values from a DataReader.
• Sam Allen talks about StringBuilder in the post C# – StringBuilder Secrets. StringBuilder should be avoided if the code does not involve a loop.
• BlackWasp posted a few good articles this week: C# Namespace Alias Qualifier ~ Factory Method Design Pattern ~ C# #warning and #error Directives ~ C# Type Conversion w/the "As" Operator
• Venkat Subramaniam talks about the book The Productive Programmer. Looks like a good book.
• Eran Sandler provides us with a link to Twitter .NET / C# Library.
• Chris Love and Keith Elder have both posted about C# event handlers.
• Scott Hanselman has a post about Deploying ASP.NET MVC on ASP.NET 2.0.
• John Stockton has posted an article titled What is Silverlight?.  It contains a great definition and overview of Silverlight.
• Tutorial Video(s): Three New Master Page Tutorials Published 
• Snippet(s): Image Gallery and AdRotator ~ CheckBoxList Custom Validator
• Tip(s): Turn on/off Simplified Tools Options

SQL Server & PowerShell

• Kenneth Downs talks about indexes, views and denormalization in his post Database Performance: Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later.

 Community & Technology Events

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Tech-Recipes illustrates How To Hide Duplicate Records in a Spreadsheet.
• Jimmy Bogard shows us how we can Go lean in Visual Studio.

Blogging and Social Networking

• Scott Kingery provided a link on Twitter to a site called Twitspam. Another good way to omit spammers from your Followers list.
• Funny graphic combining the iPhone and the fail whale.
• Looks like Twitter has bought Summize. Is this the first step to solving their problems?

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Jamie Nischan posted an article on Lifehack titled 5 Exercises Computer Guy Should NOT Be Doing.
• Justin Etheredge has posted a great article on what it takes to be a good developer. It is titled Being Smart Does Not a Good Developer Make. There is also a great response from the Sarah Dutkiewicz – The Making of a Good Developer.
• Steve Pavlina’s upcoming book Personal Development for Smart People Cracks Amazon Top 100. ..And it is still 3 months away from release. Awesome!!
• Freelance Switch has posted a very informative article containing a Monster Collection of Moleskine Tips, Tricks and Hacks.
• Alex Shalman has a guest post on Zen Habits titled Living Life Overweight: 10 Reasons Why You’re Not To Blame.
• Ran across a great article on Dumb Little Man titled Why Worry? It’s Completely Unproductive.
• Interesting article titled 7 Super Snacks that Heal. It suggests what to and what not to eat in certain situations.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Interesting article containing 13 Things You Didn’t Know About The Office.
• Space.com has a great article titled Spot the Space Station. Looks like it’s a good month to see the ISS in the pre-dawn and post-sunset skies.
• Very cool photos of The Wondrous World of the Imperiled Coral Reefs.
• CNN Money has posted The Best Places to Live. Friendswood, TX came in 51. Nice.
• Here is a good collection of photos from the set of the upcoming Harry Potter movie. 
• Movie Trailers: My Name is Bruce ~  Quarantine ~ The Day The Earth Stood Still
• Funny Dilberts this week:  7/11 ~ 7/13

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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.