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.
Looks like Tropical Storm Edouard is headed straight for us. Hopefully, it will not cause too much damage. Everyone be safe.
Application Development/Design
- Ryan Farley has posted a great article on Becoming a Better Developer then he follows that great post with a good list of Must Have .NET Developer Podcasts. Is this guy on a roll or what? The subject of Enthusiasm & Passion for Programming is near and dear to my heart.
- Scott Hanselman continues his great link series with The Weekly Source Code 31.
- Oren Eini shows us why Code Reviews are not just about the code.
- Alan Stevens talks about The Paradox of Simplicity.
- Anson Horton details The Evolution Of LINQ And Its Impact On The Design Of C#.
- Chris Love gives his take on Using Regions in Code Files.
- BlackWasp describes how to Check Type Compatibility with the "Is" Operator.
- Tutorial Video(s): ASP.NET Request/Response | Setting up a Project in Subversion | Advanced Usages of LinqPad
- Article(s) from Code project: Simple .NET PDF Merger | Batch Renamer in C#
- Snippet(s): Get Disk info, e.g. free space | Write XML | Stop Watch
SQL Server & PowerShell
- Ran across a very detailed post on Simple-Talk about Concatenating Row Values in Transact-SQL.
- Jason Massie talks about cloud computing and how it will affect DBA’s in the years to come in his post The Death of the DBA.
- Joe Webb shows us how to do Interactive sorting in SQL Server Reporting Services 2005.
- Pinal Dave explains the Difference Between INTERSECT and INNER JOIN – INTERSECT vs. INNER JOIN.
Community & Technology Events
- Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
- Houston .NET Dojo – Free Hands On Training for ASP.NET MVC – 8/28 1PM-5PM At Microsoft Houston.
Internet, Software and General Technology
- ars technica has posted a detailed article on the Delicious Bookmarking redesign titled Hands on: Delicious 2 cleans up social bookmarking.
- Sergio Pereira provides a great list of tools in his post Software I can’t work without.
- Evernote has made some New updates to Web and Windows clients.
- I heard from a co-worker that there is a new Google competitor on the horizon called Cuil. Article: Former Google employees launch ‘cuil’ competitor. I later read that the launch did not go so well.
- Web Worker Daily has a good review of Launchy. I use a combination of Launchy and SlickRun on all of my pc’s.
- Tim Boland has posted a great list of Must Have Software and Tools.
Blogging and Social Networking
- Cool photo gallery on the Houston Chronicle site containing photos of the Houston Twitterati.
- Steve Pavlina, one of the best personal development bloggers, has started a Twitter account.
- Jesse Liberty tells us about Four Twitter Silverlight Blogs.
Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career
- Jamie Nischan tells us how to deal with knee pain in his post Knee Pain: Lo-Tech Solutions.
- Jim Holmes explains The Importance of a Mentor. “Mentors are an awfully important part of one’s growth in any aspect of your life: personal, professional, community.”
- I found a great article on Dumb Little Man listing Four Strategies To Work Smarter, Not Harder. I like the first item, but the boss would never go for it…
Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else
- SPACE.com has posted a good article about the Milky Way: A Night Sky Wonder
- Dr. Horrible is now available via Hulu.
- Movie Trailers: Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince | Death Race | Winged Creatures
- Funny Dilberts this week: 8/3
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Great Link Blog Sources
- Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
- Alvin Ashcraft – Daily Links
- 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
- Craig Bailey – On Microsoft
- Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
- Darren Stokes – Visual Studio Links
- Chris Love – Links of the Week
- Michael Koby – Daily Links
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Happy Surfing.
