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.

It is a little early this week as I am headed out to Big Bend National Park bright and early tomorrow morning.  I have no idea what to expect as far as Internet connectivity.  I hope everyone has a great week – I will.

Application Development/Design

• Wow! Jimmy Bogard has posted one of the best and most detailed articles on Enumeration classes.
• Ryan Farley provides 2 great pointers in the post Set Browser Specific ASP.NET Server Control Properties and Taking an ASP.NET Site Offline.
• BlackWasp has posted a good article on the subject of the C# #line Directive.
• Craig Shoemaker has posted about his VS2008 SP1 installation experience. The post is titled Installing .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 – My Gotchas.
• DZone Refcardz has posted a C# Refcard. Very nice.
• David Hayden tells us about a ASP.NET Web Developer Tips and Tricks Blog – ASP.NET Tutorials. Looks like a great resource.
• Tutorial Video(s): Simple WCF Services
• Snippet(s): Binding Dropdown to an Enumerater | List Datatable Contents
• Tip(s): Optimize your code for a build

SQL Server, Compliance & PowerShell

• Joe Webb talks about SQL Server locks and how a sleeping process still holds them.
• Brent Ozar provides a great list of Recommended Books for SQL Server DBAs.
• The .NET Answers blog gives us 9 Reasons a developer should learn SQL.

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.
• 2008 Houston TechFest – 9/13/08 – Located at the University of Houston (Main Campus)

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Misty Khan has posted an article on Using the Outlook Calendar to Record Mileage.
• Lifehacker has a featured download article on Chandler. I am still trying to get through Dreaming in Code. It is good to see the subject of the book get some love.
• Google Reader makes it easier for your friends to see your Shared Items.

Blogging and Social Networking

• Web Worker Daily talks about Twitter in the post Twitter, Limits, and Transparency.
• Chris Williams has guess posted for CoDe Magazine’s MVP Corner. We Are the Masters of the Twitterverse.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Gretchen Rubin has posted Vacation time: Six tips for enjoying a vacation that I learned on my recent trip. I am about to go on a road trip and some of these tips will be very helpful. I just wish I would have started packing a little earlier.
• Jamie Nischan talks about Resistance Stretching and links to a great blog post on the subject.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Great article on some cool looking posters for the new Star Trek movie.
• Good article on the Hubble Telescope’s 100,000th orbit.
• Movie Trailers: Death Race | Babylon AD
• Funny Dilberts this week:  8/12 | 8/13

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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.