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.
Due to very limited access to the internet thanks to my friend Ike, it is a small link list this week. Hopefully, back to normal next week.
Application Development/Design
- Tyler Holmes explains the Difference between Dispose() and Close().
- Chris Smith has posted a good article on Scripting in F#.
- Evan Hoff talks about That Architecture Thing. “It’s true that the architecture of many systems is composed of components, but is that really the best way to describe it?”
- Jeff Atwood talks about the public launch of StackOverFlow.
- Tutorial Video(s): Introduction to Extension Methods
- Article(s) from Code project: Introduction to WPF | Send Lotus Notes Email Using C#
- Snippet(s): Remove Duplicates
- Tip(s): Difference between Autos Window & Locals Window | Ctrl+F5 on a Console App to keep Console open
SQL Server, Compliance & PowerShell
- BlackWasp has posted an article about Inserting Values Into Identity Columns.
- Simon Sabin explains how to get more than 1024 columns in a SQL table.
Community & Technology Events
- Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
- ArcReady & MSDN Unleashed – 9/24/08 – @ Microsoft Houston
- Houston XamlFest – 10/6-7 – @ Microsoft Houston
Internet, Software and General Technology
- Joel Spolsky talks about the launch of StackOverFlow and what lead up to it.
- Mary Jo Foley shows us What’s Next for Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Steve Rubel explains how to make GMail act as a pesonal knowledge base in his article Make Magic with Metadata in Gmail.
- Ran across a detailed article on Chrome titled Chrome Browser: A Novel Approach to Language.
- Brent Ozar has posted an article on a service called LogMeIn. I have been using it for sometime and have to say it is very handy.
- Peter Provost talks about a great list of Keyboard Shortcuts to use with Remote Desktop.
Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else
- Looks like there may be four new episodes of Red Dwarf coming. I used to love that show.
- Movie Trailers: Eagle Eye | Transporter 3 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno
- Funny Dilberts this week: 9/2 | 9/6 | 9/18
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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
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Happy Surfing.
