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.

Shorter list than normal.  Not enough time to read a whole lot in the last week.  Hopefully the week ahead will be better.

Application Development/Design

• Peter Ritchie has started a series on the subject of Developing with Source Code Control Best Practices.
• Buddy Lindsey talks about Immutable and Mutable Objects in C#.
• Grant Palin talks about Dimecasts and list his favorite video tutorials. 
• Tutorial Video(s): Form Validation Simplified w/ Asp.Net MVC 
• Article(s) from Code project: LINQ, group by and WPF Data Binding | Text On A Path in WPF 
• Forum Thread(s): Networking in .net/C# | Copy every nth line from one sheet to another

SQL Server, Compliance & PowerShell

• Forum Thread(s): Ordering numbers that are stored as strings in the database
• Snippet(s): Code to get row size from all tables 

 Community & Technology Events

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
• Chris Koenig has put together a great Tulsa TechFest Recap.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Scott Hanselman talks about the release of Silverlight 2.
• Ran across this Hands-on First Look at Google Android from LifeHacker.
• Jason Haley links to a new Link Blog aggregation website called hushchamber.com.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Good article from Dumb Little Man that lists 7 Tips To Work Productively On Your Windows Computer.
• Maggie Longshore has posted a great article titled Interview developers for the right fit.
• Another great article from Dumb Little Man on How To Get Moving and Stop Procrastinating.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Funny video of a cat with some Crazy Boxing Skills.
• Good article from Diet Blog about Snacks that make you feel good. 
• Movie Trailers: The Haunting in Connecticut | Push | Transporter 3 | Passengers
• Funny Dilberts this week: 10/13 | 10/14

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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.