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

• Jason Haley gives us some good resources from the first .NET Reflector Newsletter.
• BlackWasp has posted a couple of good articles this week. Visual Studio Debug Mode | C# Implicitly Typed Arrays
• Scott Guthrie has posted his October 22nd Links. ASP.NET, Visual Studio, WPF and Silverlight
• Scott Hanselman continues his great link series with The Weekly Source Code 35. Zip Compressing ASP.NET Session and Cache State
• Good article on Simple-Talk titled .NET Reflector: Soup to Nuts. “Nobody could accuse .NET Reflector of being over-documented. The information is around, but has never, up until now, been pulled together into one place.” 
• Ben Northrop has posted a creative article on code reviews titled The Code Review Potluck. “The problem is, like with most things that are good for me, the typical Fagan-style code review takes a lot of time and discipline – two things I have a shortage of.”
• Dave Ward shares his 7 Favorite juery Plugins.
• Tutorial Video(s): ReSharper Jedi – FizzBuzz in under 4 minutes | Creating Live Templates with Resharper
• Article(s) from Code project: A Basic ASP.NET Pager Control | Easy data access layer  
• Snippet(s): IP Address
• Tip(s): Change the default templates that appear in the New Project Dialog

SQL Server, Compliance & PowerShell

• Kenneth Downs has posted some great content this week. Minimize Code, Maximize Data | Data and Code at the Application Level
• Excellent post from Brent Ozar talking about The problem with SQL Server training today.
• Great SSIS article on Nesting Variables to Calculate Values.
• Pinal Dave shows us how to Get Common Records From Two Tables Without Using Join.
• Article(s) from Code project: Useful tips on Reporting Services | Exploring Database Schemas on SQL Server
• Forum Thread(s): What is your naming convention for stored procedures?
• Snippet(s): Add default value to existing column

 Community & Technology Events

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
• Austin’s First .Net Dojo! (Windows Communication Foundation)
• Brent Ozar announces a Houston Twitter party at Coffee Groundz on Nov 2.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Lifehacker lists the Five Best URL Shrinkers.
• Jeff Atwood talks about the world of netbooks in his post The Web Browser is the New Laptop. A friend of mine recently purchased the new Acer Aspire and just loves it.
• Jeff Blankenburg gives 5 Reasons To Use Live Mesh.
• Ran across a good article on LifeHack titled Back Up Without Breaking The Bank.
• Josh Smith has updated his project for Crack.net.
• Interesting new Gmail feature: Gmail Autoresponder.

Blogging and Social Networking

• I ran across a cool article on Dumb Little Man discussing 6 Tools To Monitor Your Online Reputation.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Steve Pavlina is about to start a new personal experiment – a 92-day juice feast.
• Max Pool explains Why New Developers Should Consider Contracting.
• Brent Ozar has a great post on Being the Porsche of job candidates. “I’ll sum it up in a line: like it or not, you are being Googled when you submit your resume. Get over it.”
• Jamie Nischan suggests a 15 Minute Workout.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• This is a pretty cool Where Are They Now for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cast. 
• Movie Trailers: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Watchmen
• Funny Dilberts this week:  10/25

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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.