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

• BlackWasp has posted an article that talks about C# Partial Methods.
• Here is a great in-dept series on VSTO and Excel Automation. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4.
• Scott Guthrie has posted a great article titled Styling a Silverlight Twitter Application with Expression Blend 2. Awesome stuff.
• Zainal Arifin has posted a great article on the Generic delegate in C# 3.0 or .NET 3.5. 
• Article(s) from Code project: Simple Numeric TextBox
• Forum Thread(s): What are some exercises you do to make you a better programmer?
• Tip(s): Drag and drop objects from the Class View into your code

SQL Server, Compliance & PowerShell

• Jason Massie gives a great comparison in his article Cloud Computing vs. Utility Computing.
• Brent Ozar talks about how StackOverflow’s SQL 2008 FTS issue was solved.
• Joe Webb has posted an article on Exporting a report to multiple Excel tabs. Great information.
• Forum Thread(s): Overnormalization
• Snippet(s): Split function for T-SQL 

 Community & Technology Events

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Found an article on Dumb Little Man listing The 10 Most Useful Google Reader Productivity Tips. I can certainly use some of these.
• This is a good article on Web Worker Daily that talks about a great FireFox extension called Speed Dial.
• Lifehacker talks about how Google Chrome Gets Bookmark Manager, Better Pop-Up Blocker.

Blogging and Social Networking

• Web Worker Daily has a good article on How Twitter is a Communications Game Changer.
• Good article on HOW TO: Build Community on Twitter.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Gretchen Rubin gives us Ten tips for being happier.
• Lifehack has posted a great article listing 5 Home Office Items You Should Never Skimp On.
• Max Pool has started a great series on 3 Days To Building A Perfect Resume.
• Jeff Atwood talks about the similarities between coding and writing in his post Coding: It’s Just Writing. “…you have to write programs that can be understood by both the computer and your fellow programmers.”
• Lifehacker has posted a great article titled Continue Your Own Learning and Development. “When you work from home or as a freelancer, one aspect of business life you may be giving up is your own professional development and training.” This also applies if you work for a company that never sends you to training.
• Trent Hamm reviews The Myth of Multitasking. Looks like a book worth reading.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Eric Berger gives us A Texan definition of a planet.
• I saw the movie Quantum of Solace this weekend. It is an excellent movie with great action. 
• Movie Trailers: Star Trek (bootleg trailer) | Twilight (starts this Friday)
• Funny Dilberts this week: 11/10 | 11/16

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Great Link Blog Sources

• Brent Ozar – SQL Server & Cloud Links for the Week
• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Daily Links
• Steve Pietrek – Links
• Arjan Zuidhof – LinkBlog
• 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.