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

• Scott Hanselman continues his great link series with The Weekly Source Code 37. Geolocation/Geotargeting (Reverse IP Address Lookup) in ASP.NET MVC made easy
• There were some of good articles from BlackWasp this week. C# Friend Assemblies | Visual Studio 2008 Transparent Intellisense | Adding Assemblies to the Global Assembly Cache
• Simple-Talk has posted a great article titled Nullable Structs – An interesting ‘Gotcha’.
• Troy Taft has posted an article on IronRuby titled IronRuby for the Newbie.
• Jeff Atwood asks the question – Can You Really Rent a Coder? “As professional programmers, I think we’re all naturally inclined to see these sort of low-bid contract sites as cannibalizing and cheapening our craft.“ 
• Tutorial Video(s):  
• Article(s) from Code project: WPF – Working with XML file using Linq to XML
• Forum Thread(s):
• Tip(s): Have Visual Studio log its activity for troubleshooting | Add a Linked Item to a project | Customize how search results are displayed in the Find Results window 

SQL Server, Compliance and PowerShell

• David Penton is nice enough to provide us with a list of SSMS Custom Keyboard Shortcuts.
• Steve Smith provides us with a new SQL Resource.
• An post on Less Than Dot explains how SQL Server handles divide by zero.
• Informative article on Simple-Talk about SQL Server Index Basics.
• Pinal Dave has posted an Interesting Observation about Order of Resultset without ORDER BY.
• Forum Thread(s):
• Snippet(s): Date From Datetime | SQL Search Tables and Fields 

 Community and Technology Events

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
• MSDN Developers Conference – 12/09/08 @ Westin Galleria

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Steve Michelotti lists his Developer Tools and Utilities.
• Web Worker Daily tells us about a new browser in their post Lunascape: New Kid on the Browser Block.
• Lifehacker tells us about a Vista Pandora gadget in the post Put Pandora on Your Vista Sidebar.
• Ran across an article that shows How To Send Email To Any Cell Phone (for Free).
• Here is a pretty good list of 40+ Must Have Extensions, Bookmarklets and Tools for Google Chrome.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Misty Khan has started a very informative series on inbox management. Managing Inbox Overload Part I | Managing Inbox Overload Part II
• Scott Schimanski has posted a great article titled Update your Resume! “A good time to review your resume is once a year, around review time.”
• Very informative article on Dumb Little Man listing 10 Great Ways to Jumpstart Your Creativity.
• Here is a good article on Lifehack that lists 10 Tips for More Effective PowerPoint Presentations.
• Kelly Forrister gives us the Best & Worst Practices of Organize.

Health, Fitness and Recipes

• The Diet Blog gives us The Single Most Important Factor in Sticking with Exercise.
• Jamie Nischan answers the question Is it ok to workout when you are sick?
• Recipes: Black Bean Burrito Bake | Oatmeal Crusted Chicken Tenders

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• News on when Heroes will return after the hiatus. 
• Final Season trailer for Battlestar Galactica.
• Movie Trailers: Punisher: War Zone | Friday the 13th | My Bloody Valentine 3-D   
• Funny Dilberts this week: 11/24 | 11/25 | 11/26 | 11/30 

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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.