Weekly Link Post 97

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 Guthrie continues his link listing series with June 7th Links: ASP.NET, AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio.
• Greg Duncan provides links to some great training kits in his post Ton’s-o-Training Kits.
• David Morton posts some good information about the upcoming C# 4.0 Dynamic Type.
• Leon Bambrick gives 4 reasons why The Better You Program, The Worse You Communicate.
• Blackwasp Software Dev demonstrates the Observer Design Pattern. 
• Snippet(s): Get number from string

SQL Server, Compliance and PowerShell

• Pinal Dave provides a Simple Definition of an Interim Table.
• Very in-depth article on Updating & deleting records with no match in another table.
• Michelle Ufford has posted a Random Number Generator in T-SQL.

 Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
• Jeremiah Peschka lists some upcoming SQL Server sessions.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Lifehacker shows what can be done with Bing.
• Paul Thurrott gives us a First Look at Google Wave.
• Good article about Bing titled Bing Survives the Search Engine Achilles Heel: Programmers.
• Lifehacker provides a great list of Essential Free Windows Downloads.

Blogging and Social Networking

• Good post that lists 20 Developers to Follow on Twitter.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Interesting story of The unemployed developer – a tale with expected end.
• Great article on LifeDev listing 8 Ways Reading Makes You Better at Life.
• Lifehacker shows us that The Road to Happiness in Your Work Lies in the Hooray! Zone.

Health, Fitness and Recipes

• Recipes: Patty Melts with Grilled Onions
• Good article from Dumb Little Man on How to Lose Weight by Eating More.
• Great article on Web Worker Daily giving us 5 Healthy Energy Snacks to Get You Through the Mid-Afternoon Slump.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• This interview with BSG’s Mark Sheppard reveals Warehouse 13 secrets and his guest role. Sounds like a cool new series. 
• Movie Trailers: The Final Destination | New Moon   

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Great Link Blog Sources

• Brent Ozar – SQL Server & Cloud Links for the Week
• Jonathan Gardner – Technology Links of the Week
• The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup
• Jeremiah Peschka – Links for the Week
• Max Pool – Squeezed Links
• Weekly Round-Up – Fuel For Thought
• Dana Coffey – Weekly Links
• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• Steve Pietrek – Links
• Arjan Zuidhof – LinkBlog
• Michael Koby – Daily Links
• Elijah Manor – Tech Twitterings
• 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

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Happy Surfing.