Weekly Link Post 126

Posted by Rhonda

Here is the latest installment of links that I have found interesting in the past week. I hope everyone had a great New Year and has a great 2010!

Application Development/Design

10 WordPress dashboard hacks – “When building a site for a client, it is especially important to be able to control WP’s dashboard.”
Linq to SQL and StructureMap – “If you are using StructureMap as your dependency injection container then you might have faced issues when working with Linq to Sql DataContext.”
Good series of posts on the subject of StructureMap: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Programming and software development quotes – Awesome quotes!
Writing Debug and Trace Messages – Good intro to Debugging.
How to change a DataColumn Type in .NET/C# – Tutorial on changing the DataColumn type.
Time to change – Moving from Java to Scala – “A good way to present the difference between two programming languages is to show the same code written in both of them.” — Scala looks to be much more concise.
ReSharper 5.0 has awesome ASP.NET MVC support – “Here’s a cool gem I discovered when running the ReSharper 5.0 EAP.”
Visual Studio 2010 Tips and Tricks Begins! – Zain Naboulsi has decided to pick up where Sara Ford left off. I find this 8 levels of AWESOME!
What’s Coming Up in 2010… – Sarah Dutkiewicz lists her goals for 2010.
Visual Studio Tips: How to cycle through the Clipboard Ring to paste different things
Articles from Code project:

SQL Server, Compliance and PowerShell

Looking Back at 2009 and Forward at 2010 – Brent lists his most popular posts of 2009 and states his goals for 2010.
Goals for 2010 – Jeremiah Peschka lists his goals for 2010. I like reading other people’s goals…inspires me to make some of my own.
SQL Server IF Conditions – Good introduction to IF statements in SQL.
Find Location of Data File Using T-SQL – Nice script!

Community/Technology Events & Training

Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET MVC, and Silverlight 4 Videos of my Talks in Europe – Scott Guthrie provides some of his presentation videos.

Internet, Software and General Technology

Blogging and Social Networking

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

The Happiness Project Book Review: “Every Tool is a Weapon if You Hold it Right” – Book review of a book I am planning to read in 2010.
Make 2010 a Happier Year. Decide Now – “About forty-four percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions; there’s something about that fresh year stretching out in the future that makes it an auspicious time to attempt a change.”
The Essential Zen Habits of 2009 – Leo Babauta gives us his best of 2009.
6 Ways to Start the New Year Doing Instead of Dreaming – “…wouldn’t it be a fabulous accomplishment to be able to say to yourself that 2010 was the year you stopped dreaming about accomplishing your resolutions and started to do them?”
Four Twitter feeds to help with New Year’s resolutions – Interesting Twitter feeds!
How to keep a New Year’s resolution – I really like what Penelope Trunk has to say about keeping resolutions.

Health, Fitness and Recipes

The 7 Healthy Habits – “You’ve heard of the 7 Deadly Sins. I thought that was kinda depressing so here are the 7 Healthy Habits.”

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

Blue Moon Eclipse – Very nice Astronomy Pic of the day for 1/2
Tuscan Sunset – Very nice wallpaper
Totally Awesome Lego Wallpapers for Your Desktop – Very cool if you are into the Lego thing.
Hole in the Moon Could Shelter Colonists – “The moon may not be made of Swiss cheese, but it appears to have at least one deep hole, a vertical skylight that could serve as a protective lunar base for future astronauts.”
Dilbert comics I Found Funny: 12-30
Movie Trailers: Daybreakers | Cats & Dogs – The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Puppet Master: Axis of Evil Teaser–