Weekly Link Post 128

Here is the latest installment of links that I have found interesting in the past week.

Application Development/Design

• Top 20 Programming Lessons I’ve Learned in 20 Years – "This post could be viewed as hard lessons learned for newly graduated college students, entry-level programmers, or advanced developers who just want a chuckle."
• 3 Characteristics of Good Programmers – "A wise man once told me that the best way to get ahead in life is to learn lessons from the experiences and failures of others."
• .Net Remoting Made Easy – Good explanation of Remoting.
• 66+ Free Cheat Sheets – "69 and still counting fabulous free cheat sheets for almost any coding and programming language!" — Very nice!
• Tutorial Videos: Exploring Operator Overloading in C# | How Do I: Create an Efficient and Standardized Approach for Implementing CSS Styles?
• Visual Studio Tips: How to use Reference Highlighting | Search for the currently-selected string without the Find window | Pasting a single selection into a box selection 
• Snippet(s): Replacing characters with escape sequences | state abbreviations list (dictionary) | Get the Namespace, Class Name, and Method Name of the Currently Executing Method Via Reflection

SQL Server, Compliance and PowerShell

• Powershell Tools – Great post on Powershell Tools such as PowerGUI, Powershell Analyzer and PowerTab.
• MS Project Server and Backup Best Practices – "Microsoft’s Project Server extends Project’s capabilities and allows the sharing of resources and information across an Enterprise."
• Using .Net libraries in Powershell – "One of the great things about Powershell is its ability to take advantage of the .Net platform."
• Snippet(s): Search Stored Procedure for String

Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings. 
• We’re Back!! – The South Houston .NET User Group will be back in February.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Learning Windows 7: Desktop Themes and Backgrounds – Good tutorial for dealing with the Windows 7 desktop.
• Upload your files and access them anywhere with Google Docs – Google Docs now supports files up to 250 MB in size.
• Try Android 2.1 on Windows – Something else to play with
• Create Notes Inside (and Outside) of Firefox – This is a pretty useful plugin.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• What Is a Good Work Ethic? – This article makes you think. Work ethic means different things to different people.
• Barnes & Noble Saves Students Money with New Textbook Rental Service – Very nice!
• Productive Geek Is a Forum for Flexing Your Productivity Muscles – Very cool! I love the How-To Geek website, now there is Productive Geek.
• Fourteen Tips for Getting More Sleep — and Why It Matters – Some good tips.
• How to not suck at a technical interview – Great advice on what and what not to do in a technical interview.
• 8 Ways to Get Over the Work Slump – "It’s not uncommon to lose motivation to keep on churning out the goods at work."
• Textbook Price Comparison Helps You Find the Cheapest Textbooks – Looks like a great service!

Health, Fitness and Recipes

• How to Find Sleep When It Escapes You – Good tips on falling asleep easier.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Byway 9 – Nice Wallpaper
• Mystery Behind Galaxy Shapes Solved – "Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes, but until recently astronomers have been at a loss to explain why."
• LOST Season 6: Then I Can Die – Can’t wait for some new LOST!
• 100 Quotes Every Geek Should Know – Really, really awesome!
• Sky highlights for 2010 – Pretty cool sky events in store for this year. [Source: @gabriellyn]
• Dilbert comics I Found Funny: 01-15
• Movie Trailers:  Wolfman | Legion | She’s Out Of My League

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Great Link Blog Sources

• The Simple Dollar – Weekly Roundup
• Rick Minerich – F# Discoveries This Week
• Brent Ozar – Weekly Links Recap
• Jonathan Gardner – Links
• John Clayton – Weekly Web Nuggets
• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• 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
• Greg Duncan – A Feed You Should Read

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Happy Surfing.

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