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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