Weekly Link Post 198

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

Application Development/Design

• Free WebMatrix Training Videos
• Choosing the Right Collection Class
• A Ken Burns powered photo frame control for WPF
• Dictionary Object (ContainsKey Vs. TryGetValue)
• 11 useful classes you’ll love
• 19 Beautiful jQuery Image Gallery/Slideshow Tutorials and Plugins

Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
• Tools For Getting Things Done Webinar
• Houston Code Camp Registration is Now Open

Internet, Software, Technology and Science

• Introducing New Pre-computed Widgets for Your Blog and Website
• Mercury is its own planet, not Moon or Earth
• Watching Phobos pass by Jupiter
• Webstagram Is Instagram’s Missing Web Interface

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• 5 reasons why side projects are good business
• The Coffee Lover’s Guide to Tea

Photography: Tips and Software

• Top 5 Social Media Sites To Promote Your Photography
• How To: Light Glass Using Subtractive Lighting
• Importing Images into Lightroom
• Photographing The Universe By Means Of A Telescope
• A Beginner’s Guide to Using Aperture Priority Mode
• 3 Signs of Bad Photo Editing and How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls
• The Communication Power of Photography
• 5 Successful Engagement Photography Tips
• High Speed Photography

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Dilbert comics I Found Funny: 06/15 | 06/16 |06/18
• Trailers: Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Cowboys and Aliens | Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• I saw Super 8 this past weekend and thought it was excellent. It brought out several emotions (excitement, anger, sadness, etc), so it was not wall-to-wall action, but enough to keep you going “holy crap!”.

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