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.NET Development
Passing DateTime Values Through GridView HyperLinkField
Limitations of ArrayLists in VB.Net
Asp.Net Tools for Developers
Murphy’s Laws of .NET
Common Pattern For Working With IComparer
Asp.Net Performance: Use explicit cast instead of using Eval
Common Pattern For Working With IComparer
Improved IsNullOrEmpty Extension Method
Enumerating Sound Recording Devices
Rendering ASPNET 2.0 Button Control-input type=”button”
Kudos – .NET Rocks Agile Panel from TechEd Europe
Tip/Trick: Registering User Controls in Web.config

SQL Server Development
PODCAST: dnrTV – Bill Vaughn on SSRS
Access to SQL Server Migration Made Easy
SQL Server Management Studio

Other Development
CSS Shorthand Guide
How to structure large CSS files
Web development blogs you should read
PowerShell Language Definitions for Notepad++

Community
Houston MSDN Event – 12/14/2006
…..(also in Dallas, TX 12/12/06 and Little Rock, AR 11/28/06)

Blogging
The best way to show code in your blog

General Technology
Will Google Book Search uncover literary crimes?
Save $100 By Simply Turning Off Your Computer
7 Google Reader Tips and Tricks
Future Wikia: Geeky Visions of the Future

Productivity, Career & Personal Development
On Training Your IT Manager

Digital Photography
Pelicans and friends

Astronomy & Earth Science
Astronauts Whack Golf Ball & Outfit Station in Spacewalk
Great Chance to Spot Planet Mercury

Entertainment
The Top 10 Movie Spaceships
The Office – “Office Olypmics” Deleted Scenes
Two New Spider-Man 3 Posters!

Sports
Astros reportedly reel in Lee
Cyclists still taking spinning for a ride
Dynamo look forward to defending title

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.NET Development
PODCAST: HanselMinutes — Next Generation Gaming Systems
.NET Programming with Open Source Databases
Add multiple classes to HTML elements
Redefining Access Modifiers
Using message queue services in .NET
Accessing Data in ASPNET 2.0/Examining the Data Source Control
Data Access Layers (DAL) on the .NET framework
IComparable vs IComparer
ASP.NET 2.0 CSS Control Adapters Released
Create Meta Tags Programmatically in ASP.NET 2.0

SQL Server Development
Automatically Stopping and Restarting SQL Server

Other Development
PowerShell Example for Checking PS3 Availability on Amazon
Before you Learn Rails
DHTML Color Picker

Community
Houston MSDN Event – 12/14/2006
…..(also in Dallas, TX 12/12/06 and Little Rock, AR 11/28/06)

General Technology
Choices = Headaches
Pretec i-Disk BulletProof flash drive
Copy an Excel formula w/out changing cell references

Productivity, Career & Personal Development
Are you putting something off till “later?”

Digital Photography
Nature vs Buildings

Astronomy & Earth Science
Why Planets Will Never Be Defined
Orbital Tee Time: Spacewalkers Set for Golf Shot

Entertainment
Dilbert — 11/22
TRAILER: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
TRAILER: The Hitcher
Heroes Recap: Homecoming
…(Do not read unless you’ve seen the episode)

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.NET Development
PODCAST: ASP.NET Show – Interview w/Scott Guthrie
PODCAST: ASP.NET Show – MS AJAX Library Beta 2 w/Web Services
PODCAST: .NET Rocks – Bill Wagner & Diane Marsh/Non-MS Technology
PODCAST: ARCast – Scott Guthrie/The man, the myth, the legend
How to: Find out which namespace contains a certain object
TRULY Understanding ViewState
Creating a Wait Message
ASP.NET Tip: Testing Web Sites with HttpWebRequest
How to: Change casing in Text to TitleCase
String.Format() and StringBuilder
Asynchronous Calls in asp.net2.0
Working with CSS and ASP.NET
Programmatically accessing Tracing info in Asp.Net 2.0

SQL Server Development
Tips on query normalization with SQL Server 2005
Extend SSIS packages with scripting and programming
Creating CSV Files Using BCP and Stored
Slides & demos: ADO.NET 2.0 Enhancements for SQL 2005
Using common table expressions in SQL 2005 queries

Visual FoxPro Development
An Improved Median Function
FoxPro DevCons Around the World

Other Development
Top Resources for Analysts: Excel, Data Analysis, and BI
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 available for download
CSS Tab Designer
Top 10 DOS Batch tips (Yes, DOS Batch…)

Community
Houston MSDN Event – 12/14/2006
…(also in Dallas, TX 12/12/06 and Little Rock, AR 11/28/06)

General Technology

PDF and XPS: When Acronyms Compete
Differences between the Office 2007 & Office 2003
I forgot my mouse today…..big deal!!

Productivity, Career & Personal Development
Manifesting Intentions Without Resistance
IT candidates offered “flexible employment”
Email: 99 tips to make you more productive

Digital Photography
Water Dragon
Niagra Falls from Space

Entertainment
Meet Nora Zehetner, Heroes’ Newest Empowered Stranger!
‘Happy Feet’ ices Bond at box office
…(I have not seen this movie, but I really like penguins…)
Jackson will not direct Hobbit
Heroes Recruits Captain Sulu

Sports
Berkman finishes third in MVP voting
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.NET Development
PODCAST: HanselMinutes – WS
PODCAST: DNR TV – Mark Miller on Load on Demand
GotCodeSnippets.Net
Video: Minimize Code/TableAdapters & Strong-Typed DataSets
VB.NET vs. C#
How to: Reformat your code in Visual Studio
Must-have Typed DataSet extensions
Tip For Working With ASP.NET Web Projects
ASP.NET Videos
Micrsosoft Code Snippet Designer – Alpha is available!
Top 10 Tips for Using Windows PowerShell

Visual FoxPro Development
First test case using get_median
Send Smtp Email

Other Development
Speeding up your webpages load time
browsersize.com

Community
Houston MSDN Event – 12/14/2006
(also in Dallas, TX 12/12/06 and Little Rock, AR 11/28/06)

Blogging
How to Burn Specialized WordPress Feeds

Productivity, Career & Personal Development
Five Common Myths about Working From Home
Addressing the Learning Curve of a New Job

Digital Photography
Byron Bay Lighthouse
Shocking
Puffin
A Bridge Over Very Little Water

Astronomy & Earth Science
Astronomers discover 20 new stars in Earth’s neighbourhood

Entertainment
The Secrets Behind My Name Is Earl’s Animated Outing!
Halo 3 Screenshots
Lost: Gone (for Now)..but Not Forgotten!
The Office: “The Merger,” ‘Scramford’ is born!
Dilbert — 11/16 – 11/17

Sports
Funny Pic – Hockey Official
Rays name Hickey new pitching coach

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.NET Development
PODCAST: DotNet Rocks – TechEd Europe Agile Panel
ASP.NET Tip: Sending Mail with ASP.NET 2.0
Replacement for invisible columns in the GridView
DevConnections Wrap-up
Snippet: IsValidEmail (C#)
Snippet: Conversion Enum Int (C#)
Office 2007, VS 2005 Tools/Office, & VS 2005 Extensions for SharePoint
How to bind RSS feeds to a GridView
Add a Daily Dilbert Comic with a Custom Control
Lookup Area Codes by Zip w/ASP.NET Custom Control
Sort values with the .NET Array class’s Sort method
Work with VB.NET’s ArrayList methods and properties
Good links to learn about Generics in .NET
Exporting DataSet to Excel
Two interesting things about C# strings
Rounding down a Date in SQL

SQL Server Development
Using SQL Server JOINs for easy range lookups
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) learning center
E-Mail Functionality in SQL Server 2005

Visual FoxPro Development
8 Simple Rules For Developing More Secure Code

Other Development
Tips for a successful code review

Community
Houston MSDN Event – 12/14/2006
(also in Dallas, TX 12/12/06 and Little Rock, AR 11/28/06)

Blogging
Wicked WordPress Archives in One Easy Step!

Productivity, Career & Personal Development
11 Ways to Be A Better Geek and Improve Your Life
The Standalone Programmer: Tips from the trenches
PODCAST: Productive Talk on Implementing GTD
Here’s why you hate Mondays
GTD: Project Verbs vs. Next-Action Verbs
GTD and Google Tools

Digital Photography
Nice Picture – Tallow’s Beach

Astronomy & Earth Science
Leonid Meteor Shower 2006 — When, Where, and Why
NASA’s Newest Mars Orbiter/Search for Silent Mars Global Surveyor

Entertainment
William Shatner Interview
Day Break: Insider’s Guide to ABC’s Slick New Thriller
Top 20 Hackers in Film History

Sports
Soccer — Dy-no-mite! Houston wins MLS Cup
Football — Injuries mount with win (Texans)
Softball — 2007 Softball outlook: Catchers (Longhorns)
Basketball — Coach Summitt Answers Questions from the Media
Biggio honored for heart, hustle

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.NET Development
10 Great Free Tools for .NET Developers
List.ForEach
A First Look at Visual Studio 2005 Code Snippets
A realtime currency exchange class in C#
ASP.NET Connections Slides + Demos
ASP.NET Connections Fall 2006 Slides and Samples posted
Event handling with anonymous methods in C# 2.0
Using IEnumerable to read a file
ASP.NET Performance: Reducing Size of Web Page
Searching in GridView With Paging Enabled
Removing Duplicates in the Collection
.NET Tip: Creating a Simple Monitor with Ping

SQL Server Development
Arrays and Lists in SQL Server
Naming Conventions

Visual FoxPro Development
November 2006 – Letter from the Editor

Other Development
Ten Software Development Myths Which Are Still Around
Ten Additional Software Development Myths
Microsoft’s new site for programming hobbyists
Software Development Top 30 Mistakes

Community
Houston Area SQL Server User Group Meeting – Tue 11/14/2006

General Technology
Your source for the Coolest Gadgets on the Web!

Productivity, Career & Personal Development
Ten Job Hunting Myths

Digital Photography
Nice Photo – Transistion

Astronomy & Earth Science
Melting ice turns up the heat
Glasswing Butterfly (cool butterfly)
Big Bang In Antarctica: Killer Crater Found Under Ice

Entertainment
Dilbert — 11/12
Greg Grunberg Takes TV Guide on the Hunt for Sylar (Heroes)
The Simpsons – Movie Trailer

Sports
Bagwell files for free agency
Nine inducted into Texas Baseball HOF

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.NET Development
PODCAST: DnrTv – Sahil Malik on Sharepoint 2007 Part 1
PODCAST: HanselMinutes – Architecture (TechEd Barcelona)
Code reuse, next level
Tip For Working With ASP.NET Web Projects
Copy SQL Server Database Schema & Data using SMO
Script SQL Server Database Using SMO & CaptureSql Mode – C# .NET 2.0
Working MasterPage Samples

SQL Server Development
Puzzle – What numbers under one million are divisible by their reverse?
Puzzle – Solution

Visual FoxPro Development
Did Remi get it even further wrong?

Community
Houston Area SQL Server User Group Meeting – Tue 11/14/2006

Blogging
Discovering top blogs on a specific topic (and Top .NET and PHP Blogs)

General Technology
WEB 2.0: Google CEO: Take your data and run
Gmail’s New Features
The 10 Best (and 10 Worst) Companies for Customer Service
Top 10 Most Valuable Free Google Webmaster Tools

Productivity, Career & Personal Development
Making Your Unique Contribution
What Not to Say at a Job Interview
GTD and Lotus Notes Doc is here!

Digital Photography
Canon PowerShot A710 IS Review at Imaging Resource
Spotlight – Richard Clafton

Astronomy & Earth Science
Thirty years of Horkheimer
Freak One-Eyed Monster Storm Spotted on Saturn

Entertainment
LOST Mini Cliffhanger Answers Big Questions
Linda Blair: How I Exorcised Supernatural’s Demons
IGN’s Top 10 TV Show Bands
Shocking Preview: Battlestar Galactica’s Cylons Go to Extremes
Michael C. Hall: Can Dexter Catch a (Fellow) Killer?
Make the most of your movie theater experience
SPIDER-MAN 3 Trailer

Sports
Quintero picks up right where he left off

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.NET Development
.NET 3.0 is ready to download!
Handling “GO” Separators in SQL Scripts – the easy way
DotNet Rocks – Live from Tulsa Tech Fest 2006
Just Add Imagination – 12 yr old creates a web browser
Sorting in .Net (don’t sort manually, let .Net do it for you)
Permanent redirection in ASP.NET
Using Active Directory for Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET

SQL Server Development
Running totals in SQL Server queries
Dynamic sorting in SQL Server
Get Around Database Locks with the NOLOCK Keyword

Visual FoxPro Development
VFP Rookie Mistakes

Community Related
Houston DotNet User Group – Meeting #61 – Thu 11/9/2006
Houston Area SQL Server User Group Meeting – Tue 11/14/2006

General Technology
Loving and hating Excel
Beyond Google
Flickr – The Wallpapers
300 Free Icons for Web Application Development

Productivity, Career & Personal Development
Handling completed calendar entries
Why the Rush?

Digital Photography Related
Nice Photo: Boulders
Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines
GIMP 2 for Photographers

Astronomy & Earth Science
Monster stellar flare dwarfs all others seen
Death of a Spacecraft: The Unknown Fate of Cassini

Entertainment
IGN Interview: Asif Kapadia (Director of “The Return”)
Office Space Re-Cut (I really enjoyed this one)
Genesis Revs Back Up With Collins For Stadium Tour
Jewel Staite returning to Atlantis
Kathy Reichs Talks About Bones’ Brennan Meeting Her Maker
David Boreanaz Interview

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.NET Development
Compilation and Deployment in ASP.NET 2.0
DayPilot – Open-Source Outlook-Like Calendar Control for ASP.NET
Submit disabled controls in ASP.NET 2.0
.NET LineCount Command-Line Utility
Line Counter – Writing a Visual Studio 2005 Add-In
Securing .NET code
Free Visual Studio .NET Tips and Tricks!
Visual Studio 2005 SP1 to be Released in December
Is it time to graduate from VSS?
RegEx Pattern – Price

SQL Server Development
The New ETL Paradigm
Step-by-Step Guide: Installing SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Excel Pivot Chart from Reporting Services Video
Selecting rows in SQL based on comma separated parameter values
String searching and manipulation made easy

Other Development
Free Css Templates
Top 10 CSS image gallery tutorials
The Web Designer in 2007
XHTML 101 – Free HTML Course

Community Related
Houston DotNet User Group – Meeting #61

Blogging Related
Blog Code Formatting Tool

General Technology
See the new Office Online
Test Internet Explorer 7 Without Installing It

Productivity, Career & Personal Development
Tracking the when….then items
Updating the project list …one verb at at time
43f Podcast: David Allen on interruptions

Digital Photography Related
Nice Photo: Curtis Falls, QLD
Nice Photo: Rays
Nice Photo: Moon Shine

Astronomy & Earth Science
10 Most Impressive Photos of our Universe
This is the month to see Mercury
Saturn moon gives clues about early life on Earth

Miscellaneous
Surprise: `Heroes’ is hottest new show
Interview With Amber Benson
SHOWTIME’S ‘DEXTER’ TAKES A STAB AT SEASON TWO

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.NET Development
Custom ASP.NET Search Engine Launched – Courtesy of Google Co-op
Read Excel files in pure C# without interop

SQL Server Development
SQL Puzzle #1
SQL Puzzle #1 – Answer
SQL Server Integration Services programming basics
Top 10 SQL Server development questions

Visual FoxPro Development
Validate Email Address
FoxPro’s Sometimes-Mysterious Replace
Boundary Testing Parameters
Boundary Testing — CASE: Get Median function
Collection Class

General Development
Google Code Search
Fast API Search

Community Related
Houston DotNet User Group – October Newsletter
Houston DotNet User Group – Meeting #61

General Technology
How the Landscape is Changing for Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Adobe
10 things you MUST know before you register a domain name with anyone
It’s official: Vista and Office 2007 to launch November 30
Linux Software on Windows?

Productivity, Career & Personal Development
50 Tools that can Increase your Writing Skills
11 Ways To Sleep Better
How to handle the ‘dreaded salary history’ question
Nine Things Developers Want More Than Money

Astronomy & Earth Science
Highest Elevation Tornado Ever Observed in U.S.
Spectacular Leonids Coming With New Moon
Top 100 photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
Mercury Transit on November 8 — Watching our Solar System at Work

Miscellaneous
Interview with The Office’s Mindy Kaling
Supernatural: More of Your Burning Questions Answered!
Pearl’s Before Swan (Lost Related)
How I Almost Ignored Buffy
Interview with Julie Benz (Dexter)
One-Season TV Wonders
Ausmus nets third Gold Glove

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