Here is the latest installment of links that I have found interesting lately.

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• DEVELOPMENT | C# + ReSharper = Awesome: Tip #3 – Convert Into LINQ Expression
• DEVELOPMENT | C# + ReSharper = Awesome: Tip #2 – Create Field
• DEVELOPMENT | C# + ReSharper = Awesome: Tip #1 – To Automatic Property
• DEVELOPMENT | A Coder Interview With Phil Haack
• DEVELOPMENT | CSS3 Animations
• TECHNOLOGY | How Can I Post to Facebook, Twitter, and/or Google+ at the Same Time?
• TECHNOLOGY | Gifts for Geeks, 2011 Edition
• TECHNOLOGY | Cool Camera: Real-Time Photo Booth-Like Effects For Android
• TECHNOLOGY | Google+ Pages: What’s the Hype?
• TECHNOLOGY | SkyDrive For iPhone
• PRODUCTIVITY | 10 Reasons Why Working at the Library is Better than the Coffee Shop
• ENTERTAIN | George Takei Is the Broker of Star Peace
• ENTERTAIN | Dilbert comic strip for 12/12/2011
• ENTERTAIN | Dilbert comic strip for 12/16/2011

>>> Houston Area User Group Meetings <<<

• LINKSOURCE – Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• LINKSOURCE – Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• LINKSOURCE – Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
• LINKSOURCE – David Vidmar – Links of the week
• LINKSOURCE – Jonathan Giles – Java Desktop Links of the Week
• LINKSOURCE – Notes From A Tool User – Links

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Happy surfing!

Here is the latest installment of links that I have found interesting lately.

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• DEVELOPMENT – Getting Started with Scratch – A Programmer’s Guide
• DEVELOPMENT – Using a bar code scanner in .NET
• DEVELOPMENT – C# Fundamentals: Returning Zero or One Item As IEnumerable
• DEVELOPMENT – The Ultimate jQuery List
• DEVELOPMENT – 31 Days of Mango | Now In eBook Format!
• DEVELOPMENT – 31 Days of Mango
• DATABASE – Querying SQL Server Agent Job Information
• TECHNOLOGY – Instagram Is Coming to Android
• PRODUCTIVITY – Senior Mountain Biker Spins Through Texas Parks
• PRODUCTIVITY – How to Build a Resume (that doesn’t suck)
• ENTERTAIN – The Cabin in the Woods

>>> Houston Area User Group Meetings <<<

• LINKSOURCE – Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• LINKSOURCE – Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• LINKSOURCE – Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
• LINKSOURCE – David Vidmar – Links of the week
• LINKSOURCE – Jonathan Giles – Java Desktop Links of the Week
• LINKSOURCE – Notes From A Tool User – Links

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Happy surfing!

photo via Jeff Blankenburg

31 Days of Mango

31 Days of Mango in eBook Form

In the past, Jeff has done awesome work with his other 31-Day series – such as 31 Days of Silverlight and 31 Days of Windows Phone 7.  I recommend any of his 31-Day series posts as well as his blog in general. Jeff always seems to come up with really helpful tips and tutorials.

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Happy learning!

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App & SQL Development/Design

• What is Functional Programming?
• 5 WordPress Plugins to Highlight Your Code
• Quick Tip: How to Keep the Count with CSS
• Firebug Guide for Web Designers
• F# Programming – Wikibooks
• PHP String trimming Functions
• C#/.NET Toolbox: Creating a "Safer" Task Dispose()
• C#/.NET Little Wonders: The Complete Collection
• Optimized Enum.ToString()
• TSQL to generate date lookup table data
• Dr Neil Roodyn on Developing for the Kinect
• jQuery Basics: An Introduction to jQuery
• A Few of My Favorite HTML5 and CSS3 Online Tools

Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.

Internet, Software, Technology and Science

• 5 Gmail Hidden Features
• DIY USB Altoids Charger Powers Your Gadgets on the Go
• Five Absolutely Essential Utilities that make Windows better
• 20 Cool and Fresh Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• 10 Ways to Overcome Cabin Fever\
• Eating for Energy
• Capturing Your Creativity
• The 10 Reasons Why You Want to Be More Productive
• The Art of Nurturing Your Writing Ideas

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Dilbert:  1102 |1105 |1121 |1116
• Trailers: 

Great Link Blog Sources

• The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Haircut Edition
• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• David Vidmar – Links of the week
• Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
• Notes From A Tool User – Links
• Jonathan Giles – Java Desktop Links of the Week

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Happy Surfing.

App & SQL Development/Design

• Taking a look at the HTML5 video use in the Bing video homepage
• Views In SQL Server
• Sending emails with Java
• 30 free programming eBooks
• C#/.NET Toolbox: Creating a "Safer" Task Dispose()
• The Weekly Source Code 59 – An Open Source Treasure: Irony .NET Language Implementation Kit
• Beginner CoffeeScript
• I Love C# Extension Methods
• TSQL Challenge 62 – Break a long sentence in groups of 5 words
• My 3 Favorite Connection String Tips 

Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.

Internet, Software, Technology and Science

• 5 Powerful Text Editors for Windows
• 3 Easy Tips to Fix Ugly Edges When Removing Backgrounds
• SnagIt Live Writer Plug-in Updated
• 5 New Features of iOS 5 That Can Save Time and Boost Productivity
• To-Do Manager Astrid Comes to the iPhone, Offers Cross-Platform Shared Tasks
• iOS Notifications, Tire Repair, and the Firefox Search Box
• iPhone 4S Impressions

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• 6 Ways To Go Beyond The Resume
• How to Write Like a Professional
• 8 Tips to Stop Procrastinating
• Tired of Being Tired
• Six Ways to Become More Self-Motivated
• 29 Ways To Stay Creative

Photography: Tips and Software

• Worlds Captured in Drops of Water
• 5 Cheap Must-Have Photographic Accessories in our Toolkit
• 10 Easy Strategies for Better Portrait Shoots
• 5 Common Photography Questions from Beginners (and Their Answers)
• Are You Growing As A Photographer?
• ND Filters: Everything You Need to Know
• ND Filters – What’s All The Fuss?
• Night Photography: A Guide on How to Shoot Long Exposures
• Personalized Gifts, Photo Gifts, Birthday Gifts, Gift Ideas
• 94 Photography Links That Rock
• Comparing Two Black and White Conversion Methods
• My 18 Favorite Portrait Photos & How I Created Them
• More Than a Story About Paper Wasps
• Take a Listen

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Dilbert: 1023 | 1024
• What The Duck: 1290 | 1289
• Trailers: The Woman in Black | Sherlock Holmes 2 | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
• Bionic Buffy Mashup
• “The Hunger Games” Character Posters Revealed

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• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• David Vidmar – Links of the week
• Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
• Notes From A Tool User – Links
• Jonathan Giles – Java Desktop Links of the Week

App & SQL Development/Design

• Hipster programming languages
• C#/.NET Toolbox: Creating a "Safer" Task Dispose()
• Common Table Expressions(CTE) in SQL SERVER 2008
• Searching SQL Server Stored Procedure and Trigger Text
• 3 Tips to Improve Your Connection Strings

Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.

Internet, Software, Technology and Science

• What’s up in the solar system in October 2011

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• How Steve Jobs Changed My Productivity
• 7 Steps to Leaving Your Corporate Job
• Top 10 Note Taking Apps for Freelancers
• Tips for Presenters
• The Steve Jobs Story
• 7 Common Habits of Unhappy People
• 20 Useful Tools and Resources for New Freelance Writers & Others

Photography: Tips and Software

• 3 Easy Lightroom Adjustments to Add Drama to a Landscape
• Designing A Photograph – Mood
• 5 Tips to Expand your Photography Business Skills
• 10 Cool Places to Learn the Art of Photoshop
• 6 Sets of Settings to Save in Photoshop
• This Is The Best Timelapse Video You Will Ever See… This Month | Fstoppers
• Flickr Finds – Great Photographers & Photographs Lurking Online
• How to Create Simple Seamless Background Product Shots

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Dilbert:  0930 | 1002 | 1006
• Trailers:  The Thing | The Avengers

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• The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup
• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• David Vidmar – Links of the week
• Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
• Notes From A Tool User – Links
• Jonathan Giles – Java Desktop Links of the Week

App & SQL Development/Design

• C#/.NET Little Wonders: String Padding and Trimming – Not Just for Spaces!
• C#/.NET Little Wonders: The String Remove() and Replace() Methods
• C#/.NET Little Wonders: The String Split() and Join() methods
• C#/.NET Little Wonders: An Oft Overlooked String Constructor
• Windows 8 – the Developer’s Take
• PowerShell for the Easily Frustrated N00b, or, “A Simple and Useful Command” | SQL Awesomesauce
• Learning Android
• 10 Attractive android tutorials for developers
• Tips and Tricks to Make SQL Server Management Studio Awesome
• The .NET Dictionary
• String Function – FORMAT() – A Quick Introduction

Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.

Internet, Software, Technology and Science

• Top 10 Android Phone Blogs and Resources

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• How to Be Less Stressed in Everyday Life

Photography: Tips and Software

• What You Need to Know About Shooting Stock Photography
• Night Photography: A Guide on How to Shoot Long Exposures
• Make Your Own Picture Frames for $5 Each
• Landscape Photography in Infrared
• Amazing Photography Links, Tuts and Images You May Have Missed
• 5 Things Every Photographer Should Be Doing Online
• Scenic Outlook – Choosing Your Horizon
• 5 Ways to Dip your Toe into the Business of Photography

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Dilbert:  0913 | 0915 | 0921
• What The Duck:  1285
• Trailers: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

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• The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup
• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• David Vidmar – Links of the week
• Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
• Notes From A Tool User – Links
• Jonathan Giles – Java Desktop Links of the Week

App & SQL Development/Design

• The Rise of F#
• C#/.NET Little Wonders: The String Split() and Join() methods
• Thumbnail using C# .NET
• Writing Maintainable Code
• From Developer to Administrator
• 7 books for a .NET Summer reading list (2011 version)
• .NET String Resources
• Great Tools for Formatting T-SQL
• The PowerShell Magazine launches…

Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.

Internet, Software, Technology and Science

• Windows 8 Developer Preview Hands-On

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• 5 Simple Ways to Take Action and Do What You Love

Photography: Tips and Software

• Photoshop World Vegas – 2011 – Wrap Up
• Weekly Photography Links: 09-10-2011
• How to use a grey card
• 55 Fantastic Photography Articles, Tutorials, Photos and Links
• 10 Things I Learnt from Daily Shooting
• Why Do Today’s Photographers Fear The Shadows?

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Dilbert: 0907 | 0909 | 0910 | 0911
• What The Duck: 1284

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• The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup
• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• David Vidmar – Links of the week
• Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
• Notes From A Tool User – Links
• Jonathan Giles – Java Desktop Links of the Week

Application Development/Design

• Creating a Database Project with Visual Studio
• 10 Most Useful Properties in ASP.NET
• Data Binding Enums in WPF
• Using the Java Native Interface in C#
• C#/.NET Little Wonders & Pitfalls: The Complete Collection (so far…)
• JQuery for Beginners
• Getting creative with Computed Columns in SQL Server
• Moving Beyond Enumerations
• Daily Coding Online Tools
• Export Excel File for C#
• Indexing for Deletes
• Organizing Code Files

Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.  

Internet, Software, Technology and Science

• Facebook to Add Instagram-style Filters
• Desktop Fun: Photographer’s Desktop Customization Set
• Setting an iPad as an extra monitor
• How to Use Event Viewer to Find Your PC’s Boot Time
• 10 Amazing Google Labs Experiments
• What’s up in the solar system in September 2011

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• 3 Clear Reasons to Change Careers
• 7 Simple Steps to Becoming Well-Read
• Improve Every Moment
• The Best Places to Take a Fall Vacation on the Cheap 

Photography: Tips and Software

• At One With
• 8 New COOLPIX Cameras, We Pick Our Favorites
• How a Wide-Angle Lens Can Add Intimacy To Your People Photos
• How to Photograph Newborns
• The Most Interesting Photography Links of the Week
• 3 Great Photography Posts I Found This Morning
• Photographers – What Happens After You Press The Shutter?

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else 

• Trailers: Hunger Games
• Dilbert: 0831 | 0826 | 0901
• Zombie Attack Engagement Photos

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• The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup
• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• David Vidmar – Links of the week
• Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
• Notes From A Tool User – Links
• Jonathan Giles – Java Desktop Links of the Week

Application Development/Design

• A little PowerShell a day to keep the scripting doctor away… "PowerShell Cmdlet of the Day Podcast"
• Adventure in parserland – parsing lambda expressions in F# – Part I
• Code Metrics: Working with Columns
• Real World .NET 4 and C#
• August ’11 TFS Power Tools are available!
• C#/.NET Little Wonders: The ReferenceEquals() method
• CREATE/RESTORE Database wizard – Change the default database file path

Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.  
• devLINK 2011 Recap – Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Internet, Software, Technology and Science

• VirtualBox 4.1.2 is released!
• 5 Websites To Schedule Your Tweets

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Productivity Tools
• How To Break Your Daily Caffeine Habit And Use Coffee Strategically
• What Not to Say to a Depressed Mate
• 7 Simple Steps to Resolve Any Problem

Photography: Tips and Software

• Small Camera Bags for Travel
• Saving the World One Pixel at a Time
• Weekly Photography Links: 08-19-2011 | Pixiq

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else 

• Trailers: Underworld – Awakening | Ghost Rider – Spirit of Vengeance

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• The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup
• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• David Vidmar – Links of the week
• Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
• Notes From A Tool User – Links
• Jonathan Giles – Java Desktop Links of the Week