Dew Drop – March 9, 2008

I changed the theme and name of the site yesterday. I’ve seen several coffee-themed blogs, but coffee’s not really my thing. I’m more of a Diet Mountain Dew kind of guy.

 

Silverlight/WPF
.NET
Web Development
Visual Studio
Misc

 

Link Collections

 

Book of the Day

 

Daily Bits – January 8, 2008

Lengthy list today… must be CES.

Guinness Book of Videogame Records Coming in February

Returning an Anonymous Type

Xbox Live to Twitter Update (v0.2.3)

Drag and Drop with ASP.NET AJAX (via Public Sector Developer Weblog)

My Team’s Developer Creedo

SQL Puzzle 9 (Matching DateTime) (via DotNetSlackers)

Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Beta (MS Download) (documentation here)

Fun with Headlins, CES 2008 Special Edition (Paul Thurrott)

FAQ: Which Code Analysis Rules Shipped in Which Version

What Should Developers Know About Windows Server 2008?

Hiding Code From ReSharper

C# Futures, Diminishing Returns, and the Scala Parachute

Taser Unveils Holster with Music Player (Don’t tase me while you listen to Britney, bro!)

To Add or To Create

A Command-Line Interface Base Class (via DotNetKicks)

Extending the String Object in C# (some extension method ideas) (via DotNetKicks)

Tip: Overriding Core Object Methods (via Arjan’s World)

On Resume, Error (resumé tips) (via Arjan’s World)

Random Producing Same Values (via Arjan’s World)

Inheritance and Extension Methods (via Arjan’s World)

Ruby on Rails IDE Geared to Visual Studio 2008 Users (via WinBeta)

Bill Gates Explains the Difference Between Microsoft and Apple

Differentiated User Experience (UX) (via Christopher Steen)

Microsoft Health Common User Interface Toolkit v1.2.68.000 (new release on Codeplex)

On Blogging

Dynamic LINQ (Part 1: Using the LINQ Dynamic Query Library) (ScottGu)

DirecTV’s PC Tuner is Real

Pastor Targets Microsoft Gay-Rights Policy (some people have too much time on their hands)

Hacking Your Xbox 360 Fan (if you want to void your warranty, or your warranty has expired)

 

Book of the Day

 

Daily Dose of Links – 20071120

Anonymous Types in C# 3.0 (via DotNetKicks)

How to Build Your Own SQL Server Explorer (via DotNetKicks)

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Released (lots of great links from ScottGu)

Top 15 Things to Love About Visual Studio 2008 Express

15 Things I Just Learned About the Amazon Kindle

AJAX Control Toolkit 11119 (targets the official release of .NET 3.5 and VS2008)

Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express 2.0 Beta

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 CTP, November 2007

ASP.NET MVC Framework – Exception Handling (via Christopher Steen)

VS 2008 Users: Remember to Download the SourceSafe CTP

What’s New in SQL Server 2008

Release of Version 0.9 of Ruby.NET (via WinBeta.org)

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