Month: January 2008

Daily Bits – January 10, 2008

Completely Free PDF .NET Library Written in C# (via DotNetKicks)

50 Great CS Books Recommended by BookPool (via dzone)

Advanced WCF Talk This Saturday at Philly Code Camp (I’ve got a circular link reference going with Sam)

Top 5 Greasemonkey Scripts to Pimp Your New Gmail 2.0

Enterprise Libary 4.0 Product Backlog Posted on CodePlex

Blogs are the New Resumes and Portfolios (via dzone)

Too Many Mocks?

BDD-Style Specification Reporting in CC.Net

Listen to Thirsty Developer and Have a Chance to Win a Custom Zune80

No Matter What They Tell You, It’s a People Problem

Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter Video Site Live

Microsoft’s Strangest Hits (and Misses)

 

Book of the Day

 

Daily Bits – January 9, 2008

Running a little late this morning. My Vista reboot following the installation of Windows Updates took over an hour. It just sat at the “Configuring Updates – 0%” screen with the hard drive cranking away. After all of that, the update for KB943302 failed for the third time.

Understanding the Common Type System in .NET (via DotNetSlackers)

Building Credibility: 11 Ways to Show You’re a Professional (via Jason Haley)

Windows Server 2008 is in Escrow! RTM Build Planned for January 16th.

100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes

Microsoft Has All the Right Lego Pieces, They’re Just not Assembled… Yet (via WinBeta)

Getting Started with ADO.NET Data Services

The Weekly Source Code 12 – Back in Black Edition (ScottHa)

WPF Book Easter Egg

ReadBurner – Meme Tracker Based on Google Reader Shared Items (via DownloadSquad)

New Video on Using Themes in WPF (via WindowsClient.NET)

A Book About D

Introducing ‘Caliburn’: An MVC/MVP WPF Framework (via DotNetKicks)

If You Aren’t Having Fun, Then Don’t Do It (via Arjan’s World)

LINQ Grouping Techniques (via Steve Pietrek)

Happy 2nd Birthday DotNetKicks

PowerShell Scripts for Testing (v0.4 Alpha Released) (CodePlex)

51 Core Abilities of Successful Software

McDonald’s Boss: Video Games to Blame for Childhood Obesity (via Maximum PC)

 

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