Announcements

• .NET 3.5 SP1 GDR is available to download
• Design Gallery The Official Microsoft ASP.NET Site

Architecture

• Lazy Loading Considered Harmful
• What Architect Job Roles Are Recognized By the Microsoft Certified Architect Program
• SALT and PEPPER – 3 TIER and LINQ

.NET

• Why LINQ is better than SQL, Part 3 Query Composition
• Return an empty IEnumerableT from a yield iterator
• Managed ESENT v1 released – Managed.Net access to the free embedded database (“Extensible Storage EngineESE”) that ships wit
• Create Word Documents using .NET without Interop

ASP.NET/jQuery

• Dynamically Loading ASP.NET User Controls with jQuery
• Improve your jQuery - 25 excellent tips

Silverlight

• The Bragosphere Silverlight Extenders
• Create shadow effect in Expression Blend
• Posting login credentials to your Silverlight app « Programmer Payback
• Programming, Life and everything in between
• Unit Testing with Silverlight 2
• Implementing Deeplinking in Silverlight
• http://delay.members.winisp.net/ChartBuilder/
• Passing Parameters Into Silverlight Applications

Utilities

• FileGenerator For Reflector
• Download Silverlight Spy First Floor Software

Books

• DotNetSlackers Data Structures and Algorithms Annotated Reference with Examples

Singularity Watch

• New Discovery Could Rejuvenate the Brain
• Next Big Future Nanotechnology for Climate Control and Enabling a Kardashev Type 1 and 2 Civilization
• Injectable artificial bone developed
• Future Extreme
• Singularity Hub » Blog Archive » Kevin Kelly Predicting The Next 5000 Days Of The Web
• Scientists seek ways to ward off killer asteroids

Other

• PS3Cluster Guide By The Cluster Workshop - build your own supercomputer with PS3s
• Top 10 Computing Trends for 2009
• The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com
• London from above, at night - The Big Picture - Boston.com
• Overcome Fear in the Economic Crisis

Quote

"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses" - Kepler