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Series Post #14

Daily Quote - "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." by Donald E. Knuth (Posted by Elijah Manor)

.NET Languages C# and Visual Basic

• Null Is Not Empty - Eric Lippert (Suggested by Keyvan Nayyeri)

Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing

• autotestnet (Suggested by Scott Hanselman)
• Commercial Suicide - Integration at the Database Level (Suggested by Michael C. Neel)
• Kona 3: Learning Behavior Driven Development (BDD) - Rob Conery

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC

• Linq to SQL on Mono Update: NerdDinner on Mono (Suggested by Scott Hanselman)
• Twitter from ASP.NET Simple GUI Dave Bush (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Books

• Free Microsoft Press E-Book Offer - Microsoft Press (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Step by Step Microsoft Press 

Cloud Computing

• Cloud Computing Explained - David Robbins (Suggested by Cloudmeme)
• Windows Azure Management Tool (MMC) [Repost] (Suggested by Wally McClure)

Desktop and Server Technology

• SQLCop, FxCop For SQL Server, Would You Be Interested in This? (Suggested by Denis Gobo)
• Visual Hierarchy in Web Design - Jarel Remick (Suggested by Nettuts)
• Windows 7 Sound: Stream Switching in the Real World Keith Elder

Web Design and Layout

• 56 CSS Tabs & Navigation Menu Scripts and Examples (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• Optimizing Conversion Rates: Its All About Usability

JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries

• 7 impressive navigation systems in jQuery David Costales (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• 120+ Javascript, Ajax, jQuery Mega Toolbox
• Ajax Frameworks Decision Center (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Edge: Better Support for other Windows and Documents - Brandon Aaron (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jYouTube - jQuery YouTube Thumbnail plugin. Gets any YouTube videos image/thumbnail - jQuery HowTo (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• setInterval is (moderately) evil - Bertrand Le Roy
• The Definitive Guide to Creating a Practical jQuery Plugin - Dan Wellman (Suggested by Nettuts)

Podcasts and Videos

• Episode 6 Coding QA (Suggested by Developer Fusion)
• Get Connected with the Connected Show Podcast (Suggested by Peter Laudati)

Silverlight, WPF, and RIA

• Creating a 3D tagcloud in Silverlight (part 1) - Peter Gerritsen (Suggested by Silverlight News)
• Creating a 3D tagcloud in Silverlight (part 2) - Peter Gerritsen (Suggested by Silverlight News)
• Silverlight: Handling Cross-Domain Images and Gifs Peter Bromberg
• TechSmackDown: Silverlight vs. Flash - The Battle of the Titans (Suggested by Miguel Carrasco)

Social Networking

• Starting a Corporate Social Network? Don't - Stephen Baker (Suggested by George Dearing)

Technology Announcements and News

• A Q&A with Refcard Co-Author Eric Falsken - Kirk Knoernschild (Suggested by Alvin Ashcraft)
• Google and JanRain Release Support for the OpenID User Interface Extension (Suggested by Kevin Dente)
• Microsoft xYz Combines Zune and Xbox? 
• The future of Internet Searching?

Technology Deals

• 20% off refurb Dell 1125 Multifunction Laser printer at http://bit.ly/kWOgs when u enter code at checkout: 41Q8?QQ82N8NV8 (Dell Outlet)
• 20% off any refurb Dell UltraSharp 1909W 19" Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor at http://bit.ly/eZJ7q - enter code R6DHG6FVCQJW41 at checkout (Dell Outlet)

Visual Studio and Other IDEs

• Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 available for the MSDN subscribers on Monday May 18th

Other Resources

• Dew Drop - May 15, 2009 Alvin Ashcraft
• New and Notable 321 - Sam Gentile

Call For Speakers (Sorted by Date)

• None

Upcoming Technology Events (Sorted by State) Want something listed? Post your comments.

• Phoenix, Az - Free WPF Training Event June 5th-6th, 2009
• Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix August 29th, 2009
• Hartford, CT 2nd CTDOTNET Code Camp (.NET) June 13th, 2009
• Dallas, TX - Dallas TechFest - June 19, 2009
• Des Moines, IA Iowa Code Camp November 7th, 2009
• Chicago, IL Chicago Code Camp May 30th, 2009
• Downers Grove, IL - MSDN Events Unleashed May 20th, 2009
• Boston, MA SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference June 22nd-24th, 2009
• New York, NY - Web2NewYork - May, 19th 2009
• Portland, OR Open Source Bridge June 17th-19th, 2009
• Philadelphia, PA - Higher Education Web Symposium - July 14, 2009
• Scranton, PA WinForms to WPF/Silverlight May 21st, 2009
• Franklin, TN - Microsoft ArcReady June 12th, 2009
• Knoxville, TN CodeStock 2009 June 26th-27th, 2009
• Nashville, TN devLINK August 13th-15th, 2009
• Reston, VA Silverlight FireStarter DC -  June 6, 2009

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