LINKBLOG for October 18, 2007

• Trying to disprove some .net string memory usage myths - blog.vorpal.cc
  


• Finds of the Week - 10/17/2007 - Chinh Do
  some fine tips on this other link blog


• Developer Notes for the ASP.NET MVC Framework - Sergio Pereira
  


• Malware: mitigating maladies might matter - Mark Long
  Lots of companies are not really focused on outbound network traffic, but in the light of malware, they should be more protective


• Did you know... How to display Quick Info for a function? - Sara Ford
  


• Screencast: Test-Driven Domain Model - Evan Hoff
  if you never watch screencasts, take this advise: do that more often!


• Organization Problems - Sounds Familiar? - Roy Osherove
  Roy looks into comon problems in the way the different departments in mane organizations are ... well, organized


• Differences in desktop VMWare versions - DaVinci Unlimited Software
  


• C# Script: The Missing Puzzle Piece - Oleg Shilo
  Big project aiming to be a scripting engine around C#
  via Mike G.


• Why Does Software Spoil? - Jeff Atwood
  


• The Fallacy of Management - Rob Walling
  


• Debugger Support Considered Harmful - Giles Bowkett
  Considering the comments Giles got on this entry, 'debugging versus TDD' is still a controversial theme for a lot of people. And well Giles, rest assured: the vast majority of the silent masses has never even heard of TDD, and think (debugging==testing)


• Internet census: researchers knock on 2.8 billion virtual doors - Iljitsch van Beijnum
  


• Microsoft gets official open-source blessing from OSI for two of its licenses - Ryan Paul
  ... the Microsoft Community (Ms-CL) and Permissive (Ms-PL) licenses


• MVC versus MonoRail and the Corporate Giant - Ben Scheirman
  On Micosofts' new framework: bringing agility to the masses, Ben predicts that adoption of the framework will be much much faster than the open source stuff that most companies just won't use


• Hacking on the PowerShell RPN Calculator - Adam Barr
  


• Ik moet nog brood halen, maar hoe onthoud ik dat? - Taco Oosterkamp [dutch]
  super geeky lifehack: if you're so into GTD that you tend to forget to do shopping after work, instruct your navigation system to direct you to the supermarket!


• Foundation Series: The Difference Between Correlation and Causality - Scott Sehlhorst
  ' One of the most common mistakes people make when looking at data is to jump to conclusions '


• Consulting Questions: The Bus Test and "I Could Do This Myself, But... - Christopher Hawkins