LINKBLOG for October 9, 2007

• Funny question and response of the day - joeyDotNet
  


• ScottGu MVC Presentation and ScottHa Screencast from ALT.NET Conference - Scott Hanselman
  


• The CRM Horror - Ayende Rahien
  This one is about WTF level


• Refactoring of the week - Marc-André Cournoyer
  via Christopher Steen. Which pointed me to the new discovery RefactorMyCode where people put their code snippets which are then judged and refactored by the other forum visitors


• Amazon Web Services Developer Connection : Running Hadoop MapReduce on Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 - Tom White
  Bumped into something about MapReduce, and wanted to know what it is and how it works. Article on Amazon site, done by Tom White


• Testing Misconceptions #1: Exploratory Programming - James Golick
  


• Stupid Programming Language Tricks - Dave Roberts
  Stupid Programming Language Tricks


• 5 Questions on Agile Development - Steve McConnell
  this doesn't mean that Steve is now pro-agile... or anti-agile for that matter


• Microsoft wants your health care records, trust
  If you haven't read up on HealthVault yet, you can here. On the other hand, maybe you want to think twice before handing Microsoft your personal health details. More at Eric Gunnerson, and here you can acquire the obligatory Developer Toolkit


• Hacking Security Cameras - Bruce Schneier
  I followed Bruce Schneier for many years, but recently stopped because of info-overload in general -- as if you care :-)
  But. Thanks to Jason I still see Bruce's most interesting posts


• Here Comes the Money: YouTube Videos Coming to AdSense
  ' It's a simple story, but if it is true it is going to blow the world of online video and advertising wide open '