LINKBLOG for February 15 , 2008

• Programming with Large Fonts - Tomas Restrepo


• Team System Database Edition Power Tools Available - Charles Sterling
  


• Refactoring for Separation Of Concerns: A real world example - Oren Eini
  ' Now, changing the storage mechanism doesn't need to affect the DSL implementation. We have a more robust model, and a good example for the blog '


• What you didn't know about Microsoft meetings - Mike Walker
  hehe, funny video if you have some minutes left


• Is UML Required For A Good Design? - Abhijit Nadgouda
  At least UML is not the miracle language as some propose
  ' And then UML is just a language, to express yourself. It is not going to inject the right thinking in you '


• Be A Hero Dad and Have More Fun With Your Kids - Jarkko Laine
  'what exactly is a great dad?
  Steve Caplin and Simon Rose think they have it figured out: a dad should be a hero that provides the fun and the spice that makes life entertaining and enjoyable '


• Whiteboard Wednesday: Using Your Bug Tracker For Estimation Tracking - Max Pool
  Latest video from Max


• Be careful with ServiceAuthorizationManager.CheckAccess() - Dominick Baier
  


• The Ultimate Unit Test Failure - Jeff Atwood
  Me agrees with most of Jeff's messages. But find the message regarding unittesting a bit unclear here (or am I just being a nit-picker here?)


• Mark February 27th, 2008 on your Calendars - Miguel Carrasco
  ' The rumour mill is flying again this week, as Microsoft is set to announce something big on February 27th, 2008. '
  
  And what software can make a sane man cry:
  
  ' What we know right now:
  1. Robert Scobble saw the demo, and he started to cry '
  :-)


• Did you know... Where Visual Studio saves auto-recovered files in the case of an unexpected shutdown? - #151 - Sara Ford
  


• ReSharper 4 Nightly Builds - Are You Geek Enough? - Ilya Ryzhenkov
  ' So, are you geek enough to take the pill and try ReSharper 4 early builds? Read the ReSharper 4 EAP notes before you decide! '
  I'm definitely going to try this next week at the office!
  


• Human LINQ - Jon Skeet
  


• Dead Code: Code Smell #1 - Derik Whittaker
  The take away:
  ' Note, if you are using Resharper, it will flag dead code for you. This will make removing it much easier '


• Geek Developer Cribs on10 - Scott Hanselman
  Having a look at the inside of Scott H's house; and oh, Scott, the title of the book is *not* Dutch :-)


• creativeUI - How to create a dynamic, hierarchical accordion with .NET
  Thought this was on a musical instrument, but it turns out there is a completely other meaning to Accordion, i.e. a tabbed UI artifact. So if you want you learn something new every day :-)


• Top 10 Best Practices for Production ASP.NET Applications - Kyle Beyer
  Soem basic things that you should be aware of when in ASP.NET development


• Building Scalable Mapping & GIS Apps with Web Services - Clint Batman
  ' These days, programmers need more control over the map data, map rendering, GIS capabilities, security and overall architecture '
  this is a sponsored showcase review


• The 15 Most Influential People in Security Today - Ryan Naraine
  But, without al least Bruce Schneier and some other people this list actually a bit random


• Evaluating Your Skill As A Leader - Steve Rowe
  Nice and indeed very short list (maybe nice *because* it's so short...?)


• When the case matters: VS2008 hot-fix bug - Simone Chiaretta
  Devil is in details again