Back from a long weekend in Vancouver, BC.  Started building my Windows 7 SSD drive last night … things are installing pretty quick but there are sooooo many patches (example: Office 2007, Office 2007 sp1, Office 2007 sp2 … along with all the security patches and KBs …)

Today is Cinco de Mayo! … Happy birthday Aaron!

Other stuff

• Exciting Changes, Kenny Kerr
• Cool Tool - NDepend for automated code metrics, Tim Stall
• First baby steps for Moonlight 2.0: Silverlight for Linux, Tim Anderson
• The Stack Is An Implementation Detail, Part Two, Eric Lippert
• The desperate quest for doing it 'right', Frans Bouma
• An Intel i7 based Development Machine: The Hardware and Build, Ade Miller

Windows 7 stuff

• The Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) is here!, Brandon LeBlanc
• Windows 7 for Developers – File Dialogs from .NET and Windows 7 – How Does Task Manager Do That?, Mike Taulty
• Support and Q&A for Solid-State Drives, e7blog
• Windows 7 RC Tip on Burning ISO to DVD, Vinod Unny
• Release Documents for this Release Candidate of Windows 7, Microsoft Downloads

Code to look at

• C# Extension Methods Using RSA, Sean Rhone
• Show Your Data on Google Map using C# and JavaScript, Ghaffar Khan
• Strong-Type & Efficient .NET Enum, Hana Giat

Web stuff

• A Better Javascript Memoizer, Dion Almaer
• Installing PHP on Windows Using the Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta, John Bristowe
• Creating jQuery plug-ins from MicrosoftAjax components, Bertrand Le Roy
• Check Modal Popup Extender visibility from code behind, Raj Kaimal
• JQuery Ajax with Class Arrays, Chris Brandsma
• Adding Default Assemblies, Namespaces and Control Prefixes in Web.Config, Rick Strahl
• Letting ASP.NET Handle Image File Extensions in IIS 6, Jason Gaylord
• 4 steps to create free SSL certificate for development, Shivprasad Koirala

Silverlight stuff

• More Validation Fun - But Not Done Yet, Shawn Wildermuth

Database stuff

• Two suggestions to enhance constraints in SQL Server, Alexander Kuznetsov
• Performance impact: thread mode vs. fiber mode, Linchi Shea

Debugging stuff

• Download the Free !exploitable Crash Analyzer, MSDN
• Fiddler - Web Debugging Proxy For HTTP(S), Darknet

Powershell stuff

• PowerShellToys – WOW!, PowerShell Team

Architecture stuff

• New in Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 Part 1 – Dedicated Networks, John Howard
• Thoughts on M/Oslo DSL/metadata requirements, Rocky Lhatka

Career stuff

• On Measuring Agility, Craftsmanship, and Everything Else, David Starr
• The Art Of Execution, Jaclyn
• How to Quit Your Job and Start a Company, Guy Kawasaki

Business stuff

• 40 Places Where Freelancers Can Learn More About Business, Freelance Switch

Innovation stuff

• Innovation is being suffocated, Jennifer
• Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size? and Innovation Strategy: How David Beats Goliath, Innovation in the News
• Blue Ocean Strategy, Tipping Point Leadership and the Four Organizational Hurdles to Strategy Execution, Gabor George Burt

Community stuff

• MichiPUG May meeting: non-relational DBs, Kevin Dangoor
• CTDOTNET Hartford Code Camp 2 Registration Open, Chris Bowen
• Foundation Series, Session 3, Wed May 13th, Brian Donahue
• 5/7/2009: Beantown .NET Meeting at Microsoft NERD, Ben Day
• Chicago Code Camp sessions and agenda are up, Tim Stall

Other link blogs

• Summary 06.05.2009, Bogdan Brinzarea
• The Morning Brew #340, Chris Alcock
• Weekly Link Post 92, Rhonda Tipton
• Technology Related Links for May 4th, 2009, Jason Gaylord
• Summary 28.04.2009 – 05.05.2009, Bogdan Brinzarea
• Dew Drop - May 4, 2009, Alvin Ashcraft
• Interesting Links May 4th 2009, Alfred Thompson
• New and Notable 317, Sam Gentile