Other

• Benchmark cheating, a how to, Ayende Rahien
• Peago: Flash-Based Project Management, Charles Hamilton
• Refactoring Day 17 : Extract Superclass, schambers
• Moonlight 2.0 goes Beta, Miguel de Icaza
• Hanselminutes Podcast 175 - Optimizing Your Website with Jeff Atwood and Stackoverflow, Scott Hanselman
• How can I make you learn and benefit from my Blog? and how can I learn from you?, Tess
• Bing Lets You Find Other Domains On an IP, Philipp Lenssen
• What’s New in WCF 4: Performance, Nicholas Allen
• GC Helper for Obtaining Live Instances of a Type, or How I Implemented GC.GetAliveInstancesOf(), Sasha Goldshtein
• Deploying Computer and User Certificates, Microsoft Downloads
• Arrays of arrays, Eric Lippert
• A total n00b’s guide to migrating from a custom data layer to Nhibernate: getting started, Bertrand Le Roy
• F# First Class Events – Creating Events, Matthew Podwysocki

Windows 7

• Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcut – The full, and searchable, list, Greg Duncan

Code to look at

• Trace SOAP Request/Response XML with TraceExtension, Arindam Sinha
• Counting Words in a String Using Anonymous Types and Defining Lists of Anonymous Types, Deborah Kurata
• The Amazingly Forgotten 2-Way .net Rijndael CryptoStream, _Khallaf

Web

• Traditional Ajax vs. New Business Targeted Ajax, itzik.spitzen
• MIME types holding REST back, Stefan Tilkov
• Rest For ASP.NET MVC SDK and Sample, Phil Haack

Database

• Blogs About Virtualization for DBAs, Brent Ozar
• Full Outline for my PASS Pre-Con: SQLCLR From Beginner to Expert, Adam Machanic

PowerShell

• PowerShell Script with ASP.NET and Console Application, Colt Kwong

Debugging

• Using Xperf to investigate slow I/O issues, NT Debug

Security

• Stoned Bootkit – Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 7 MBR Rootkit, Darknet

Cloud Computing

• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 8/17/2009+, OakLeaf Systems
• Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - August Update Released, jbarnes
• Cloud Security Survey Results, JD Meier

Career

• The Get-Started-Now Guide to Becoming Self-Employed, Zen Habits
• 10 Ways to Stay Marketable When You’re Out of Work, Rich Whittle
• 10 Keys to Changing a Habit, JD
• Zen And The Art Of Software Development, Derick Bailey
• A Few Lessons Learned, Nate

Blogging

• Creating A Blogging Maintenance Routine That Isn’t A Chore, Darren Rowse

Business

• InnoCentive expands investment round, Boston Business Journal

Innovation

• Open Innovation – Major Issues and Global Shifts, Stefan Lindegaard
• There is no slow innovation, Jeffrey Phillips
• Innovation Perspectives - Directed Innovation for Strategic Success, Branden Kelley
• Finding an Innovation Strategy That Works and How knowledge can hurt innovation, Innovation in the News

Community

• Slides of My Presentation on ASP.NET MVC 1.0, Keyvan Nayyeri
• Devlink Wrapup…or…Where I started to realize that the data world is “different”, Dr Sql

Other link blogs

• Dew Drop – August 17, 2009, Alvin Ashcraft
• LINKBLOG for August 17, 2009, Arjan Zuidhof
• Speaking on ASP.NET MVC 1.0 – August 19, Waltham, MA, Chris Bowen
• New and Notable 358, Sam Gentile