Other

• Without local security you have no security, case in point, GooglePasswordDecryptor and Get some Windows 7 Library juju, like adding non-indexed drives, with the Win7 Library Tool (with source too!), Greg Duncan
• Revisiting “Maintainable for whom?”, or “How to justify your crap”, Kyle Baley
• Advanced .NET Debugging book, Tess
• List of Top 50 free applications for Windows, bspcn
• Nine Months Later: Mono 2.6 and MonoDevelop 2.2, Miguel de Icaza
• Thinking about the future of the Caching block, Chris
• LINQPad updated to support Data Services!, Chris Sells

.Net 4.0

• Entity Framework POCO (EF4): Generic Repository and Unit of Work Prototype and Unity Extension for Entity Framework POCO Configuration, Repository and Unit of Work, Jarod Ferguson
• Entity Framework 4.0 Resources gets a December 2009 Update, Eric Nelson

Code to look at

• Tutorial 5 - Create a small mvc application step by step, bootcamp

Web

• Downloadify – create downloads on the fly without server interaction, Chris Heilmann
• Weelya Announces Ajax Push Engine (APE) v1.0, Rey Bango
• ASP.NET: Modal Dialogs and ASP.NET: Clearing Modal Dialogs, Deborah Kurata
• An Update on the FubuMVC Reboot, Jeremy D Miller
• Live Preview jQuery Plugin, Phil Haack

Silverlight

• Architecting Silverlight 4 with RIA Services, MEF and MVVM - Part 1, Shawn Wildermuth
• Building Hello MEF – Part III – XAP Partitioning (with the host’s permission) and the sweetness of recomposition. and Building Hello MEF – Part III – XAP Partitioning (with the host’s permission) and the sweetness of recomposition., Glenn Block

Database

• Performance impact: Speeding up SMO script generation – the test code, Linchi Shea
• SSIS - Blowing-out the grain of your fact table, jorg
• SQL SERVER – Fillfactor, Index and In-depth Look at Effect on Performance, Pinal Dave

Cloud Computing

• Software in the Cloud: Is the Cloud Misleading Enterprises, Customers - Even Politicians?, Anders Trolle-Schultz
• December 2009 Windows Azure-Related Developer Challenges, WindowsAzure
• Why a Cloudlet Beats the Cloud for Mobile Apps, MSR
• New Microsoft Online Services Customer Portal Adds Windows Azure Platform Sign-Up and Billing Features, OakLeaf Systems
• Amazon CloudFront Now Supports Streaming Media Content, AWS Blog
• Using PowerPivot with SQL Azure, Stephen Forte

Career

• 9 Tips For Tracking Project Expenses, Freelance Switch
• How to Make $30,000 a year Blogging, Darren Rowse
• Underrated career skill: Asking questions, Penelope Trunk
• Don’t Be A Whiny Developer, Davy Brion
• What Are Your Business Plans for 2010?, Barry Moltz
• Where to Find Computer Science Lectures Online, Alfred Thompson

Business

• Position Yourself for Real Growth, 4 Steps to Smart Negotiating and Make Effective Use of Your Collection Letter, Entrepreneur.com
• 11 Tips For Improving Your Newsletter, Amber Riviere

Innovation

• Are you carving out enough time for ideas and innovation? and Shifting Paradigms in Innovation, Innovation in the News

Community

• Contributing to the SL HVP, Jesse Liberty
• The Open Space Conference Experience, jcteague

Other link blogs

• Dew Drop – December 15, 2009, Alvin Ashcraft
• Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 15, 2009, Cloud Feed
• The Morning Brew #499, Chris Alcock