247 unread entries this morning and 14 degrees (wind chill of –11) outside.

Other

• Data Services Update Re-Released, Nicholas Allen
• Genetic Algorithms, Gail
• Beyond web.config, karl
• Directed Graph ML (DGML) support in QuickGraph, Jonathan de Halleux
• Calling constructors in arbitrary places, Eric Lippert
• Using the CodeDom With .NET 3.5 Features, Patrick Steele
• Windows Server AppFabric Caching Beta1 Migration, Microsoft Downloads
• Calling Non-Public Methods, Jan Van Ryswyck
• Book Club: Growing Object Oriented Software – Chapter 7 (Steve Freeman & Nat Pryce), Mark Needham
• Find Somewhere to Work With Laptopfriendlycafes, Simon Mackie
• Generics and Your Profiler, Dave Br
• C# 4.0 Optional Parameters – Exploration., Jason Jarrett
• Separating Metadata Classes from Model Classes in DataAnnotations Using Custom TypeDescriptionProviders, Travis Illig
• Four tool approaches to automated web UI tests, Tim Stall

Code to look at

• SharpPcap - A Packet Capture Framework for .NET, Tamir Gal

From CodePlex Feed

• Application Architecture Guidance Community
• Learning JQuery 1.3 Examples
• Dns Changer: Version 1.1

Data Access

• The Entity Framework and the “The invoked member is not supported in a dynamic assembly” exception., Brian Lagunas

Web

• Nice “Quick Hit” Videos about ASP.NET 4 and VS 2010, Scott Guthrie
• “Badgifying” an ASP.NET page, Bertrand Le Roy

Silverlight

• Handing Events with Care?, Shawn Wildermuth
• RIA Services – Displaying data with Silverlight 4 Beta & Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, Bruno Terkaly

Database

• FILESTREAM: Storing Binary Objects in a database – or not, Buck Woody

Debugging

• Mode-independent WinDbg scripts, Dmitry Vostokov

Cloud Computing

• Part 2: How well do you know the technologies of Microsoft, Amazon, Google and SalesForce? and Q&A: What are the UK prices for the Windows Azure Platform, Eric Nelson
• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/27/2010+ and Determining Your Azure Services Platform Usage Charges, OakLeaf Systems
• Webinar: Agile Data Warehouse - Next Generation BI in the Cloud and Server Density - Easy Server Monitoring, AWS Blog
• Latest Zend Framework Adds Support for Windows Azure, Windows Azure

Career

• Ember: An Online Design Scrapbook, Imran Ali
• How Not to Hurry, Leo Babauta
• Being an expert takes time, not talent, Penelope Trunk

Blogging

• Leverage What You Have and Take Your Blog to the Next Level, Darren Rowse

Business

• Obama Promises Help for Small Businesses, Courtney Rubin
• Best-Kept Tax Secret For Small Bizs, Rich Whittle
• Want a learning culture? Start a brown bag., Scott Schimanski
• Get Your Service Business Off the Ground, Entrepreneur.com

Innovation

• Let’s Talk about the Other F Word, Futurelab
• Video : Brand authenticity is the new benchmark, Jim Carroll
• Don't Demolish Your Own Innovation, Paul Williams

Community

• Reminder for Saturday’s New England Data Camp v2.0, Chris Bowen
• Learn from the Best in Web Design and Development at MIX10, MSDN

Other link blogs

• New and Notable 397, Sam Gentile
• Daily Cloud Feed - Jan 28, 2010, Cloud Feed
• Everyman Links for January 28, 2010, Dave Burke
• The Morning Brew #528, Chris Alcock