Still playing with the formatting, trying to get it to be more readable in spite of all the *words*. Do you like having the name beside the link or would just the link be better? I've always put the name just to give credit (though the link does too) AND add more google juice for whoever I link to ... but since my site isn't that big, I'm not sure if that is of any value ... anyone have any thoughts on this?

Other stuff

• Omer van Kloeten - Pitfall: Static Field Inline Initialization Order of Execution - short post pointing out one of the pitfalls of inline static field intialization.
• Eric White - Use a Lambda Expression for an Event Handler - An example of using a lambda expression ... something I've yet to use in my code.
• Ted Neward - An Announcement - Ted is joining ThoughtWorks
• pdestoop - The Emerging Technology Trends according to Forrester and Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (CTP) - first link is a somewhat interesting list of the different trends coming about in the business world... one I hadn't heard of was the 'Dynamic Business Applications' ... interesting idea.  The second link is an announcement and link to download a new set of "control add-ins" to aid in Windows Live services development ... I'm curious as to what's in there.
• Ade Miller - C# Inline Methods and Optimization - Ade walks through a situation where he was trying to determine if property getters and setter were being inlined ... which he ends up figuring out.  He points to a couple of good resources to help.
• vancem - To Inline or not to Inline: That is the question - good entry discussing inlining in .net (x86 JIT compiler)
• Sara Ford - Did you know… How to debug your optimized code? - #295 - this is a good one and goes well with the 2 links above this one.
• brettwo - FxCop 1.36 Released! - entry summing up some of the changes in the new release of FxCop and link to download it.
• Aaron Skonnard - Pluralsight's WCF/WF Developer Screencast Series - coming soon to Channel 9 are some screencasts put on by Puralsight for WCF and WF.
• programmersmind - Bitwise Operation Explained - exactly what it sounds like, an article on bitwise operations.  Good for a refresher.
• Xaprb - How to unit-test code that interacts with a database - overview of how Xaprb likes to unit test databases, some pros and cons and things to avoid... intresting thing: no mocks. 
• Sasha Goldshtein - Two-Phase Initialization - detailed overview of the 'Two-phase initialization' architectural pattern.
• Brad Abrams - CLR Updates in .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 - more information on .Net 3.5 sp1 changes ... NGen infrastructure rewrite ... hadn't heard about that one. Includes a link to a great looking entry: JIT, NGen, and other Managed Code Generation Stuff by Fei Chen.
• Tess - Questions on application domains, application pools and unhandled exceptions - Misc questions and some pretty good answers.  Short and worth a read.
• Jason Bock - Reflector Goes To Red Gate - wow that's big news! 

Web stuff

• Rey Bango - Ajaxian Featured Tutorial: Show/Hide Login Panel Built with MooTools - cool way to use animation and show/hide login control so it isn't always taking up screen real estate.
• Steve Maine - Cool open-source AtomPub server built on WCF - "APP content management system build using the WCF web programming model" ... worth checking out the source code.  Maybe Scott Hanselman will look through it in one of his entries where he looks at open source projects.
• Aaron Skonnard - Programming the MetaWeblog API in .NET/C# - sample of some code using the MetaWeblog API
• Stephen Walther - ASP.NET MVC Tip #34 – Dispose of Your DataContext (or Don’t) - discussion on the DataContext and whether you should call Dispose() or not ... and what happens if you do (or don't).

 Database stuff

• Tara Kizer - Backup SQL Server Databases - cool looking stored procedure that will back up a database for you ... I'll have to check it out to see if it is better or would work better than my current cmd files using sqlcmd.

Architecture stuff

• pdestoop - Positioning of architectural frameworks - short entry, but has a good link in it to an entry titled "Making Sense of Architecture Standards".

SOA stuff

• Joe McKendrick - Who should lead SOA? Enterprise architects or business analysts? - scary question.  Somewhat detailed article on BA's and EA's and their roles in SOA initiatives.

Cloud Computing stuff

• Phil Wainewright - SaaS mashups shape up - this is a long one and I haven't read it all yet but it looks good if you are interesting in SaaS stuff. On my read in downtime list.

 Blogging stuff

• Darren Rowse - How to Craft Post Titles that Draw Readers Into Your Blog - entry on tips in creating titles for you blog entries.  Useful but catchy titles will make me at least look at entry.  If the title doesn't sound good - I usually will skip it.

 Business stuff

• Entrepreneur.com - What to Consider Before Buying a Business - interesting article to me, solely because I've never seriously considered buying a business ... always just though of starting one and growing it.
• Selling to Small Business - Chambers of Commerce Less Popular with Small Businesses - odd, I always thought the Chambers of Commerce where made up of mostly small businesses.

 Career stuff

• Scott Nichols - Importance of a Personal Development Plan - Scott is looking for some advice on personal development plans for developers.

 Other link blogs

• TechToolBlog - Daily Find #94
• Tyler Cowen - Assorted links
• Arjan Zuidhof - LINKBLOG for August 19, 2008
• Chris Alcock - The Morning Brew #162
• Mike Gunderloy - Double Shot #273