Other stuff

• Limited Time Free Book Offer, Nicholas Allen
• Refining Dynamic, Jason Bock
• Convert XElement to XmlNode (and Convert XmlNode to XElement), Eric White
• Saving the Find Results, Darren Stokes
• Crashing your Process with Timers, Tomas Restrepo
• Parsing relative and absolute dates with MGrammar, Chris Sells
• The Unrealistic Deadline Anti-Pattern, Davy Brion

Code to look at

• Learn How to Find GPS Location on Any SmartPhone, and Then Make it Relevant, Acoustic
• Conservative Garbage Collector for C, Yasin Hinislioglu

Web stuff

• DevDinnerOnDemand: Introduction to ASP.NET MVC, Federal Dev
• jQuery 1.3 beta: Sizzling and feature testing, Dion Almaer
• ASP.NET Membership Provider, D Carver
• Tip #36: Did you know... How to manage pilot or beta program for your site using Application Request Routing in IIS7.0?, WebDev Tools
• Book review: “Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks” by Wroblewski, Dietrich Kappe
• Up with Markdown as an Authoring format (or sample code for an IIS7 Markdown Handler), Saveen Reddy

Silverlight stuff

• Switching XAP Files on the Client Side, Brant Likes

Database stuff

• Performance impact: file fragmentation and SAN – Part IV, Linchi Shea
• Microsoft Warns of Serious MS-SQL 2000 & 2005 Vulnerability, Darknet

Debugging stuff

• Getting good dumps when an exception is thrown, Rich Byers

PowerShell stuff

• PowerShell and Clustering in Server 2008 R2, Thomas
• Advanced Functions and Test-LeapYear.ps1, PowerShell Team

Career stuff

• What Will It Take to Be a Web Worker in 2009?, Celine Roque
• Michael Lewis and This American Life on Financial Meltdown, Ben Casnocha
• Where Is Your Community?, Dawn Foster
• 20 Amazing and Essential Non-fiction Books to Enrich Your Library, Zen Habits

Business stuff

• Business and IT Strategy Briefing Datasheet, Microsoft Downloads
• Logo-Concepts, Sharon Housley
• How to Secure an Advertiser for Your Blog, Darren Rowse

Other link blogs

• Dew Drop - December 22, 2008, Alvin Ashcraft
• Visual Studio Links #91, Darren Stokes
• LINKBLOG for December 22, 2008, Arjan Zuidhof
• The Morning Brew #250, Chris Alcock
• Flagged Links #23, Jason Bock