Other stuff

• Free online MIT & Washington University computer science courses, David Brabant
• Is a Do Loop a Pattern?, Michael Stiefel
• Forwarding Service, Part 1, Nicholas Allen
• Birth of the Microsoft Belux Architect Newsletter!!, pdestoop
• Seven Predictions for Open Source in 2009, Roger Burkhardt
• Shared Source CLI Google group launched, Granville Barnett
• Be Aware of DPI with Image PNGs in WPF - Images Scale Weird or are Blurry, Scott Hanselman
• The Joy of Code Reviews, Tom Hollander

Code to look at

• N-Tier development with ASP.NET MVC, WCF & LINQ, mana1971

Web stuff

• HTTP Redirection Tip, Scott Mitchell
• AJAX History and ASP.NET AJAX Preview 3, Jim Wang

Database stuff

• SQL Server VARBINARY vs FILESTREAM – The code and performance trade offs saving the right sized files to the right datatype., Greg Duncan
• Check out another Erland Sommarskog's utility: ABAPERLS, Alexander Kuznetsov
• SQL SERVER - Interesting Observation - Using sqlcmd From SSMS Query Editor, Pinal Dave

PowerShell stuff

• Invoking Methods Using Variables, PowerShell Team

Security stuff

• Download the New Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Threat Modeling Tool, MSDN
• WITOOL v0.1 - GUI Based SQL Injection Tool in .NET, Darknet

Agile stuff

• code2plan – Free Agile project management for the single developer or dev team, Greg Duncan

Cloud Computing stuff

• The Cloud 20, Nicholas Carr
• Debunking myths about the SaaS partner channel, Phil Wainewright
• Birth of a brand-new architect paradigm shift: cloud computing, pdestoop

Career stuff

• 10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture, Mitch Ditkoff
• The Single Secret to Making 2009 Your Best Year Ever, Zen Habits
• MVP Insider – Q & A with Donald Belcham, John Bristowe
• New Year’s Resolutions., Keith Ferrazzi
• New Year, New Focus, Dwayne Melancon
• How to Get Paid Better in 2009, Celine Roque
• Uses of Systematization for Freelancers, Freelancer Switch
• Quotes from Jonathan Franzen, Ben Casnocha

Business stuff

• How to React if Somebody Writes about Your Brand Online, Matt Rhodes

Innovation stuff

• B-Week's Bruce Nussbaum Was Quick to Pronounce that "Innovation" Is Dead. In Fact, It Is Just the Beginning., Idris Mootee
• Innovate or Die: The Innovation110A Menu of [Essential] Innovation TacticsPart One: Tactic #1 through #16, Tom Peters
• Innovation Means Less Jobs – A Mistaken Belief, Thiago

Community stuff

• Call for Speakers - Code Camp New Hampshire, Phil Denoncourt

Other link blogs

• Visual Studio Links #95, Darren Stokes
• Dew Drop - January 5, 2009, Alvin Ashcraft
• Flagged Links #24, Jason Bock
• LINKBLOG for January 5, 2009, Arjan Zuidhof
• The Morning Brew #258, Chris Alcock