Missing my desk and chair this morning … oh what a difference a nice desk and chair make …

Other stuff

• Setting up a BizTalk WCF Receive Location for Message Security Using Certificates, Microsoft Downloads
• Naming Collection Items, Nicholas Allen
• What does the optimize switch do?, Eric Lippert
• Get a Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview (Video, Part 2), MSDN
• Coworking Stories: Massimo Carraro, Imran Ali
• Pex 0.14.040610.2: Fix Suggestions for Invariant Methods and Natural properties for Stubs., Peli
• The Wrong Level of Abstraction, Jeff Atwood
• Gartner's Take On IT Spending -- Companies Scale Back, Erik Sherman

Windows 7/VS 2010 stuff

• VS2010 Beta 1 - It's Better on Metal, Julie Lerman
• Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developer, Robert Muehsig

Web stuff

• ASP.NET MVC and SOLID Programming Principles June 2009, Steven Smith
• JS.Class 2.1 released, Dion Almaer

Database stuff

• In Praise of the Common DBA, Tony Davis
• SQL Server Best Practices: File Layouts (Revisited), Buck Woody
• What is a physical database?, drsql
• SQL SERVER – 2008 – Customize Toolbar – Remove Debug Button from Toolbar, Pinal Dave
• Product Reviews: Tools for the SQL Server DBA, Jonathan Kehayias

PowerShell stuff

• Windows Event Log in PowerShell - Part II, PowerShell Team

Cloud Computing stuff

• Amazon EC2 Has Brief Outage, Northwest Innovation
• Amazon is working to secure its Xen-based cloud infrastructure, Alessandro Perilli

Career stuff

• Workplace Trends: The End of Cubicle Dwelling?, Dawn Foster
• Suggested Curriculum: MBA in Business Architecture, Nick Malik
• The 10 Essential Rules for Slowing Down and Enjoying Life More, Zen Habits
• How to Alter Your Work Schedule to Accommodate Personal Projects, Celine Roque
• Perspectives on Application Lifecycle Management, David Chappell

Innovation stuff

• Does brainstorming still have value, Steve Swann
• Meetings Drive Business, Jennifer

Community stuff

• Foundation Series Is a Hit!, Brian Donahue
• Up close and personal with the Visual Studio 2010 Editor Team, Charles Sterling

Other link blogs

• Dew Drop - June 11, 2009, Alvin Ashcraft
• The Technology Post for June 11th, 2009, Jason Gaylord
• The Morning Brew #367, Chris Alcock
• Flagged Links #52, Jason Bock