200 unread entries this morning.  Currently 13 degrees outside … cold but sunny.

Last Interesting Finds for 2009 … I’ll be traveling for the rest of the year and on link blog vacation – Happy Holidays and see you again next year!

Other

• Dynamics in .NET 4.0 and deriving from DynamicObject, Jonathan
• Using RAMDisk to Speed Build Times, Steven Smith
• Subst to the Windows Virtual PC Host<->VM folder sharing rescue and If Santa were a .Net Developer, this might be his “I wish I knew about all these” .Net dev tools list, Greg Duncan
• How to mock extension methods, Daniel Cazzulino
• Progress Software Announces Q4 results - Here are some highlights, Pam Gazley
• Understanding The Application Controller Through Object Messaging Patterns, Derick Bailey
• Building a City – Part IV, Bil Simser

Web

• [Video] Spark View Engine Part 2, Mike Ormond
• Embed images in stylesheets, Mads Kristensen
• IE 6, 7, 8 Only CSS, Kris Gray
• Orderly JSON, Dion Almaer

Silverlight

• Silverlight exception handling using WCF RIA Services and WCF Services, Fredrik Normen

Database

• Talking Virtualization on the CS Techcast, Brent Ozar
• SQL SERVER – ORDER BY Clause and TOP WITH TIES, Pinal Dave

PowerShell

• Windows PowerShell 2.0 SDK, Microsoft Downloads
• Powershell: Load assembly without locking file., Jason Jarrett

Security

• hostmap 0.2 – Automatic Hostname & Virtual Hosts Discovery Tool, Darknet

Agile

• Agile Requirements at Scale, Scott Ambler

Cloud Computing

• Monitoring SQL Azure For Performance, Buck Woody
• Blob, SQL, Message and Fabric – A short intro to Azure storage choices, Greg Duncan
• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/21/2009+, OakLeaf Systems
• The Windows Azure platform AppFabric December 2009 Release is Live, .Net Services Team Blog

Career

• How to hit a wall at work, with grace, Penelope Trunk
• Nail it or fail it?, Dwayne Melancon
• New Year’s Resolutions You Can Keep, Nancy Nally

Innovation

• Who is Responsible for Innovation?, Tim Kastelle
• Who are the real thought leaders?, Mike Myatt

Other link blogs

• Dew Drop – December 22, 2009, Alvin Ashcraft
• Links of the week #102, David Vidmar
• Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 22, 2009, Cloud Feed
• The Morning Brew #504, Chris Alcock