Reminder to those in the Boston area: Business of Software is October  24-26, if you got some budget to go to conferences, I’d check it out … personally I’m too busy to go this month or I would be there.

Other

• Mixing .NET and Assembly Language in a standalone 64-bit exe, Jose Pascoa
• Floating Point Caveats
• Microsoft Codename "Data Explorer" announced today, Miguel Llopis
• Code and Slides from Milwaukee WinRT, Damon Payne
• Blog - TortoiseSVN 1.7.0 and Icon Overlays on Windows 7 x64 Don’t Play Well Together, PCHenry
• ReJIT: A How-To Guide, Dave Broman
• Rocky works up a BackgroundWorker for WinRT, Greg Duncan
• 62 miles up, fatherjack
• How Do I: Create Custom Search Screens in LightSwitch? (Beth Massi), LightSwitch Team
• Preventing Build Hangs and File Locking on Build Servers When Running Unit Tests, MCS UK

Code to look at

• How does it work in C#? - Part 2 and Zip and Unzip in the MFC way, Code Project

Web

• 6 Super jQuery Slider Scripts and Tutorials

Database

• SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit Content Available, Nikosan

Security

• Control System Cyber Security (Stanford EE380 Video)

Cloud Computing

• Microsoft Announces Big Data Roadmap, Adopts Apache Hadoop on Windows Azure
• Types of Cloud Computing
• Upcoming TechNet Live! Meetings: Private Cloud Focused, Jeff Alexander
• Daily Cloud Feed - Oct 12, 2011

Career

• Penelope Trunk delivers smackdown on blogger's dreams
• How I Found Happiness, Tennille Robinson
• Turn Off the Noise and Start Creating, Erica Douglass
• Tired of Being Tired, Leo Babauta
• We Can’t Get Enough Leadership, Mike Figliuolo
• YOU Must Decide, Matt Heinz
• The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Simple Pleasures Edition, Trent

Business

• Start-ups hit Cash Crunch in Silicon Valley, Pui-Wing Tam
• 5 Ways to Boost Your ROI, Alexandra Galkin

Other link blogs

• The Morning Brew #958, Chris Alcock