This list of finds is most of yesterday’s – I figured I better not press my luck and publish them while the modem is still working.

Other

• TypeScript and real life examples and So, do you know how big Visual Studio is?, Lee Stott
• The basics of InnoDB space file layout, Jeremy Cole
• Windows Workflow Foundation Case Studies, Jurgen Willis
• Imagining The Future: Ray Kurzweil Has “Unlimited Resources” For AI, Language Research At Google, Rip Empson
• Scripting News: Medicine is stuck in the 20th century., Dave Winer
• Windows 8: New File Explorer features, Greg Shultz
• Forrester: SaaS And Data-Driven “Smart” Apps Fueling Worldwide Software Growth, Alex Williams
• What Windows Runtime runs where?, Greg Duncan

Code to look at

• TextIO : Little use guide, Sebastien Petre
• How to reverese a string in C#/.NET with one line of code, Kerem Guemruekcue
• Aiseesoft PDF to HTML Converter 3.1.8 (Windows) and Serial Key Generator 5.0 (Windows), via TechRepublic
• CLR-addon for DATE and Split-String, Levente Kupas

Windows 8

• Windows 8: Building Windows Store apps using TFSService, via WindowsPhoneGeek

Web

• How to Add Trust Sites into IE before IE10 through Group Policy, APGC DSI Team
• Asynchronously streaming video with ASP.NET Web API, Filip W
• Web Sites Using Knockout.js, John Papa

Silverlight

• Silverlight Application with Dispatcher and asynchronous WCF service, Pranay Rana

Mobile

• Windows Runtime - what’s supported in Windows Phone / Windows 8 and Live Tiles in Windows Phone 8: Part 1 Tile Templates and Using SignalR in Windows Phone / Windows 8 apps, WindowsPhoneGeek
• Can Windows Phone Survive?, Damon Payne
• Windows Phone 8 & 7.x Design Cheat Sheet, MatthiasShapiro

Database

• SQL SERVER – An Interesting Case of Redundant Indexes – Index on Col1, Col2 and Index on Col1, Col2, Col3 – Part 1, Pinal Dave
• SQL Server Unit Testing using Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2012 Side by Side, Bill Gibson
• Warning! Publish may fail on creation of a FOREIGN KEY constraint and then immediately succeed [SSDT], jamiet

Security

• 2013 Forecast: Malware, scams, security and privacy concerns, Stephen Cobb
• Microsoft Rushes Out ‘Fix It’ For Internet Explorer 0-day Exploit, Darknet

Cloud Computing

• Using the Windows Azure CLI on Windows and from within Visual Studio, Fabric Controller
• Compressed GZip content from Windows Azure blob storage, Sriram Krishnan
• Chapter Review: The Utility Database (by Chris Shaw) and how it applies in Cloud Computing, Herve Roggero
• Daily Cloud Feed – Jan 3, 2013
• Windows Azure Startup Tasks, Vito Flavio Lorusso
• Using Memcache to access a Windows Azure Dedicated Cache–Take 2, Brian Swan
• Moving OdeToCode to Azure - The Database, K Scott Allen

Career

• 2012 Annual Review: Looking Forward, Chris Guillebeau
• 12 Rules to Live By, Craig Ballantyne
• 5 Business Books You Must Read Now, Geoffrey James

Other link blogs

• The Morning Brew #1266, Chris Alcock
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Thursday, January 3rd, Rob Caron
• Dew Drop – January 3, 2013 (#1,474), Alvin Ashcraft