The Technology Post for June 30th, 2009

Edition: #39

I’ve changed the Technology Post format again a bit in preparation for the new website. Let me know what you think.

Daily Oddball – Googling with Bing (Tweeted by Shawn Wildermuth)

.NET Framework

• General - Refactorings in Alphabetical Order – Tweeted by Javier Lozano

Alternate Languages – Java, Rails, and other Languages

• PHP - How to implement a launching soon page with PHP and jQuery - Tweeted by Elijah Manor

Architecture and Projects

• API - Turn-By-Turn Directions with the Google Maps API – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• Architecture - Hanselminutes Podcast 167 - Convention Over Configuration with Jeremy Miller – Tweeted by Scott Hanselman
• Cloud - .NET Services July 2009 CTP Breaking Changes Announcement & Scheduled Maintenance – Tweeted by Mike Amundsen
• Cloud - Unisys Offers Enterprises a Security Blanket in the Cloud – Tweeted by Kevin Tunis
• Testing - Creating Custom Functions w/ NAnt - Tweeted by Derik Whittaker

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC

• ASP.NET MVC - ASP.NET MVC & jQuery Part 2: Zebra Striping – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• ASP.NET MVC - Exploring how to use Looping Expressions w/ Spark – Tweeted by Derik Whittaker
• ASP.NET MVC - Generating strongly typed content links in ASP .Net MVC with T4 templates – Part 2 – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• ASP.NET MVC - Intro To MVCContrib TestHelpers – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• ASP.NET MVC - Mono 2.4.2 with ASP.NET MVC support – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• ASP.NET MVC - OpenForum - A Free Forum for MVC Applications – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• ASP.NET MVC - Opinionated Input Builders – Part 9 override the default Date Time picker – Tweeted by Eric Hexter
• ASP.NET MVC - T4MVC 2.2 update: Routing, Forms, DI container, fixes – Tweeted by David Ebbo
• Book – New – ASP.Net 3.5 CMS Development – Tweeted by Scott Galloway

Desktop and Server Technology

• Browser - Beyond Firefox 3.5: A Sneak Peek at Mozilla’s Next Browser – Tweeted by Al Pascual
• Browser – Firefox 3.5 Released – Tweeted by net.tuts+
• Browser - Microsoft Researches a Browser-based OS, Code Name Gazelle – Tweeted by Keyvan Nayeri
• Deal - Fancy a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for FREE? – Tweeted by Luciano E. Guerche
• Deal - Refurbished 20” dell widescreen. $99 with coupon ZV6?0KVXFBL629 in the Dell Outlet – Tweeted by James Shaw
• Hardware – Adding an external hard drive to your DirecTV DVR – Tweeted by DirecTV
• Hardware - GPS and Wi-Fi Positioning Coming to the Mini 10 – Tweeted by Scott Hanselman
• Hardware - Running development from a RAM disk – options and products – Tweeted by Jeffrey Palermo
• Office - Import Google Images into your Office Documents – Tweeted by Luciano E. Guerche
• Search – Google vs Bing – Tweeted by Scott Hanselman
• Security - Absolute Software - Theft Recovery, Data Protection, Secure Asset Tracking – Tweeted by Channel 9
• Surface - Microsoft Surface SDK FInally made available for all Microsoft Partners – Tweeted by Phil Winstanley
• Windows - Windows 7 and Windows Installer Error “Another installation is in progress” – Tweeted by Jason Gaylord
• Windows Server - How to stop that annoying beep on your server – Tweeted by Luciano E. Guerche

Gaming

• Deal - This week only 10% off all Video Games/Video Game Accessories & 5% off Video Game Systems – Tweeted by Toys R Us
• Simulator – JSNES – Tweeted by Scott Koon

JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries

• JavaScript - 20 Really Useful And Free Scripts To Plot Charts In Your Site Or Blog Pages – Tweeted by Smashing Magazine
• JavaScript - ECMAScript 5 Conformance Suite – Tweeted by Scott Koon
• JavaScript - Event delegation in JavaScript – Tweeted by Mike Amundsen
• JavaScript - John Resig JSConf 2009 Videos – Tweeted by John Resig
• jQuery - Create a Digg-style post sharing tool with jQuery – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• jQuery - Detecting When DOM Elements Have Been Removed With jQuery – Tweeted by jQuery
• jQuery - Prepare a JSON web service and access it with JQuery – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• jQuery - The easy way to navigate – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• jQuery – Plugin - Multiple Select Transfer – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• jQuery – Plugin - myPass - password hiding iPhone – style – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• jQuery – Plugin – seek – Tweeted by Elijah Manor

Mobile Devices

• iPhone - 5 things I can do with my windows mobile phone that you can’t do with your iPhone – Tweeted by Elijah Manor

Silverlight, WPF, and RIA

• Silverlight - Handling Events within Silverlight Control Templates – AutoCompleteBox Example – Tweeted by Dan Wahlin
• Silverlight - Hilighting entire row in datagrid – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• Silverlight - Prism’s Event Aggregator – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• Silverlight - Silverlight 3 Polling Duplex Chat and Realtime Stock Updates – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• WPF - Arranging Shapes in a Circle with Expression Blend – Part One – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• WPF - How to Contribute to Open Source (When You’re Not Exactly Scott Hanselman) – Tweeted by Sara Chipps
• WPF - Multi Touch enabling your WPF application – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• WPF - WPF Made Easier – Tweeted by Scott Hanselman

Social Networking and Community Platforms

• Community Platforms - DotNetNuke Professional Edition 5.1 - Content Approval – Tweeted by Joe Brinkman

Visual Studio and Other IDEs

• Expression Blend - Russ’ Toolshed Tooltip #16 - Expression Blend 2 Video, Animation and VS Integration Basics – Tweeted by Wally McClure
• Expression Blend - Russ’ Toolshed Tooltip #17 - Expression Blend 3 SketchFlow - The game has changed – Tweeted by Wally McClure
• Visual Studio - First Look at the Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• Visual Studio - Mono in Visual Studio 2010 – Tweeted by Scott Hanselman
• Visual Studio - Visual Studio Learning Pack for you to download – Tweeted by Channel 9

Web Design and Graphics

• CSS - CSS3 – a big storm is coming – Tweeted by Smashing Magazine
• CSS – Listamatic: one list, many options – Tweeted by Mark Magliocco 
• CSS - Write Better CSS with Less – Tweeted by Umut Muhaddisoglu
• Graphics - 12 Essential Rules to Follow When Designing a Logo – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• Graphics – Animated PNGs - Tweeted by Umut Muhaddisoglu

Miscellaneous Technology News

• Learn All About HTTPS – Tweeted by Microsoft Press
• Staying Productive When You’re Working From Home – Tweeted by Don Makoviney
• White House Unveils USASpending.gov to Track IT Spending – Tweeted by George Dearing

Other Link Lists

• Dew Drop – June 30, 2009 – Tweeted by Alvin Ashcraft

Today’s Birthdays

• Dave Bost – Microsoft Developer Evangelist, St. Charles, IL

Job Opportunities (Sorted by State)

• None

Call For Speakers (Sorted by Date)

• None

Upcoming Technology Events (Sorted by State) – Want something listed? Post your comments. Also, what’s the best way for me to list these events? By date order or by state, then city, then date?

• -- Events this Week – G. Andrew Duthie
• Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix – August 29th, 2009
• Des Moines, IA – Iowa Code Camp – November 7th, 2009
• New Orleans, LA – MS Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 – July 13th-16th, 2009
• Ann Arbor, MI - 2nd Annual Michigan Give Camp - July 17th-19th, 2009
• Southfield, MI – 4th Annual Architecture Summit – July 31st, 2009
• Columbus, OH - PyOhio: Python-related Event - July 25th-26th, 2009
• Allentown, PA – TECHbash 2009 – September 26th, 2009
• Philadelphia, PA - PhillyXAML.org – July 23rd, 2009
• Nashville, TN – devLINK – August 13th-15th, 2009
• Austin, TX – Monospace Conference – October 27th-30th, 2009
• Dallas, TX – SharePoint Saturday – July 25th, 2009
• Appleton, WI – Fox Valley .NET Users Group – September 9th, 2009