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This series can be followed by using the &lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jgaylord/archive/tags/Hot+Links/default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Hot Links&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;h6&gt;&lt;em&gt;Series Post #9&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daily Quote&lt;/strong&gt; - The Rule of Software Development... &amp;quot;Fast, good, cheap: pick any two.&amp;quot; (Posted by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/05/microsoft-axum-net-language-for-safe.html" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Axum – A .NET language for safe, scalable and productive parallel programming through isolation, actors and message-passing&lt;/a&gt; – Greg Duncan (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jongalloway" target="_blank"&gt;Jon Galloway&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://codebetter.com/blogs/karlseguin/archive/2009/05/08/making-the-untestable-testable-with-anonymous-methods-and-dependency-injection.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Making the untestable testable with Anonymous Methods and Dependency Injection&lt;/a&gt; - Karl Seguin (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/05/nunit-release" target="_blank"&gt;NUnit 2.5 had been Released&lt;/a&gt; - Mark Levison (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/keyvan" target="_blank"&gt;Keyvan Nayyeri&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001264.html" target="_blank"&gt;Pseudocode or Code?&lt;/a&gt; – Jeff Atwood&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ayende.com/Blog/archive/2009/05/08/the-big-merge.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;The BIG Merge&lt;/a&gt; – Oren Eini&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/05/06/the-s-arp-framework-the-sharpmodelbinder.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;The S#arp framework: the SharpModelBinder&lt;/a&gt; - Luis Abreu (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/keyvan" target="_blank"&gt;Keyvan Nayyeri&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://exceptionz.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/databind-a-combobox-to-an-enum-property-version-20/" target="_blank"&gt;Databind a Combobox to an Enum Property – Version 2.0&lt;/a&gt; – Marcus Wyatt (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/keyvan" target="_blank"&gt;Keyvan Nayyeri&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://haacked.com/archive/2009/05/07/18616.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;I’m a Web Developer At Heart&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/haacked" target="_blank"&gt;Phil Haack&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dotnetaddict.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/aspnet_mvc_moq.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Modifying the default unit tests for an ASP.NET MVC project to use Moq&lt;/a&gt; - Kevin Hoffman (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://encosia.com/2009/04/07/using-complex-types-to-make-calling-services-less-complex/" target="_blank"&gt;Using complex types to make calling services less… complex&lt;/a&gt; – Dave Ward (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Books&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jeff/archive/2009/05/08/asp-net-mvc-book-chapter-1-plumbing.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;ASP.NET MVC book: Chapter 1: Plumbing&lt;/a&gt; – Jeff Putz (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/springboard/archive/2009/05/07/technical-book-club-code-complete-software-construction.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Technical Book Club: Code Complete – Software Construction: Building Software&lt;/a&gt; - Software for Students (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MicrosoftPress" target="_blank"&gt;MSPress&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/springboard/archive/2009/05/07/technical-book-club-how-to-participate.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Technical Book Club: How to Participate&lt;/a&gt; – Software for Students (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MicrosoftPress" target="_blank"&gt;MSPress&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Cloud Computing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://highscalability.com/eight-best-practices-building-scalable-systems" target="_blank"&gt;Eight Best Practices for Building Scalable Systems&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mamund" target="_blank"&gt;Mike Amundsen&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/archive/2009/05/08/how-much-azure-juice-am-i-drinking.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;How much Azure juice am I drinking?&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mamund" target="_blank"&gt;Mike Amundsen&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/spending-on-cloud-computing-going-up-up-up/?cs=32453" target="_blank"&gt;Spending on Cloud Computing Going Up, Up, Up&lt;/a&gt; - Ann All (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/cloudmeme" target="_blank"&gt;Cloudmeme&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Web Design and Layout&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zeown.com/2008/07/31/3-css-coding-tips-that-will-save-you-hundreds-of-wasted-hours/" target="_blank"&gt;3 CSS Coding Tips That Will Save You Hundreds of Wasted Hours&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tutorialfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/10-great-css-selectors-you-must-know.html" target="_blank"&gt;10 Great CSS Selectors you must know&lt;/a&gt; - Rakesh Sharma (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/tutorials/make-your-forms-beautiful-with-css/" target="_blank"&gt;Make your forms beautiful with CSS&lt;/a&gt; – Dave Harfield (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.phpied.com/3-ways-to-define-a-javascript-class/" target="_blank"&gt;3 ways to define a JavaScript class&lt;/a&gt; - Stoyan Stefanov (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://webdeveloperplus.com/jquery/15-excellent-jquery-plugins-to-enhance-html-forms/" target="_blank"&gt;15+ Excellent jQuery Plugins To Enhance HTML Forms&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lateralcode.com/15-exceptional-jquery-resources-and-tutorials/" target="_blank"&gt;15 Exceptional JQuery Resources And Tutorials&lt;/a&gt; - Patrick Lin and Karthik Viswanathan (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.themeforest.net/screencasts/ask-jw-how-do-i-make-ajax-requests-with-jquery/" target="_blank"&gt;Ask JW: How do I Make AJAX Requests With jQuery?&lt;/a&gt; – Jeffrey Way (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jquery" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raymondselda.com/create-a-tabbed-content-rotator-using-jquery/" target="_blank"&gt;Create A Tabbed Content Rotator Using jQuery&lt;/a&gt; - Raymond Selda&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://woork.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-implement-post-to-wall-facebook.html" target="_blank"&gt;How to implement a Post-to-Wall Facebook-like using PHP and jQuery&lt;/a&gt; - Antonio Lupetti (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/tutorials/ajax-techniques/how-to-jquery-driven-social-bookmark-counters.html" target="_blank"&gt;How to: jQuery Driven Social Bookmark Counters&lt;/a&gt; – Tripwire Magazine &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-make-ajax-requests-with-raw-javascript/" target="_blank"&gt;How to Make AJAX Requests With Raw Javascript&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/NETTUTS" target="_blank"&gt;NetTuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://brandonaaron.net/blog/2009/05/7/jquery-edge-versatile-index" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery Edge: Versatile .index()&lt;/a&gt; – Brandon Aaron (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://code.google.com/p/jquery-jsonp/" target="_blank"&gt;Plugin: jquery-jsonp&lt;/a&gt; - (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jquery" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twospy.com/galleriffic/#2" target="_blank"&gt;Plugin: jQuery – Galleriffic&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jquery" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bennadel.com/index.cfm?dax=blog:1584.view" target="_blank"&gt;Preventing Form Caching With Javascript And jQuery&lt;/a&gt; - Ben Nadel (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jquery" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.quarkruby.com/2007/11/6/why-i-moved-from-prototype-to-jquery" target="_blank"&gt;Why I moved from Prototype to jQuery&lt;/a&gt; – Quark Ruby (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Microsoft Desktop and Server Technology&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/05/06/4-essential-utilities-for-windows-netbooks/" target="_blank"&gt;4 Essential Utilities for Windows Netbooks&lt;/a&gt; - Samuel Dean (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Podcasts and Videos&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://neuronspark.com/videos/emerging-innovation/" target="_blank"&gt;Emerging Innovation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/yochay/Inside-Windows-7-Animation-Manager-Deep-Dive/" target="_blank"&gt;Inside Windows 7: Animation Manager Deep Dive and Tutorial&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ch9" target="_blank"&gt;Channel 9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/yochay/Windows-7-Sensor-and-Location-Platform-Overview/" target="_blank"&gt;Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Overview&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ch9" target="_blank"&gt;Channel 9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Silverlight, WPF, and RIA&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/ab67a9fa-7fe1-4995-a6e1-bf33de76bd69/add-windows-gridview-cont.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Add Windows GridView control in WPF dynamically in C#&lt;/a&gt; - Raveen Rasaiyah (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/keyvan" target="_blank"&gt;Keyvan Nayyeri&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://matchingo.codeplex.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Matchingo - A Silverlight Memory Game&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Social Networking&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://socialcomputingjournal.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=833" target="_blank"&gt;12 Rules For Bringing &amp;#39;Social&amp;#39; To Your Business - Dion Hinchcliffe&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/GeorgeDearing" target="_blank"&gt;George Dearing&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sobees.com/bdule" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter: bDule by Sobees&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/shanselman" target="_blank"&gt;Scott Hanselman&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Technology Announcements and News&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://freelancefolder.com/should-you-freelance-in-a-recession/" target="_blank"&gt;Should You Freelance in a Recession?&lt;/a&gt; – Freelance Folder (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/crazeegeekchick" target="_blank"&gt;Dana Coffey&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24841/53/" target="_blank"&gt;The Steve Ballmer Memo: Microsoft cuts 3000 jobs&lt;/a&gt; – Davey Winder&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Other Resources&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.alvinashcraft.com/2009/05/08/dew-drop-may-8-2009/" href="http://www.alvinashcraft.com/2009/05/08/dew-drop-may-8-2009/" target="_blank"&gt;Dew Drop May 8, 2009&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/alvinashcraft" target="_blank"&gt;Alvin Ashcraft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/linq-and-entity-framework-posts-for.html" target="_blank"&gt;LINQ and Entity Framework Posts for 5/4/2009+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call For Speakers &lt;/strong&gt;(Sorted by Date)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LAST CALL:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://openforce08.com/Home/tabid/55/Default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Las Vegas, NV – Open Force ‘09&lt;/a&gt; – Due May 8th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dayofdnn.com/Speakers/tabid/215/Default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Tample, FL - Day of DotNetNuke&lt;/a&gt; – Due May 13th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Upcoming Technology Events&lt;/strong&gt; (Sorted by State)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;---&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/05/08/announcing-the-summer-2009-msdn-suburban-roadshow-series.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Announcing the Summer 2009 MSDN “Suburban” Roadshow Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;---&lt;a href="http://elevatorup.com/atrium/west-michigan-tech-events" target="_blank"&gt;West Michigan Tech Events&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/cwoodruff" target="_blank"&gt;Chris Woodruff&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;---&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/05/05/may-2009-area-user-group-meetings.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;May 2009 NY/NJ/CT/PA Area Microsoft User Group Meetings&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jrzyshr" target="_blank"&gt;Peter Laudati&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampPhoenix" target="_blank"&gt;Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix&lt;/a&gt; – August 29th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ctdotnet.org/codecamp2.aspx"&gt;Hartford, CT – 2nd CTDOTNET Code Camp (.NET)&lt;/a&gt; – June 13th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicagocodecamp-blogs.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Chicago, IL – Chicago Code Camp&lt;/a&gt; – May 30th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sptechcon.com" target="_blank"&gt;Boston, MA – SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference&lt;/a&gt; – June 22nd-24th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dotnetvalley.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=80"&gt;Scranton, PA – WinForms to WPF/Silverlight&lt;/a&gt; – May 21st, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codestock.org/"&gt;Knoxville, TN – CodeStock 2009&lt;/a&gt; – June 26th-27th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://devlink.net"&gt;Nashville, TN – devLINK&lt;/a&gt; – August 13th-15th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://franksworld.com/blog/archive/2009/05/06/11482.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Reston, VA – Silverlight FireStarter DC&lt;/a&gt; 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This series can be followed by using the &lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jgaylord/archive/tags/Hot+Links/default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Hot Links&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;h6&gt;&lt;em&gt;Series Post #8&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daily Spoof – &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2009/05/07/cannonpi-teaser-video.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;CannonPI featuring Microsoft Employees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/netmfteam/archive/2009/05/07/net-mf-moves-to-developer-division.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;.NET MF moves to Developer Division&lt;/a&gt; – Colin Miller (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/shanselman" target="_blank"&gt;Scott Hanselman&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://theruntime.com/blogs/jaykimble/archive/2009/05/06/dotnets-most-influential-people-in-2009.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;.NET’s Most Influential People in 2009&lt;/a&gt; – Jay Kimble (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vogella.de/articles/SpringDependencyInjection/article.html" target="_blank"&gt;Dependency Injection with the Spring Framework - Tutorial&lt;/a&gt; - Lars Vogel&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/05/07/multithreading-immutability.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Multithreading: immutability&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/luisabreu" target="_blank"&gt;Luis Abreu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.imeta.co.uk/HHariri/archive/2009/05/07/asp.net-mvc-quotmodelsquot-the-lonesome-folder.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;ASP.NET MVC &amp;quot;Models&amp;quot;: The lonesome folder!&lt;/a&gt; - Hadi Hariri (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/davidfowler/archive/2009/05/06/dynamic-data-preview-4.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Dynamic Data in Regular Websites/Web Applications&lt;/a&gt; – David Fowler&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/scothu/archive/2009/05/07/dynamic-data-preview-4-released.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Dynamic Data Preview 4 Released&lt;/a&gt; - Scott Hunter&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/aspnet/How-to-create-a-syndication-feed-for-your-website.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;How to create a syndication feed for your website&lt;/a&gt; – Scott Mitchell&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://timross.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/using-behaviour-driven-development-with-aspnet-mvc-part-1/" target="_blank"&gt;Using Behaviour-Driven Development with ASP.NET MVC – Part 1&lt;/a&gt; – Tim Ross (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Cloud Computing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/denis_gobo/archive/2009/05/07/13862.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;A couple of reasons I won&amp;#39;t be moving my databases to the cloud anytime soon&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/DenisGobo" target="_blank"&gt;Denis Gobo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Web Design and Layout&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/07/30-examples-of-masterful-lighting-effects-in-web-design/" target="_blank"&gt;35 Examples Of Masterful Lighting Effects In Web Design&lt;/a&gt; – Angela Rohner&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.whatspauldoing.com/creating-a-stylish-contact-form" target="_blank"&gt;Creating a stylish Minimal Contact form&lt;/a&gt; – devSnippet&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://hirenmodi.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/create-vista-like-button-with-photoshop/" target="_blank"&gt;Create Vista Like Button With Photoshop&lt;/a&gt; - Flashtoons&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://devsnippets.com/" target="_blank"&gt;10 Transition Effects: The art of Showing/Hiding Content&lt;/a&gt; – devSnippent (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://webdesignledger.com/tutorials/15-excellent-jquery-navigation-techniques-and-solutions" target="_blank"&gt;15 Excellent jQuery Navigation Techniques and Solutions&lt;/a&gt; – Henry Jones (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/crazeegeekchick" target="_blank"&gt;Dana Coffey&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://acidmartin.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/acidjs-library-30-has-been-released-with-6-new-additions/" target="_blank"&gt;Acid.JS Library 3.0 Has Been Released With 6 New Additions&lt;/a&gt; - Martin Ivanov&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/functionless-event-handlers-in-jquery/" target="_blank"&gt;Function’less event handlers in jQuery&lt;/a&gt; - James Padolsey (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jquery" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://acidmartin.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/guestbookxml-the-new-ajax-guestbook/" target="_blank"&gt;Guestbook.XML – The New AJAX Guestbook&lt;/a&gt; – Martin Ivanov&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-check-if-checkbox-is-checked.html" target="_blank"&gt;How to check if checkbox is checked using jQuery&lt;/a&gt; – jQuery HowTo (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://moonkiki.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-realize-calendar-with-mootools.html" target="_blank"&gt;How to realize a calendar with Mootools (STEP I)&lt;/a&gt; – moonKiki&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/jquery/cheatsheet/" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery 1.3.2 Cheat Sheet&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jquery" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://somewebguy.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/jquery-magic-why-i-love-enclosures/" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery Magic – Why I Love Enclosures&lt;/a&gt; – Yet Another WebDev Blog (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geekdaily.net/2009/05/07/gridview-plugin-for-jquery/" target="_blank"&gt;Plugin – GridView for jQuery&lt;/a&gt; – Geek Daily (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/archive/2009/05/07/using-jquery-in-sharepoint-to-display-notifications-for-open-tasks.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Using jQuery in SharePoint to Display Notifications for Open Tasks&lt;/a&gt; - Jan Tielens (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Microsoft Desktop and Server Technology&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/usisvde/archive/2009/05/06/how-to-get-your-windows-7-release-candidate-product-key.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;How To Get your Windows 7 Release Candidate Product Key&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/may09/05-07OpenGovDataInitiativePR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press%20Releases" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Open Government Data Initiative to Help Foster Transparency and Collaboration&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://microsoft.com" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Tunis" target="_blank"&gt;Kevin Tunis&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://student-partners.com/Default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Student Partners Opportunity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://jbrinkman.posterous.com/powershell-plus-command-completion-makes-life" target="_blank"&gt;PowerShell Plus command completion makes life so easy.&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jbrinkman" target="_blank"&gt;Joe Brinkman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/gunnarpeipman/archive/2009/05/07/running-sharepoint-on-windows-7.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Running SharePoint on Windows 7&lt;/a&gt; - Gunnar Peipman (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Tunis" target="_blank"&gt;Kevin Tunis&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SwitchingMyWindows7BootDiskFromDToCWithBCDBootRatherThanBCDEdit.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Switching my Windows 7 Boot Disk from D to C with BCDBoot rather than BCDEdit&lt;/a&gt; – Scott Hanselman&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Mobile Devices&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/facebook.mspx" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook for your Windows Mobile 6 phone&lt;/a&gt; - Peter Laudati&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Podcasts and Videos&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dotnet.dzone.com/videos/brain-mike-hadlow-rhino-mocks" target="_blank"&gt;In The Brain of Mike Hadlow - Rhino Mocks and Automocking&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/alvinashcraft" target="_blank"&gt;Alvin Ashcraft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dimecasts.net/Casts/CastDetails/108" target="_blank"&gt;Learning the Observer Pattern – Show #108&lt;/a&gt; – Dime Casts&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/yochay/Programming-Windows-7-Multi-Touch-Part-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Programming Windows 7 Multi Touch - Part 2&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ch9" target="_blank"&gt;Channel 9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.se-radio.net/podcast/2009-05/episode-134-release-it-michael-nygard" target="_blank"&gt;Release It with Michael Nygard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/podcast-52/" target="_blank"&gt;Stack Overflow: Podcast #52&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=444" target="_blank"&gt;Ted Neward on Oracle buying Sun – Show #444&lt;/a&gt; - .NET Rocks!&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1988/"&gt;The History of Microsoft – 1988&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ch9" target="_blank"&gt;Channel 9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Silverlight, WPF, and RIA&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://team.silverlight.net/announcements/nbc-olympics-wins-an-emmy-with-silverlight/" target="_blank"&gt;NBC Olympics Wins an Emmy with Silverlight&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/teamsilverlight" target="_blank"&gt;Team Silverlight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2009/05/07/silverlight-ria-calling-stored-procedures-that-don-t-return-tables.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Silverlight RIA calling Stored Procedures that don’t return tables&lt;/a&gt; - Tom&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Technology Announcements and News&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=10039" target="_blank"&gt;Forget Kindle DX. How about the ZuneBook?&lt;/a&gt; - ZDNet&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/164457/why_it_should_start_throwing_data_away.html" target="_blank"&gt;Why IT Should Start Throwing Data Away&lt;/a&gt; - PCWorld&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Miscellaneous&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.85turns.com/2009/05/06/8-essential-applications/" target="_blank"&gt;8 Essential Applications&lt;/a&gt; – Corey Schuman (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Other Resources&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alvinashcraft.com/2009/05/07/dew-drop-may-7-2009/" target="_blank"&gt;Dew Drop - May 7, 2009&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/alvinashcraft" target="_blank"&gt;Alvin Ashcraft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://webstandard.kulando.de/post/2009/05/07/edge-of-links-no.25-css-for-professionals" target="_blank"&gt;Edge of Links no.25 - Thema: CSS for Professionals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call For Speakers &lt;/strong&gt;(Sorted by Date)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://openforce08.com/Home/tabid/55/Default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Las Vegas, NV – Open Force ‘09&lt;/a&gt; – Due May 8th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dayofdnn.com/Speakers/tabid/215/Default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Tample, FL - Day of DotNetNuke&lt;/a&gt; – Due May 13th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Upcoming Technology Events&lt;/strong&gt; (Sorted by State)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;---&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie/archive/2009/05/04/events-this-week-may-4th-2009.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Events This Week (and next)&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/devhammer" target="_blank"&gt;G. Andrew Duthie&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;---&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/05/05/may-2009-area-user-group-meetings.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;May 2009 NY/NJ/CT/PA Area Microsoft User Group Meetings&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jrzyshr" target="_blank"&gt;Peter Laudati&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampPhoenix" target="_blank"&gt;Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix&lt;/a&gt; – August 29th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ctdotnet.org/codecamp2.aspx"&gt;Hartford, CT – 2nd CTDOTNET Code Camp (.NET)&lt;/a&gt; – June 13th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://iadnug.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Des Moines – IA – Iowa .NET ugMix&lt;/a&gt; – May 7th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicagocodecamp-blogs.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Chicago, IL – Chicago Code Camp&lt;/a&gt; – May 30th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sptechcon.com" target="_blank"&gt;Boston, MA – SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference&lt;/a&gt; – June 22nd-24th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dotnetvalley.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=80"&gt;Scranton, PA – WinForms to WPF/Silverlight&lt;/a&gt; – May 21st, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codestock.org/"&gt;Knoxville, TN – CodeStock 2009&lt;/a&gt; – June 26th-27th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://devlink.net"&gt;Nashville, TN – devLINK&lt;/a&gt; – August 13th-15th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://franksworld.com/blog/archive/2009/05/06/11482.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Reston, VA – Silverlight FireStarter DC&lt;/a&gt; -&amp;#160; June 6, 2009 &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="text-align:right;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;digg_url = &amp;quot;http://weblogs.asp.net/jgaylord/archive/2009/05/07/technology-links-for-may-7th-2009.aspx&amp;quot;;digg_title = &amp;quot;Technology Links for May 7th, 2009&amp;quot;;digg_bgcolor = &amp;quot;#FFFFFF&amp;quot;;digg_skin = &amp;quot;compact&amp;quot;;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7077072" width="1" height="1" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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This series can be followed by using the &lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jgaylord/archive/tags/Hot+Links/default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Hot Links&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;h6&gt;&lt;em&gt;Series Post #7&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daily Quote&lt;/strong&gt; - Great quote:&amp;#160; &amp;quot;The mind can only absorb what the seat can endure&amp;quot; ~ @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mrrodd" target="_blank"&gt;mrrodd&lt;/a&gt; (Posted by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/DanWahlin" target="_blank"&gt;Dan Wahlin&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/clrteam/archive/2009/05/06/clr-inside-out-understanding-the-clr-binder.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;CLR Inside Out - Understanding the CLR Binder&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Tunis" target="_blank"&gt;Kevin Tunis&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2701" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft to turn .Net Micro Framework code, support over to the community&lt;/a&gt; – Mary Jo Foley &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://geekswithblogs.net/btudor/archive/2009/05/04/131811.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Top 5 Programmer Mistakes&lt;/a&gt; – Bill Tudor (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ELMAHAndExceptionDrivenDevelopmentFTW.aspx"&gt;ELMAH and Exception Driven Development FTW&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/shanselman" target="_blank"&gt;Scott Hanselman&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/41572?trk=DXRSS_DOTNET" target="_blank"&gt;A Fast and Easy Way to Take an ASP.NET Application Offline&lt;/a&gt; - Rafay Ali (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archive/2009/05/06/ControllerActionInvokerCreateActionResultImplicitActionResults.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;ControllerActionInvoker and CreateActionResult - Implicit Action Results&lt;/a&gt; – David Hayden (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://aspnet.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=27026" target="_blank"&gt;Dynamic Data Preview 4&lt;/a&gt; – Scott Hunter &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2009/05/05/12801.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Iterating on an ASP.NET MVC Model Binder&lt;/a&gt; - K. Scott Allen &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/May-05-1.html" href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/May-05-1.html" target="_blank"&gt;MonoDevelop Developin ASP.NET MVC Applications on the Mac&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/migueldeicaza" target="_blank"&gt;Miguel de Icaza&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Books&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2009/05/06/sql-server-reporting-services-step-by-step-what-s-new-for-2008.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;SQL Server Reporting Services Step by Step: What’s new for 2008?&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MicrosoftPress" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Press&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2009/05/06/now-available-windows-sbs-2008-administrator-s-pocket-consultant.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Windows Small Business Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MicrosoftPress" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Press&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Cloud Computing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/ad90f106-80eb-4e1a-b33a-68b722e79aae.html" target="_blank"&gt;3 perspectives on cloud management&lt;/a&gt; - Jennifer Kavur (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/cloudmeme" target="_blank"&gt;Cloudmeme&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sdtimes.com/APPZERO_STRIVES_FOR_PORTABILITY_IN_THE_CLOUD/About_APPZERO_and_CLOUDCOMPUTING/33458" target="_blank"&gt;AppZero strives for portability in the cloud&lt;/a&gt; - David Worthington (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/cloudmeme" target="_blank"&gt;Cloudmeme&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=4738" target="_blank"&gt;Cloud computing as a business continuity plan&lt;/a&gt; - Mark Clarke (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/cloudmeme" target="_blank"&gt;Cloudmeme&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2311654/" target="_blank"&gt;Citrix Announces Citrix C3 Lab Built on Amazon Web Services to Connect Cloud Computing to the Corporate Datacenter&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/cloudmeme" target="_blank"&gt;Cloudmeme&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/do_you_want_a_cloud_desktop_gladinets_release_cand.php" target="_blank"&gt;Do You Want a &amp;quot;Cloud Desktop?&amp;quot; Gladinet&amp;#39;s Release Candidate is Here&lt;/a&gt; - Sarah Perez (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/cloudmeme" target="_blank"&gt;Cloudmeme&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/05/06/softlayer-launches-cloudlayer-suite/" target="_blank"&gt;SoftLayer Launches CloudLayer Suite&lt;/a&gt; - Rich Miller (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Tunis" target="_blank"&gt;Kevin Tunis&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Steering-Clear-of-a-Cloud-Boondoggle-66990.html?wlc=1241660215" target="_blank"&gt;Steering Clear of a Cloud Boondoggle&lt;/a&gt; - Jim Damoulakis (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/cloudmeme" target="_blank"&gt;Cloudmeme&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Web Design and Layout&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://webdesignledger.com/resources/18-seriously-helpful-cheat-sheets-for-easier-coding" target="_blank"&gt;18 Seriously Helpful Cheat Sheets for Easier Coding&lt;/a&gt; – Henry Jones (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/news/code-your-own-online-paintshop-app/" target="_blank"&gt;Code Your Own Online “Paint Shop” App: New Plus Tutorial&lt;/a&gt; – NetTuts (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://webdeveloperplus.com/jquery/15-excellent-jquery-plugins-to-enhance-html-forms/" target="_blank"&gt;15+ Excellent jQuery Plugins To Enhance HTML Forms&lt;/a&gt; - jQuery &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blarnee.com/wp/20-new-examples-of-advanced-jquery-uis-in-action/"&gt;20 New examples of advanced jQuery UI’s in action.&lt;/a&gt; - (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.themeforest.net/screencasts/ask-jw-how-do-i-make-ajax-requests-with-jquery/" target="_blank"&gt;Ask JW: How do I Make AJAX Requests With jQuery?&lt;/a&gt; – Jeffrey Way (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://designm.ag/tutorials/image-rotator-css-jquery/" target="_blank"&gt;Create an Image Rotator with Description (CSS/jQuery)&lt;/a&gt; – Soh Tanaka (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jquery" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tvidesign.co.uk/blog/improve-your-jquery-25-excellent-tips.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Improve your jQuery - 25 excellent tips&lt;/a&gt; - Jon Hobbs-Smith (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.dreamlabsolutions.com/post/2009/05/04/jQuery-UI-DatePicker-instead-of-AJAX-Control-Toolkit-CalendarExtender-in-ASPNET.aspx"&gt;jQuery UI DatePicker instead of AJAX Control Toolkit CalendarExtender in ASP.NET &lt;/a&gt;- Arnold Matusz (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://highoncoding.com/Articles/513_Pimp_Up_List_Sorting_Using_JQuery.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Pimp Up List Sorting Using JQuery&lt;/a&gt; - AzamSharp &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.happyworm.com/jquery/jplayer/" target="_blank"&gt;Plugin: jQuery plugin jPlayer&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jquery" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dreamcss.com/2009/04/useful-ajax-tutorials-and-demo-for-web.html"&gt;Useful Ajax Tutorials and Demo for web developer&lt;/a&gt; - raj &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Microsoft Desktop and Server Technology&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/05/06/ie-testing-vpc-images-updated.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;IE Testing VPC Images Updated&lt;/a&gt; – Pete LePage (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/buckwoody/archive/2009/05/06/powershell-to-the-clipboard.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;PowerShell to the clipboard&lt;/a&gt; – Buck Woody (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Tunis" target="_blank"&gt;Kevin Tunis&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;amp;FamilyID=0e8fa9b3-c236-4b77-be26-173f032f5159" target="_blank"&gt;Windows XP Mode Beta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/yochay/Windows-7-Taskbar-Advance-Topics/" target="_blank"&gt;Windows 7 Taskbar: Advanced Features&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ch9" target="_blank"&gt;Channel 9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Podcasts and Videos&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-18-Functional-UI-Testing/"&gt;10-4 Episode 18: Functional UI Testing&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ch9" target="_blank"&gt;Channel 9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.developerfusion.com/media/12672/elease-it-with-michael-nygard/" target="_blank"&gt;Software Engineering Radio: elease It with Michael Nygard&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/devpodcasts" target="_blank"&gt;Devpodcasts&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Silverlight, WPF, and RIA&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://silverlightfoundry.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-zoom-in-and-out-with-mousewheel.html" target="_blank"&gt;How to Zoom In and Out with a Mouse Wheel in Silverlight&lt;/a&gt; - Silver Enlightenment (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/SilverlightNews" target="_blank"&gt;SilverlightNews&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/NYTimesSilverlight" target="_blank"&gt;New York Times Silverlight Kit&lt;/a&gt; – MSDN (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/shanselman" target="_blank"&gt;Scott Hanselman&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://veritas-vos-liberabit.com/monogatari/2009/03/moonvorbis.html" target="_blank"&gt;Open source codecs for Silverlight 3&lt;/a&gt; - Atsushi Eno (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/migueldeicaza" target="_blank"&gt;Miguel de Icaza&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Social Networking&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dev.communityserver.com/forums/p/506917/649218.aspx#649218" target="_blank"&gt;Harvest Reports Consuming Space&lt;/a&gt; - Community Server Forums (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Tunis" target="_blank"&gt;Kevin Tunis&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Technology Announcements and News&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/" target="_blank"&gt;Is Dell cooking up an Android-powered netbook?&lt;/a&gt; - Engadget &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-DX-Amazons-Wireless-Generation/dp/B0015TCML0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=electronics&amp;amp;qid=1241620598&amp;amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"&gt;Kindle DX: Amazon&amp;#39;s 9.7&amp;quot; Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/05/04/daily22-Web-learning-startup-takes-top-spot-in-Microsofts-Imagine-Cup.html" target="_blank"&gt;Web learning startup takes top spot in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup&lt;/a&gt; - Mass High Tech Staff (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MicrosoftPress" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Press&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Miscellaneous&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ninequestions.net/archive/2009/05/06/nine-questions-with-kathleen-sanders.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;NINE Questions with Kathleen Sanders&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/chrisgwilliams" target="_blank"&gt;Chris Williams&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Other Resources&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alvinashcraft.com/2009/05/06/dew-drop-may-6-2009/" target="_blank"&gt;Dew Drop - May 6, 2009&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/alvinashcraft" target="_blank"&gt;Alvin Ashcraft&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call For Speakers &lt;/strong&gt;(Sorted by Date)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://openforce08.com/Home/tabid/55/Default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Las Vegas, NV – Open Force ‘09&lt;/a&gt; – Due May 8th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dayofdnn.com/Speakers/tabid/215/Default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Tample, FL - Day of DotNetNuke&lt;/a&gt; – Due May 13th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Upcoming Technology Events&lt;/strong&gt; (Sorted by State)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;---&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie/archive/2009/05/04/events-this-week-may-4th-2009.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Events This Week (and next)&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/devhammer" target="_blank"&gt;G. Andrew Duthie&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;---&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/05/05/may-2009-area-user-group-meetings.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;May 2009 NY/NJ/CT/PA Area Microsoft User Group Meetings&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jrzyshr" target="_blank"&gt;Peter Laudati&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampPhoenix" target="_blank"&gt;Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix&lt;/a&gt; – August 29th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ctdotnet.org/codecamp2.aspx"&gt;Hartford, CT – 2nd CTDOTNET Code Camp (.NET)&lt;/a&gt; – June 13th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://iadnug.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Des Moines – IA – Iowa .NET ugMix&lt;/a&gt; – May 7th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicagocodecamp-blogs.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Chicago, IL – Chicago Code Camp&lt;/a&gt; – May 30th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sptechcon.com" target="_blank"&gt;Boston, MA – SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference&lt;/a&gt; – June 22nd-24th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dotnetvalley.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=80"&gt;Scranton, PA – WinForms to WPF/Silverlight&lt;/a&gt; – May 21st, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codestock.org/"&gt;Knoxville, TN – CodeStock 2009&lt;/a&gt; – June 26th-27th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://devlink.net"&gt;Nashville, TN – devLINK&lt;/a&gt; – August 13th-15th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://franksworld.com/blog/archive/2009/05/06/11482.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Reston, VA – Silverlight FireStarter DC&lt;/a&gt; -&amp;#160; June 6, 2009 &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="text-align:right;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;digg_url = &amp;quot;http://weblogs.asp.net/jgaylord/archive/2009/05/06/technology-related-links-for-may-6th-2009.aspx&amp;quot;;digg_title = &amp;quot;Technology Related Links for May 6th, 2009&amp;quot;;digg_bgcolor = &amp;quot;#FFFFFF&amp;quot;;digg_skin = &amp;quot;compact&amp;quot;;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7075372" width="1" height="1" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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- MSNBC &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ostp.gov/cs/pcast" target="_blank"&gt;Obama Announces President’s Council on Science and Technology&lt;/a&gt; – ostp.gov &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Image Editing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/03/8-handy-tweaks-to-make-gimp-replace-photoshop/" target="_blank"&gt;Handy Tweaks to Make GIMP Replace Photoshop&lt;/a&gt; – Blair Mathis &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://singlefunction.com/top-7-icon-search-engines/" target="_blank"&gt;7 Icon Search Engines&lt;/a&gt; - SingleFunction &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;JavaScript – AJAX, jQuery, Prototype, and Mootools&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/20-more-excellent-ajax-effects-you-should-know/" target="_blank"&gt;20 More Excellent AJAX Effects You Should Know&lt;/a&gt; - Glen Stansberry &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.artzstudio.com/2009/04/jquery-performance-rules/" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery Performance Rules&lt;/a&gt; - ArtzStudio &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;.NET&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/04/29/multithreading-state-atomicity-serializability-and-linearizability.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Multithreading: state, atomicity, serializability and linearizability&lt;/a&gt; – Luis Abreu &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Podcast&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/blogs/asp.net_podcast/archive/2009/04/28/asp-net-podcast-show-140-asp-net-4-0-ajax-databinding.aspx"&gt;ASP.NET Podcast Show 140: ASP.NET AJAX Databinding&lt;/a&gt; – Wally McClure &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?ShowNum=441" target="_blank"&gt;.NET Rocks Show 441: Shawn Wildermuth on Silverlight 3&lt;/a&gt; – Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Social Networking&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Twitter – &lt;a href="http://istwitterdown.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Is Twitter Down&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Twitter – &lt;a href="http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/twitter/" target="_blank"&gt;Remember the Milk&lt;/a&gt; – Interact with your task lists on Remember the Milk &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Twitter - &lt;a href="http://twibs.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Twibs.com&lt;/a&gt; – Find and network with businesses. &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Twitter – &lt;a href="http://www.tweetlater.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Tweetlater.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://twuffer.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Twuffer.com&lt;/a&gt; – Schedule tweets for a later time. &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Twitter – &lt;a href="http://dossy.org/twitter/karma/" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter Karma&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://friendorfollow.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Friend or Follow&lt;/a&gt; – Determine who follows you and who doesn’t &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vine.net/" target="_blank"&gt;Vine – Microsoft Releases Vine for Seattle&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Software&lt;/p&gt; 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