Arjan`s World

A tad light on links today, as I was working on changing the domain (successfully after some hurdles, as it seems so far). What I see now is that some style elements need some updating, but that’s a thing for tomorrow

• Dispelling some urban legends about LINQ to SQL - Glenn Block
• Why Use the Entity Framework? - John Papa
• Find the Subscriber Count of a FeedBurner RSS Feed on a Given Day - Amit Agarwal
  Funny thingie for stats lurkers. Didn’t know you could do this, even over a long data range
• Crash Responsibly - Jeff Atwood
  ‘ As software professionals, we should protect our users — and ourselves — from our mistakes. Crash responsibly! ‘
• IT Architecture - The Usual Suspects - Simon Munro
• The New Kind of Spam - Soon Hui
  ‘ it was Google, with Gmail that really solved the spamming problem ‘ Right. I get dozens of spam emails on gmail, but almost 100% end up in SPAM folder
• Giving SQL Injection the Respect it Deserves - Michael Howard
  SQL injection of course is old stuff, but still hot news even in 2008
• Firefox 3 RC1 is Out - Mike Gunderloy
  must say it’s still sluggish over here, getting stuck for ten secs every now and then. Even trying IE now (who would’ve thought that?), cause it supports del.icio.us these days
• Two Key Issues that often Hinder Collaboration Between Teams in Large Companies - Dare Obasanjo
  ‘ The funny thing is that large companies often end up creating groups that are working at cross purposes yet are supposed to be working together ‘
• Religion vs. Science - Mr. Angry
  The everlasting management vs. IT game ‘ “If we all work together, we can meet the delivery date.” Reality be damned ‘