Good TDD tutorial.

"With the right approach, we can stop seeing time as our enemy and start to enjoy getting things done easily and effectively.

"A table variable provides functionality similar to a standard variable and a local temporary table combined.

"I wanted to build a little more flexibility into my packages. Wouldn’t it be great if we could simply modify a stored procedure to include additional columns, and these changes would be reflected in the output files, with no further work required? Here’s an outline of my first steps towards achieving this.

A commonly used standard for high quality sound reproduction is the Waveform Audio File Format, with sound data usually stored in WAV files. The .NET framework provides the SoundPlayer class to allow simple playback of such files.

Great tips!

Good review of a book I'm reading now.

James Sugrue provides his reading list for 2010. Looks like some pretty good books.

Ben Scheirman tells us how his MBP is setup. I find it interesting to see what tools others use for development.

"Here's what astronomers say about the new set of Pluto images: Hubble's view isn't sharp enough to see craters or mountains, if they exist on the surface, but Hubble reveals a complex-looking and variegated world with white, dark-orange, and charcoal-black terrain.

This was forwarded to me by a co-worker. You are advised not to read this if you have not seen the Lost season premier.

Brent Ozar has posted a good article on the subject of recruiters.

Add to links section of weekly links

"You can minimize synchronization and the headaches that go with it using immutable data structures.

Great comparison!

Buck Woody has posted the links used in his Data Design presentation.

"The icy crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus appears to occasionally belch up blobs of warm ice, findings that help explain the mysterious heat seen there, scientists now suggest.