Friday Links #79
04 Dec 2009Programming
Local Variables Are Evil (or Just Irritating) | .NET Zone
MEF has landed in Silverlight 4. We come in the name of extensibility. - Glenn Block
The concept of Covariance and Contravariance in .Net 4.0
CuttingEdge.Conditions
the Web Service, SOA and SOAP Testing Tool – soapUI
Creating a modular application using Prism V2 - Screencast 1/4
.Net 4.0 - Start Reading Between the Lines – Learn Silverlight and Entity Framework
jQuery Snippets for Visual Studio 2010 « John Sheehan : Blog
Make an Editable/Printable HTML Invoice | CSS-Tricks
One bug, two developers: Collaborative debugging is now a reality in Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft Updates Windows API Code Pack for Windows 7 for Developers - Windows Live
Caliburn Silverlight Navigation Walkthrough: Introduction - .NET
**Binding Operators for C# 5 **
Applications
NirSoft - freeware utilities: password recovery, system utilities, desktop utilities
PureText Home Page
Chris’s Free Developer Tools
Diet Chromium – A Slimmer Chrome OS That Supports More Hardware
Science and the Environment
BBC News - Cell discovery clues to body clock and beating jet lag
Slashdot Hardware Story | Algae Could Be the Key To Ultra-Thin Batteries
Biological basis of ‘bacterial immune system’ discovered
Slashdot Science Story | Scientists Create Artificial Meat
Nissan LEAF (almost) test ride, impressions, and the LEAF tour
Web
Taiwanese researchers show several flexible e-reader screens - e-reader – ARN
Gallery: At the International Robot Exhibition in Japan, Robots For Your Every Need | Popular Science
Official Google Blog: Now you see it, now you don’t
Intel unveils energy-efficient 48-core chip
Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Public DNS
Stuff I Just Dig
Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen - Review: Zeo Personal Sleep Coach
A window that washes itself? New nano-material may revolutionize solar panels and batteries, too