Links (5/19/2008)

.NET

1. Blend, VS, Events and C#
2. My new favorite utility for .NET - Instant VB
3. 7 tricks to simplify your programs with LINQ
4. Why use the Entity Framework? Yeah, why exactly?
5. The Emergence of Choice in the .NET Ecosystem
6. LINQ to SQL: Optimizing DataContext construction with the factory pattern
7. Using C# Enumerations as LINQ-to-SQL Entity Properties

Web

1. Debugging Web Services

Visual Studio

1. Did you know… How to stop displaying all inherited members in the Object Browser member pane - #218

Development

1. Virtual PC 2007 and Fedora 9 - With a little work, they can be friends...

Miscellaneous

1. Sahil Malik actually likes Vista now - agree, like Vista too