Links You Should’ve Clicked Last Week – November 16, 2009

Went to a cabin in Oklahoma for part of last week and I didn’t think about tech too much so this week’s links are “light”!

Database Related

• Database Mirroring Freak Show
• November CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2
• New in SQL Server 2008 R2: Backup Compression no longer “Enterprise Only”!
• Fuzzy Logic and Regex come to T-SQL in SQL Server 2008 R2
• SQL Server 2008 Master Data Services November CTP Released

Programming Related

• Enterprise Library 5 news (old)
• The Orchard Project (Oxite reborn)
• Writing Great Documentation: What to Write
• New tool aids .Net developers in writing Linux, Mac OS X apps

Sysadmin Related

• SyncToy 2.1 – an old favorite
• IIS Search Engine Optimization Toolkit 1.0 (finally up to 1.0)

Misc

• Making sense of Windows’ irrational pricing and licensing
• iPhone Recession Case
• Vidly.com – a great way to share videos on Twitter
• Kindle for the PC

LearnItFirst Related

And of course I’d be silly not to tell you about my favorite new course: SQL 2008 Integration Services training videos