Front page could also be redesigned to promote the upcoming links more. Maybe one column for popular ("front paged") kicks and another for Upcoming links. Or at least 10 latest upcoming links.

I usually just follow the Kick Spy!, http://www.dotnetkicks.com/spy, to spot latest links and another activity, like comments.

Direct links:
MSDN: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/default.aspx
TechNet Plus: http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions

WPF is better for desktop apps as it is aimed to replace WinForms. Silverlight is practically just a subset of WPF so there's really no reason to use it for desktop apps. Once you learn other, it is easy to switch between Silverlight (2.0) and WPF so they support each other well.

How about this:
http://www.amazon.com/ASP-NET-Dummies-Bill-Hatfield/dp/0764508660

:)

Funny, just yesterday I thought that maybe I should "advertise" this great community on my blog, too ;)

Very useful article :)

Yeah, I noticed this before the other article, but I thought it was more thorough. Also the method described in this post requires one to embed the whole service class right into the .svc file instead of code-behind (not something that I would do in production code)

I updated the post about latest news. Windows Server 2008 is already available (x64, at least)! :)

Brandon LeBlanc isn't happy about this:
http://www.brandonleblanc.com/2008/02/01/worst-idea-ever-microsoft-proposes-acquisition-of-yahoo/

I prefer to code in Wingdings.

Related link for more info:
http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/01/25/announcing-rtw-of-visual-studio-2008-web-deployment-projects-wdp.aspx

And download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0AA30AE8-C73B-4BDD-BB1B-FE697256C459&displaylang=en

I have been following closely many people at many companies struggling with MOSS customization projects. Sure it offers some services out of the box, but then it is painful to do some very simple things that are a breeze with plain ASP.NET.

It is a good product for internal project sites and collaboration but too immature (and expensive) for CMS use.

Full list of fixes here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944809/

From the article:
"For developers using Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista, Microsoft is working on an update to Visual Studio 2005 SP1 called the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update for Windows Vista. This update builds on the improvements made in Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and delivers an improved user experience for developers using Vista, sources said. The Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update for Windows Vista is expected to ship in the first quarter of 2007, after the consumer launch of Vista, which is slated for the end of January, sources said."

Apparently there are are some issues with Vista, but can't say how well the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 works on Vista as of now, as I haven't personally tried.

btb73: That's true. One should also uninstall Web Application Project before installing the SP1, as it is already included in the service pack. More good tips in ScottGu's blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/12/15/visual-studio-2005-service-pack-1-sp1-released.aspx

And here is the site with download links:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/support/vs2005sp1/default.aspx