I pretty much took last week off from blogging. I sort of needed a break and since they were migrating this and many other blogs to a new updated blogging engine it seemed like a good time to step back from it for a while. I did still read blogs, follow Twitter and read a lot of email. So I do have some interesting links to share with you today. Regular blogging resumes tomorrow. Well, that’s the plan anyway.
From someone on Twitter (sorry – I lost the reference) I followed a couple of links to this article on the 10 most profitable college majors and highest paying college degrees. Computer Science is 4 on the list and Information Technology is 9. Mathematics is high on the list as well BTW.
I like how @robmiles explains C# Exceptions and Finally Some interesting examples and a solid dose of humour. (I think that is how they spell humor in the UK)
From Mark Drapeau AKA @cheeky_geeky: An interview with Microsoft about Government 2.0 that I found interesting. The interview is with Kristin Bockius (@Microsoft_gov ), the SLG Relationship Marketing Manager in Microsoft’s Public Sector group.
From the ACM (@TheOfficialACM) and Arizona State University (@ASUnews) this article called "Girls got game: Professor helps close computer science gender gap" The article explains that girls and women do play games. And they play them a lot. They just don’t play the same types of games (in general) that boys do. Worth thinking about if you are looking to incorporate games or game development into your curriculum.
Speaking of games, from the official US Imagine Cup twitter account @imaginecupus is a link to a video that will help you learn how to add sound to your project in XNA Studio 3.1.
On Microsoft’s Press Pass pages, is this article about taking the vital signs of the Brazilian rainforest: using hundreds of sensors to track climate. Computers are going to be essential to solving many problems including climate change and changes to local environments.
From @Microsoft there is this announcement of the new and free Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 on the Microsoft Robotics blog.
From @tonnet here is a list of the Top 20 Education Blogs –According to their Technorati authority rankings. No, I’m not on the top 20 list. I suspect I would show up if the list was longer but I have no idea how long the list would have to be. 
