It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up.  If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL).  And see these throughout the day as I tweet out links of things I find interesting.  While these links aren’t the answer to life, the universe, and everything, they often share a few things about SQL Server and related technology topics that others may find useful.

The links included in this summary are those prefixed with “Reading” and are items I’ve read over the past few days, usually after hours when sharing would be less than useful, and spaced out to avoid spamming.  The content of the links usually pertain to SQL Server, technology, and career topics; which I think others would find useful.

The Most Popular “Reading” Link

Last weeks most popular link was an article from VentureBeat relating to the continuously falling costs of cloud storage.  The article looks at the changes that Microsoft has made to provide unlimited storage to customers in some situations and some of the next things to look at in cloud storage.

Reading: http://t.co/8hAdl2gvuY "Microsoft finally killed cloud storage. What’s next?" #azure

— Jason Strate (@StrateSQL) November 24, 2014

Last week’s top 20 “Reading” Links

Along with the top link, here are the top twenty items relating to SQL Server, technology and careers that were shared last week.  If you missed them throughout the week, here’s the opportunity to get caught up on some items that other’s read after I linked them out.

1. Microsoft finally killed cloud storage. What’s next? [40 clicks]
2. Congratulations Hadoop, You Made It–Now Disappear [36 clicks]
3. Microsoft’s huge Dropbox deal is the latest evidence Nadella is much wiser than Ballmer [33 clicks]
4. Various problems may occur when running SQL Server 2012 in Hyper-V or VMWare environment [27 clicks]
5. SQL Server Security Checklist [18 clicks]
6. Watch Hugh Jackman Steal the Show in the First Trailer for PAN [17 clicks]
7. {hacks} 13 Amazing Food and Life Hacks You Need to Know Right Now [14 clicks]
8. Watch the ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ trailer [14 clicks]
9. In Memory OLTP Workload Patterns and Migration Considerations [13 clicks]
10. Here are some fantastic starships to make you dream about the future [13 clicks]
11. Knee-Jerk PerfMon Counters : Page Life Expectancy [11 clicks]
12. SQL Server In-Memory OLTP Internals Overview [9 clicks]
13. SQL Server AlwaysOn Offering in Microsoft Azure Portal Gallery [8 clicks]
14. Get Started with Azure SQL Database Elastic Scale Preview [8 clicks]
15. Readable Secondaries on a Budget [7 clicks]
16. Introducing Elastic Scale preview for Azure SQL Database [5 clicks]
17. Power Query Now Works With SSAS [5 clicks]
18. IBM and Microsoft to offer greater choice in the hybrid cloud [4 clicks]
19. Backup and Restore SQL Server with the SQL Server 2012 PowerShell cmdlets [3 clicks]
20. Cloudera Selects Microsoft Azure as a Preferred Cloud Platform [3 clicks]

Other Stuff Shared

Of course, no week would be complete without a few off-topic links.  These have nothing to do with technology or your career, but they are interesting and worth a second look.

1. 7 Things I Said Before I Had Kids That Are Total BullS%*t [181 clicks]
2. Simple flowchart to tell if you are being persecuted this holiday season [40 clicks]
3. We Asked 12 Vegetarians To Draw A Picture Of A Turkey And This Is What They Came Up With [31 clicks]
4. This Is How You Draw Your Hand In 3D [23 clicks]
5. These Divers Went Deep Into The Mediterranean And Discovered A Lost City [21 clicks]
6. Restaurant Owner Refuses To Apologize For Tip Shaming A NFL Player [20 clicks]
7. Oops: After Threatening Hacker With 440 Years, Prosecutors Settle for a Misdem [13 clicks]
8. 6 Insane Zombie-Slaying Baseball Bat Modifications [9 clicks]
9. Life Hacks [8 clicks]

Got something you think I should read and share, leave a comment below.  Also, if you want to see all of the links that were tweeted out last week?