An incredibly appropriate quote for how I'm feeling at the moment is the popular mantra of the International Reading Association: “Reading is fundamental”.  Julia Lerman made a cute comment about my love for reading anything and everything ASP.NET awhile ago, which I totally got a kick out of.  Thanks Jules!

On that note, I was pleased to see today the return of some great ASP.NET content to public consumption.  First, the official re-launch of ASPToday is good to see (good job, Simon Robinson) with some great articles already posted, with contributions from ASP.NET developer emeritus Alex Homer forthcoming.  Also, I was stoked to check out the latest Microsoft.com BackStage column, talking about the re-design of TechNet Online.  I've always gotten a hoot out of this column.  More large sites should take this approach.

These posts also come on the heels of the return of the much-overdue return of Nothin' But ASP.NET, featuring Rob Howard's awesome discussion of Whidbey’s provider design pattern. 

Lastly, on a shamelessly self-promotional note, I've also written an article for MSDN on ASP.NET caching for detail pages across multiple platforms, which is waiting its turn in the publication cycle...look for it soon!