Does anyone have any good links for beginner level tutorials using Direct3D with VB.NET?

I have visited http://www.directx4vb.com and most of the content (which I have refered to in the past) are for VB6. I have messed around following those tutorials a couple of years ago, but never got into the DirectX stuff after that and now I want to try it again with VB.NET.

Should I wait until DirectX 9 comes out? If so, then does anyone know how much longer it will be in beta?

I didn't know whether or not to post this in the gaming or VB.NET forum, so I took a guess to use this forum.

thanks,