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The Daily Grind 382

By Mike Gunderloy
Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Lots of fallout from Tech Ed still going on in the blogosphere and elsewhere online.

Software

WSE 2.0 Tracing Utility - A standalone client that lets you see what's going on with the new Web Services Extension bits. (via benjaminm)
The Mad! Widgets ASP.NET Validation Package - Lots of extra controls for those times when the built-in ASP.NET validators won't do the job.

Welcome to Redmond Magazine - Those two or three of you who have followed my career know I've been writing for MCP Magazine for many years. Well, no more; MCP is becoming Redmond. I encourage you to take a look at the new incarnation, because there are big plans to make it even more useful to your career. I expect I'll be along for the ride.
Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter Deployment Guide - Read this before you set up IMF on your Exchange servers.
DEV200 - Managing the Software Life Cycle with Visual Studio 2005 - Rob Caron passes on some notes from a whizbang Tech Ed demo session about the coming team features. Looks good as demoware.
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Roadmap - Even though Microsoft has announced a new source code control tool for the high end, they're not neglecting VSS this time around. (via Rob Caron)

Reporter's Notebook: Big Hack Attack on Tech Ed - So, Microsoft isn't letting people VPN out of the show. "A Microsoft executive later said that hackers had put out bounties--she mentioned $50,000--to disrupt the show network. She did not specify further." I have trouble believing that anyone in hackerland has that much money to throw around.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Andrew Conrad offers himself as the whipping boy for the decision to postpone the ObjectSpaces ship date. If you care enough to be peeved, read this and contact him.
Not that it wasn't expected - Kasia sums up social networking: "Who the hell needs an Orkut community for abandoned-former-orphans-who-enjoy-caligraphy-while-pooping?"

Mike Gunderloyy is the lead developer for Larkware and author of numerous books and articles on programming topics.