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The Daily Grind 510

By Mike Gunderloy
Monday, November 29, 2004

Another week, more crazy deadlines, and it looks like I've got a batch of good stuff bookmarked. Time to get right back into it.

Software

SANmelody Lite - At $199, this is the least-expensive SAN software I've seen, though it does have some limits (one server, four drives). Might be good for home networks.
VS XAML Viewer Updated - Gaston Milano appears to be moving this project rapidly forward.
SSW eXtreme Emails! - Bug-tracking tool embedded in Microsoft Outlook, for teams that use Outlook/Exchange to manage everything.
Google Software Downloads - Now there's one unified download for everything. (via Stefano Demiliani)
Visio Download Sites - Big list of places to get free and not-so-free Visio stencils. I didn't actually find what I was looking for, but that's another story.
VssConnect 1.4 - Another solution for making VSS suck less over a VPN. (via Aaron Junod)
Continuous integration status on PocketPC: PocketDashboard for CruiseControl.NET - One of those ideas that makes you say "why didn't I think of that?" Get your build status flashed on the little screen that probably isn't doing much for you at worktime.

Cracking code 3: Cracking an obfuscated .NET assembly - Just a reminder that obfuscation only raises the bar. (via Jason Haley)
Some Keyboarding Terms - Michael Kaplan sorts out some of the confusing terminology of globalization. I knew you'd get sucked into blogging sooner or later, Michael.
A Taxonomy for "Bad Code Smells" - Know thine enemy. (via Peter Provost)
Windows Forms and Avalon - The definitive marketing message from Microsoft differentiating these two technologies and offering guidance when to use each. Well, until the next definitive marketing message, anyhow (anyone else remember forms-cubed?)

Marqui's Blogosphere Program - New CMS company is going to be paying selected bloggers $800 per month to mention their software. Some folks are already up in arms over this. I just see it as further proof that bloggers aren't journalists and don't have much connection with journalistic standards. (via James Robertson)
How to run a beta test...or not? - Good postmortem on a beta testing effort. (via Mario Klingemann)

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