The Daily Grind 558

By Mike Gunderloy
Monday, February 14, 2005

Plenty of links on my desktop this morning, so let me move them over here instead. Think of it as tidying up.

Software

FinalBuilder 3 - New major version of my favorite graphical build and release tool is out.
C# Wrapper for Windows Installer - Use the Windows Installer API directly from C#. Freeware, though the program's author suggests a donation to Aspies for Freedom.
RapidFeeds - Free online service to create and manage RSS feeds.
Chainsaw v2 - GUI companion for log4j.

Startups Bet On Wikis, Blogs, Next-Gen Tools - CRN looks at some of the companies trying to commercialize the writeable web. Good luck, guys. You'll need it.
Chronicle of Killing MSN Advertisements - Just in case you'd like to get rid of banner ads in your MSN Messenger window.
Service Contracts in Indigo - Don Box shows how you can define service contracts in C# with Microsoft's forthcoming Indigo bits.
MSDN DOS Disks - the trick - Brian Desmond shows how to install DOS on a blank partition using the 6.22 upgrade disks that MSDN provides.
Behind the Scenes - Dana Epps shares the tools and process he uses to develop software. Good stuff.
How to fry an egg on an XP !! - Proof that Athlons are indeed hot enough. (via Sahil Malik)
HP Software Strangles Worms - Simple, direct solution to worms. Why isn't this built into Windows?

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