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The Daily Grind 618

By Mike Gunderloy
Monday, May 9, 2005

It is amazingly nice to be home from vacation and to be able to relax for a change..

Software

ExtremePlanner - Web-based agile planning software. Free test drive, pricing from $395/5 users.
Automatic Build Versioning in Visual Studio - Check out the VerCopy utility, which makes it easy to create uniquely-named backups of each build of your software.
Reminder Forwarding - Automatically send Outlook task reminders to your mobile phone if you're not there to get them. Free trial, $15.95 to buy. (via Slipstick)
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 - Oh boy, another round of server upgrades looms in my near future.
XAML Playing Cards - Adam Nathan proves that you can make solitaire look spiffier with the next round of Windows APIs.
DotMSN - Open source C# library that provides MSN Messenger connectivity. (via James Simmonds)
NHibernate 0.8 - New release of this object persistence library. (via Paul Laudeman)

Running Everyday on 64-bit Windows - Mark Russinovich discusses some of the nuisances and not-nuisances of making the upgrade.
.NET Framework 2.0 Beta2 Go Live and Compat - According to BradA, we can expect a very smooth transition from Beta 2 to RTM applications.
Schedule Games - Johanna Rothman has been running a great series about all the ways that product development managers screw up scheduling. Start with April 19 and work your way forwards.

Apress eBookshop - 75% discount on your first purchase this month. That's a pretty good deal. (via Rob Johnston)

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