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The Daily Grind 702

By Mike Gunderloy
Friday, September 2, 2005

Hmph. Are laptops designed to croak the week they go out of warranty, or what?

Software

PromptPal - GUI add-on for the Windows command prompt with help, autocomplete, editing, and other features. Trial download, $29.99.
Nesox Link Checker - Check the links and the Google PageRank of your site at the same time. Free version does 100 links, $29.95 to register.
Microsoft WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0 Sample Application - This is marked as a preview release; I think it's a refresh but I'm too lazy to check.

Apple Mac mini promotion dead after one day - I guess if I was gonna be tempted by that Mac Mini deal, I should have gotten tempted faster. It's gone, and Apple's marketing people look like idiots now.

Donations for Katrina victims - be careful - The scammers are already out in force, of course. Tis a sad world. More info from the Washington Post.
Infragistics Blogs - And another company jumps into corporate blogging.
Working Clean - Lessons for software development from...the restaurant kitchen.

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