The Daily Grind 725

Staying up late to write courseware chapters without coffee is a real challenge.

Software

• Xtreme Calendar and Xtreme Report Control - I just recently ran across Codejock Software, but they seem to be releasing new .NET components at a pretty fast clip.
• BarcodeNET 5 - Barcode generation software for .NET. $99 shareware. (via Programmers Heaven)
• SMTP for WSE 3.0 (soap.smtp) - Aaron Skonnard ports Steve Main's SMTP transport for WSE to WSE 3.0.
• CodeRush Electric Editing plugin = A port of some Emacs typing shortcuts to the VS.NET 2003 world. (via Visual Studio Hacks)

Hardware

• OtterBox - I don't know what I'd use one of these for, but they look useful. Waterproof industrial-styled plastic boxes, in everything from general-purpose to dedicated iPod form factors.

Information

• StrikeIron Launches ISV Program for Plug and Play Access to the StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace - Looks like the StrikeIron folks are building some momentum with their switchboard approach to Web services.
• Sun and Google Team Up - So, the Google Toolbar is going to become crudware in JRE downloads, and the two promise to work together on Open Office. After the rampant runaway speculation that they'd be announcing a Web challenger to Microsoft Office, that's a pretty thorough anticlimax.
• NewsGator Technologies Acquires NetNewsWire - Consolidation in RSS readers continues.

Community

• ASP.NET 2.0 Virtual Labs - Test drive ASP.NET 2.0 in your browser. (via Brian Goldfarb)

Sponsor

• This edition of The Daily Grind is sponsored by .netCHARTING, who offers a fully functional free developer version of their high end .NET charting control for testing and development. Click here to download (WinForms and WebForms, no timeout)

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

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