The Daily Grind 808

Oh joy - I have a two-hour conference call scheduled for today. What was I thinking?

Software

• XTM 1.95 - Extended task manager utility, now with a 64-bit version. I expect we'll be seeing more and more utilities with 64-bit versions over the coming months. Trial download is here, pricing from $55.
• MockupScreens - Product for doing nothing but mocking up screens and organizing them into scenarios as a design tool. 30-day trial download is here, pricing from $39.
• Snippet Compiler Add-Ins - Turns out Jeff Key's fabulous Snippet Compiler, which lets you bang out quick bits of .NET code in an IDE without firing up Visual Studio, supports add-ins. Here are some samples.

Information

• Google AdSense begins rich media beta test - Google is reportedly testing things like floating ads and interstitials. One hopes this is untrue. (via Digg)
• Extending Visual Studio, and open source - Apparently the license terms for the VSIP SDK changed in 2005; before that, it was illegal to release an add-in as open source. I suspect this just goes to prove that most people don't read EULAs, because I'm pretty sure I saw open source add-ins before that.

Community

• Free Microsoft Resources for Students, Teachers, Administrators & Parents - There are quite a few, from Office add-ins to lists of links. (via Alfred Thompson)

Sponsor

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

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