The Daily Grind 825

Washing machines are just as malevolent as computer hardware.

Software

• ASP.NET RSS Toolkit - New bits for working with RSS from ASP.NET, free from one of the Microsofties with time on their hands.
• WinFX February CTP - Once again Tim Sneath collected all the links: runtime components, SDK, Orcas development tools, VS Extensions for WF, and Readme.
• Xenocode Fox 2006 - New .NET decompiler and code browser. You can grab a free Community Edition. License for the full version is $399.
• SourceMonitor 2.0 - Free code analysis tool to deliver metrics on C#, Java, Delphi, C++, and various other types of code. (via Steve Pietrek)
• IMSL C Numerical Library Version 6.0 - New release of this high-end analysis library includes a new neural network engine, improved linear programming algorithms, a differential equations package, Mersenne Twister random numbers, and more. Pricing from $1495.
• WildPresenter - New presentation tool that can do screen recordings, convert PowerPoint to Flash, convert video to Flash, and perform various other animation and editing tricks. Looks like a lot of tools for an introductory $299 price.

Hardware

• iCar - More iPod accessory silliness, this time from Corgi: a miniature car with a jack to plug in your iPod. "It dances, lights, and plays YOUR music." So, a miniature car with a speaker built in.

Information

• Build status notification with CCNET via MSN - Rob Chartier teases us by demonstrating integration between CruiseControl.NET and MSN Messenger, without actually sharing the code.
• The myth of better programming languages - Larry O'Brien explores why we actually do need a whole bunch of different languages, and not just Ruby (or SmallTalk, or Lisp, or C#, or whatever else is the flavor of the month).

Community

• PostGres Directory - Big reference site for all things PostGreSQL.
• Team Foundation Server and the Future - Your chance to give some input to the product team for v.next.

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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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