The Daily Grind 847 by Mike Gunderloy Monday, March 27, 2006

It was a busy weekend around here; Larkware switched servers and I've got a new site design thanks to some work by Marcos Meli, who is also the author of the award-winning FileHelpers library.

• SQL Server 2005 Report Packs - Microsoft has collected a bunch of their SQL Server Reporting Services packs in one place for easy download. SharePoint, Dynamics, IIS, and more.
• MSBuild Extras - Toolkit for .NET 1.1 "MSBee" Beta 2: Home - We're getting closer to being able to build .NET 1.1 projects with VS2005.
• IP*Works! .NET Workflow Edition [BETA] - All sorts of Internet communications activities (FTP, HTTP, RSS, SMTP, and so on) integrated with WF. (via Paul Andrew)
• FeedRinse - Online filtering service for RSS feeds, to remove stuff you're not interested in. I've been expecting this sort of thing to come along and nip RSS advertising in the bud. Free version now, subscription versions with more features soon. (via Gadgetopia)
• VssReporter 2.1 - A Visual SourceSafe reporting tool for build administrators - Query tool to help you figure out what's changed in your VSS database, and who did it.
• RSS Toolkit Update - Fresh bits for RSS processing in ASP.NET.
• Scrum for Team System - Free add-in for VSTS from the Conchango folks. (via Mitch Denny)
• CSS Tab Designer 2.0 - Free tool for coming up with XHTML-compliant CSS-based tabs for your Web design needs.
   

• Microsoft Partners Stunned By Vista, Office Delays - CRN talks to resellers and finds out that no, they don't think missing the major holiday selling season is a Good Thing. Wotta surprise.
• WPF/E at Mix '06 - More info on the plan to deploy WPF in cross-browser fashion, with pretty pictures.

• scripts.readify.net - New community site for the MSH "Monad" shell. Just starting out with a FAQ, a few scripts, and some links, but inviting questions and content.

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