The Daily Grind 912 by Mike Gunderloy Monday, June 26, 2006

Time to spray the thistles again. What fun.

• Cavemen - 102 levels of Lemmings-like game for the PocketPC. Demo download is here, purchase the full game for $12.95.
• NHibernate Helper Kit - Free tool to write some of the tedious NHibernate glue files for you.
• Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - June 2006 CTP - New drop of the technologies previously known as WinFX.
• Microsoft� Visual Studio� 2005 Extensions for Windows� Workflow Foundation Release Candidate 2 - Tools to build workflow applications.
• Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name �Orcas� Community Technology Preview � Development Tools for .NET Framework 3.0  - For use with the latest CTP.
• Npgsql - .NET data provider for PostgreSQL. (via DZone)
• Guidance Automation Extensions and Toolkit: June 2006 Release - Updated deliverable from the Microsoft patterns & practices team. (Incidentally, isn't using capital letters a best practice?)
• mentas Ribbon - Free sample on GotDotNet emulating the Office 2007 UI. (via dotnetkicks)
• Locale Explorer - Free application to investigate some of the Windows NLS APIs. (via Michael Kaplan)

• Devshop hits that other tipping point - This web-based project management application for software teams is just about to go into private beta. Looks like it's not too late to sign up.
• Time to Bring Back the Toolsmith? - Carlos Villela wonders about something I've considered myself.
• Hands-on Labs for Windows� Workflow Foundation Release Candidates  - 10 labs to teach you the basics of WF.
• WinFS Update - Microsoft is never going to ship a relational file store. Never.
• Desktop Search Guide - Reviews of a whole batch of search engines for your own computer. (via Ivan Mitev)
• Adding a CSS StyleSheet to your RSS Feed - A reminder of a useful technique. (via dzone)

• Exchange Server 2007 Scripting Contest - Write a single-line script, win a trip to the Exchange 2007 launch. Certainly it's bang for the buck.
• How Not to Sell Your Product on the Internet - Thomas Wagner reflects on how tough some companies make it to give them money.
• The Breakdown of Modern Web Design - Oh so true. (via Ooze)
• MSDNWiki RSS# (New RSS feed for MSDNWiki) - Justin Josef-Angel has cobbled together a full-text feed for all changes in the MSDN wiki. I sure hope he's not paying for bandwidth. (via MSDN Wiki blog)

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Mike Gunderloy is the editor of Larkware, the daily .NET newspaper of record.