The Daily Grind 921 by Mike Gunderloy Friday, July 7, 2006

Homeschooling: from Oz to bellydancing in a single hour.

• Buildix - "The agile development platform on a disk" includes integrated versions of Subversion, Trac, Cruise Control and various other bits on top of Knoppix Linux on a live CD with an installer to lay it all down on your hard drive. I'd love to see someone put together the Windows/.NET analog...though of course you couldn't distribute it for free without the Windows license. (via Matt Raible)
• Krypton Version 2.0 - Free user interface controls for your .NET WinForms applications.
• Microsoft Threat Analysis & Modeling v2.0 - New release of this tool that helps subject matter experts identify risks and define a threat model. There's more info at the team's blog.
• TuneSleeve - .NET app to help you get album art into iTunes. Free, but donations appreciated.

• Open XML Translator project announced (ODF support for Office) - Brian Jones from the Office team has some background/PR on the announcement.
• A different kind of Microformat  - Leon Bambrick proposes a way to make file extensions more useful than they are now.
• Cannot add diagram to SQL Server 2005 DB: Database diagram support objects cannot be installed because this database does not have a valid owner. - Tim Huffam provides an answer to this stupidly misleading error message. (via Jason Haley)

• UMPC and Tablet PC Application Contest - Build something cool, win a UMPC.
• Project Glidepath Early Access Program Announcement/Invitation - If you're a small ISV looking to build a Vista/.NET 3.0 app, this could be a good opportunity.
• Develop Without Borders - Design an Office 2007 solution for the charity of your choice, win hardware and software to implement it.

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