The Daily Grind 1065 by Mike Gunderloy Friday, January 26, 2007

This week has just been crazy. Of course, I suspect they're all going to be that way for a while.

• And now in Firefox - Photosynth, that is (Microsoft's technology for displaying a set of digital photos in a reconstructed 3D space). (via Steve Clayton)
• TraceTool 8: The Swiss-Army knife of trace - New rev of this does-it-all tracing tool for C#, Delphi, and Java.
• Update to Free Web Configuration Utility - Rick Strahl provides this utility to quickly set up virtual directories and other settings when installing ASP.NET applications.
• Xceed DataGrid for WPF - Free (registration required) grid for your WPF applications.
• WPF.JoshSmith - Free library of WPF controls and classes.

• Volume Licensing Programs Comparison Chart - If you're planning to buy a whole bunch of Microsoft software, this sort of information can be surprisingly hard to come by.
• How to Write a Custom Workflow Activity - Windows Workflow Foundation info from Keyvan Nayyeri.
• Links to ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 resources, and answers to some common questions - Background from Scott Guthrie.
• Calista Virtual Desktop for Windows Vista - These folks are promising remoted Vista, including full Aero Glass, over standard RDP connections. Now in beta.

• The WPF Wiki is Here... - Microsoft is launching a new public space for WPF development over on Channel 9.

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