The Daily Grind 1124

by Mike Gunderloy
Thursday, April 19, 2007

If you let them stay up late, do they sleep late or just wake up cranky?

ScaleOut StateServer - This high-end replacement for ASP.NET's built-in caching is up to version 3 now.
UltimateEmail - Validator and mail merge controls for ASP.NET. Download is here, pricing from $199. (via Famil Jones)

Microsoft Live Labs - DeepFish Experience - Michael Schwarz digs into how the new DeepFish mobile browser works.
Taking a look at DotNetNuke 4.5 - Bill Simser investigates the latest features.
HOW TO: Pipeline XSLT Transformations in .NET 2.0 Applications - A tip from Oleg Tkachenko.
Simple ASP.NET 2.0 Tips and Tricks that You May (or may not) have Heard About - A collection of useful stuff from Dan Wahlin.

Ageism in Software Development - Larry O'Brien ponders an issue that hits many of us.

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