The Daily Grind 563

In Memoriam: Hunter S. Thompson, 1937-2005. Part of my spirit remains eternally somewhere on the edge of the desert around Barstow waiting for the drugs to take hold.

Software

• ASP.NET UI templates for LLBLGen Pro - Eric Bowen has put together some rough beta templates for you LLBLGen Pro users.
• New build of OlyMars is now available [1.0.1876.37304] - This SQL Server centric .NET code generator has been improved again, this time with an XML Web Services addon.
• Microsoft® Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) - New build out for those of you who need to whack spyware with a stick.
• LogZipper.NET - Console application that uses command-line parameters to archive log files matching a user-specified pattern according to a user-specified rotation scheme.
• Community Server 1.0 - The successor to .Text is out at last. Now we wait for it to roll out to high-traffic sites and for the source code to release, and the real fun begins.

Information

• RSS Cookbook - If this whole RSS thing still confuses you, try this page.
• Microsoft Enterprise Library Logging Block compared to Log4net - A comparison from Loren Halvorson, including performance results (Log4net wins hands down).

Hardware

• Fossil Wrist PDA - Fossil continues its line of ridiculously large wristware with an entire Palm-OS organizer. I'm waiting for them to ship the Fossil Dorm Refrigerator for the college student who doesn't want to leave the beer and ham sandwiches behind when he goes to class.

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

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