Blogging

• Syntax Highlighting with a (WLW) plugin [Patrick Steele] Not the only plugin that does this but possibly the best thus far
• Building a "successful" blog… [Chris Pietschmann]
• DasBlog 1.9 Released [Scott Hanselman] - finally...
• A study on RSS - Part 2: The RSS format [Rafael Dohms]
• The .NET Show: Windows Server "Longhorn"  [Windows Server Team Blog]
• Del.icio.us reports 1 million users [Techcrunch]

Book Review

• Review: ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks and Tips [Kevyan Nayyeri]

CodePlex

• New Project: ManagedPGP
• New Project: Red2Monitor
• First Release Dated Oct 15: SingleUserBlog

Coding

• Simple Validators in System.Configuration [Keyvan Nayyeri]
• URL Mapping in ASP.NET 2.0 [Bipin Joshi]
• .NET 3.0 Crash Course – Part 1: Introduction [Rob Eisenberg]
• .NET 3.0 Crash Course - Part 2: WPF Intro [Rob Eisenberg]
• Quick things to check if you are leaking your memory [Carlo]
• Cookieless Sessions, Smart Navigation and AppSettings [Tolong-lah]
• Windows Vista: Get the glass effect in your C# applications [Daniel Moth]
• 12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards [A List Apart]
• Long Live the Q Tag [A List Apart]
• Improve your web site with Google Analytics [Lifehacker]
• OPML Icon Project : Standardizing the OPML Logo [QOT] - worth noting

Jobs

• Love UI? We want you!! [Matt mcspirit]
• Leadership Lessons and Career Tips [Gordon Ross]

Misc

• Vista RC1 Experiences Highly Variable [Sam Gentile]
• Vista RC1 Refresh Build 5728 to Download [MS Connect]
• Beta 2 Technical Refresh release of Office 2007 is available [MS Downloads Area]
• Rory Blyth Joining Channel 9 [Jason Olson]
• Windows Vista Secret #7: The Oldest Component in Windows? [Tim Sneath]
• 5 Million .ORG Domain Names Registered Worldwide [QoT]

Hardware

• Quad core launch expected from Intel this week [IT pro]
• Roll-up laptops roll in to UK [IT Pro]
• Alan Cox's Exploding Laptop [Slashdot]

Test Driven \ Agile Development

• Continuous Integration using CruiseControl.NET, NANT, CVS, and Nunit [Michael Mendelson \ Codeproject]
• MbUnit vs. NUnit Vs. Team System Unit Testing - Choosing a unit test framework [Roy Osherove]
• That's "Simple", not "Easy" [Scott Bellware]
• MbUnit RC2 [Andy Stopford]
• First iteration done as in dinner [Bill Simser]

XML Stuff

• Validating XML Files Against XSD Schemas in .NET 1.x and 2.0 [Keyvan Nayyeri]
• Extract an XML Schema from a .NET 2.0 ConfigurationSection subclass for Configuration Validation & Intellisense in Visual Studio [Steve Ward \ Codeproject]
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