And here I thought weekends were the time I was supposed to get more sleep.

• A Flexible Framework for Implementing RSS Extensions - .NET class library for RSS and Atom feeds.
• Direct Access Beta - New version of this software for implementing flexible keyboard shortcuts to launch programs, insert text snippets, or whatever else.
• RightContext: A REAL Right Click Context Menu - Supercharged and on Anabolic Steroids! MMMMM…. - For Web apps. Looks a bit buggy in Firefox but an interesting idea. (via dzone)
• User Interface Process Application Block - Version 2.0 - Patterns & Practices fun for the UI layer.
• SSW Link Auditor - Check your site for broken links and tune for problems that can lower your search engine ranking at the same time. Trial download is here, A$390 for the full version.
• Active Web.Controls - ASP.NET control suite of 20 controls. Trial download is here, $595 to register.
• OpenXML Writer - Open source editor for creating simple OpenXML word processing files. (via Oleg Tkachenko)
• PipelineTesting Library v1.0.1.0 Released - Testing library for BizTalk Server 2006.
• Sxipper - Firefox add-in to save passwords, fill in forms, and act as an OpenID provider.

• My "First Look at Orcas" Presentation - Scott Guthrie has the goods.
• Lifestream Wankery - Jon Rowett tackles the obvious use for Yahoo Pipes before I can get to it.
• Sorting the Visual Studio "Add New Item" Dialog with PowerShell - K. Scott Allen provides another solution to cleaning up the mess.
• Continuous Integration the Microsoft way!!! - Jeffrey Palermo talks about what's worked for his team. It's not VSTS.

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