I have a few eBible.com beta invitations I can give out.  What's eBible, you ask?  It's a "next-generation" online Bible tool that not only lets you search for Bible passages, but also includes commentaries, dictionaries, and other resources, and allows you to bookmark passages.  There's a lot more to it, including a community aspect, but it'd be easier to see it for yourself than it would be for me to explain it ;)

Like a few others, I eventually ditched ASP.NET 1.1 Web Form projects in in favor of Class Library projects.  For any of you out there converting your 1.1 Class Library projects to ASP.NET 2.0 and want to use the after-market Web Application Project, here's what you need to do.

1. Convert your 1.1 project to 2.0 using the VS 2005 conversion wizard (just open the project in VS 2005)
2. Close VS 2005
3. Edit your .csproj or .vbproj file with a text editor
4. Find the line that reads <ProjectType>Local</ProjectType> and change it to:
   
   [C#]
   
   <ProjectTypeGuids>{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
   
   [VB.NET]
   
   <ProjectTypeGuids>{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{F184B08F-C81C-45F6-A57F-5ABD9991F28F}</ProjectTypeGuids>
   
   

For any of you still developing under VS 2003, check out Fritz Onion's ASP.NET without Web Projects.

UPDATE: Found out that settings for VB.NET projects are different.

UPDATE 2: If you've upgraded a 1.1 project to WAP, you'll probably want to also right-click on the project and choose the "Convert to Web Application" option.  This will split the code-behind files into partial classes and enable designer support.  Thanks for the tip, Scott!

Awesome!  Red Gate has released SQL Prompt, and it's FREE!  Get Intellisense for Query Analyzer, Enterprise Manager, SQL Management Studio, and Visual Studio 2003/2005.  It even supports UltraEdit and EditPlus.

SQL Prompt can also automatically upper-case SQL keywords, and provides a code snippet engine.

Matt Hawley has been working around the clock, it seems, and has publicly released v2.0 of his free ASP.NET server controls.  Controls included:

CalendarPopup	a great calendar tool to allow users to choose a date
CollapsablePanel	a panel that can be collapsed on the client
FaqRepeater	databound FAQ-style listing control
ListTransfer	(re-order listbox or move items from one listbox to another)
MaskedTextBox	add a masked textbox to your forms
MultiTextDropDownList	drop-down list with multiple columns
MultiTextListBox	listbox with multiple columns
NumericBox	add a textbox that only accepts numerical input
TimePicker	add time selections to a form

I believe that each of these controls are cross-browser compatible.  Download the release candidate and check them out!

I'm not a Mac user, but I have to admit these commercials are hilarious.

Go download the Consolas font.  I've been using it for the past couple of days, and it is beautiful ;)  I'm now using it in all my editors, including TextPad and SQL Server Management Studio.

As Scott Hanselman says, make sure you have ClearType enabled and get the ClearType Tuner PowerToy.

I absolutely love Red Gate's SQL tools, and can't say enough good things about them.  I just found out from Steven Smith that Red Gate have purchased Prompt SQL (intellisense for SQL), and there's a beta to be downloaded that supports SQL 2005 Management Studio!  According to the beta support forums, the plan is to sell SQL Prompt for $50/user with multi-user discounts at 5- and 10-user levels.

By the way, Red Gate's Profiler and Load tools are incredible, too.

ArgoSoft have just announced a free e-mail validation Web service, based on their years of experience with their Mail Server product.  Plug it into your ASP.NET app for real-time e-mail address verfication!

I've used ArgoSoft's Mail Server for years and have found it to be a great product at an unbeatable price.  ArgoSoft support has always been top-notch, as well.  Highly recommended.

One of my hosting clients has signed up to beta test "Gmail for your domain" and will be moving their e-mail accounts to this service.  I think I read rumors about this service a while back, but didn't know it existed yet.

Pros:

• Google provides the same Gmail Web client for your domain -- for Free
  
• 2GB of space for every account you create for your domain
• Control panel to administer accounts, and even a bulk upload tool to add many accounts at once
  
• Free POP access, in case you want to download all your e-mail to Outlook or some other client so that you have your e-mail offline
• Use your domain accounts with Google Talk instant messaging service
• Customized logo for your domain
  
• Free.  Did I mention 2GB of storage for each account, free?
  

Cons:

• No tools (yet) to transfer your existing e-mail
• Does not work with the Gmail Notify service
• Not integrated with Google Calendar (yet)
  
• In Beta, so you have to apply and hope you're selected to use the service
  
• In Beta, 'nuff said
  

I'm tempted to apply for the beta, at least for one of my domains.  I love the Gmail interface.  If for nothing else, Gmail does a pretty good job of filtering spam.

What do you think?  Is this a great idea, or scary to think about Google having all the e-mail for your domain?