I just came across this very useful tool: ColorPicker.NET. It's a colour picker, nothing else. But I guess I'm hardly the only one who's thought about writing something similar himself... it certainly does the job nicely. more »

I've recently started using Wintellect PowerCollections for my .NET 2.0 work. In case you don't know it yet, that's a very nice generic implementation of collection classes, similar in purpose to what the C++ standard template library has to offer. Pet… more »

A very interesting article here: Comparisons with Generics more »

In XPO, an ORM product by Developer Express, it's possible to use a custom "value converter" to persist information when the standard mapping techniques are not sufficient. This provides a flexible approach that can be used in many different scenarios. more »

It is possible to use the mechanisms in the new System.Transactions namespace to enlist self-written objects in distributed transactions. Here's a report on the necessary steps. more »