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Friday Links #4

A little late this week but still fresh…

Instant Removable Drive Shortcuts with Desk Drive - Nice review of my desktop media shortcut generator.

Simply Google - A roundup of every Google search and service out there on one convenient page.

Adobe Acrobat.com - An alternative to Google Docs. Much prettier.

Wooden Bikes - Handmade bikes made out of wood from all over the world.

Whatever Happened to UI Consistency? - One of the better criticisms of Windows Vista I’ve read by Jeff Attwood. I particularly like the “Nerd Rage” comment.

Create a Slick iPhone/Mobile Interface from any RSS Feed - Really cool demo of how to format a web page specifically for an an iPhone. Great interface animations.

Sandcastle - Sandcastle is the only free documentation compiler for .NET assemblies since the demise of NDoc.

Goosh.org - Google-interface behaves similar to a unix-shell. Type commands and the results are shown on this page.

Analogy - Typographic clock which fuses the immediacy of digital with the visual-spatial quality of analogue into a hybrid format. It presents an everyday object with a fresh twist.

Parallel Extensions to .NET Framework 3.5 June 2008 CT - Announcement of the next release of these very useful extensions.

ScaryNoises - Announcement of the Silverlight Beta 2 release.

Writer Zone - Technical Preview of the latest version of Windows Live Writer

Vista: Open command prompt window from right-click menu - Vista has a built in menu option for opening commands prompts. Here’s how to turn it on.

Parasitic Pollution - Sea otter deaths linked to water runoff contaminated with parasite-filled cat feces.

JZip 1.4 Beta - A very cool, free alternative to Winzip.