Code sharing site from MS. It sounds like this will be in competition with CodeGuru, CodeProject, etc. I wonder which nerds will post where?

CodePlex

Microsoft to launch code-sharing site | CNET News.com

SQL Server Express is the free version of SQL Server, and can be installed with Visual Studio .NET (some of the new features in ASP.NET 2.0 such as personalization use SQL Server Express on the local machine by default).

When you install SQL Server Express, you dont get any management console - much like the "old days" of MSDE. Apparently now this has changed. Here is a free download of SQL Server Express Management.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/default.aspx

...and here's another topic I'd like to expand on. These code snippets are easy to write, and save a ton of time when writing code.

Lisa Feigenbaum - Code Snippets in Visual Studio

I've been interested in writing a visualizer for a while, but never found the time (go figure). Here is a Channel 9 video about them, and a link to a dude that wrote a simple visualizer for DateTime.

Scott Nonnenberg - Visualizers in VS 2005