Dmitri Fedorov's blog around and about software
Every developed needs a profiler. When I worked for Cognos our internal standard was Rational Quantify; I think it was alright.
Now when I deal with .NET and want to see a physical proof of my internal vision of how my application works I use a profiler from Eqatec: simple and effective if the only thing you need is a list of your routines, a number of times they have been called and their average.
Work with in three steps: build (instrument), run and view (analyze).
I have been looking for a PuTTY replacement for awhile now not just because it is so old and ugly looking but also because it would drop connections from time to time.
Last week I installed a free-for-personal -use version of Tunnelier from Bitvise on my corporate laptop’s stripped down (meaning kindа usable) Vista Home Premium Edition and it seems to be functioning well.
It comes with a nice basic FTP client and easy on eye.