Whoa, I nearly missed this... Mike Schinkel, who runs Xtras.NET is offering a free XDN membership to .NET bloggers during this month! He posted the offer on his personal blog, so get on over there if you're blogging about .NET development.

While you're there, check out Xtras.NET -- I just found out about it through Mike Gunderloy's site. Holy smokes, there's a lot of info there. They carry a ton of .NET components and tools, with lots of information about each -- and the prices look very competitive as well. The thing I really like, though, is the user-reviews. That's the toughest thing about buying components -- you can read all the marketing stuff, even try the evals for a few days... but nothing beats hearing about it from someone who's worked with a tool for months, day in and day out.

And a printed catalog? Sign me up!