>1. When do you think the Extended controls will be available? I'm looking forward to using the Menu, Calendar and (especially) the Grid.

In time for Whil-Fest (the end of October).

>2. What is the Passport package? Currently, it directs you to the Extended controls. Does it have to do with Markus's travails with MS Passport documented in the current edition of CoDe? < s >

Yes. The passport package will make it easy to implement Microsoft Passport in your Voodoo apps. Release date hasn't been announced yet. But I'd guess it is going to happen sometime before the end of the year...

Markus