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September 2007 - Posts

Friday, September 28, 2007 7:00 AM

2007 Q3 link clearance: Microsoft blogger edition

Random stuff from elsewhere inside the collective.
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 7:00 AM

2007 Museum Day, courtesy of Smithsonian Magazine

A grand day out.
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 7:00 AM

Why did the shortcut template change in Windows Vista?

So the new file would sort better.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:00 AM

The first day at Microsoft: A fender-bender

Stories of the first day.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:00 AM

Microspeak: Going forward

From now on.
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Monday, September 24, 2007 7:00 AM

How do I put a different wallpaper on each monitor?

A sneaky trick.
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Friday, September 21, 2007 7:00 AM

The Microsoft Cafeteria Tour (Redmond 2006 Edition)

Visiting every cafeteria on Microsoft's Redmond campus.
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Friday, September 21, 2007 7:00 AM

What's the BS_PUSHLIKE button style for?

It makes a check box or radio button have a pushbutton appearance.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:00 AM

Find the Flowers vs Minesweeper

Land mines are bad, but people still like them.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:00 AM

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Elevation to administrator

If you need to be administrator to begin with, then you didn't gain anything.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:00 AM

Playing the hippie poetry game for four cents per line

Monetizing a party game.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:00 AM

What happens if you pass a source length greater than the actual string length?

It depends on the function.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007 7:00 AM

Japanese street fashion reaches Finland

You just can't escape it.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007 7:00 AM

Why is my delay-rendered format being rendered too soon?

CF_HDROP is for files that already exist.
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Monday, September 17, 2007 7:00 AM

Nearly everybody has a $500 flashlight

Except it's not sold as one.
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Monday, September 17, 2007 7:00 AM

What do I do with per-user data when I uninstall?

Let it go.
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Friday, September 14, 2007 7:00 AM

Another type of misplaced apology: Apologizing for not knowing the penalty

Conditionalizing criminal behavior?
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Friday, September 14, 2007 7:00 AM

The code page on the server is not necessarily the code page on the client

Keep your eye on the code page.
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Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:00 AM

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory now more popular than vice versa

When the joke exceeds the source.
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Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:00 AM

Why isn't QuickEdit on by default in console windows?

Because it creates problems.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 7:00 AM

Astrologers struggling with reclassification of Pluto

Definitely a non-scientific approach.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 7:00 AM

Making some statements and asking for advice isn't a question

Don't forget to ask your question.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:00 AM

The wisdom of seventh graders: A Wrinkle in Time

Count the dimensions.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:00 AM

What's the difference between EM_UNDO and WM_UNDO?

Beats me.
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Monday, September 10, 2007 7:00 AM

The Minimalist Jukebox Festival

Knock knock.
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Monday, September 10, 2007 7:00 AM

If control-specific messages belong to the WM_USER range, why are messages like BM_SETCHECK in the system message range?

They used to be in the WM_USER range.
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Friday, September 07, 2007 7:00 AM

Wayback machine: The Fake Job

Digging into the archives.
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Friday, September 07, 2007 7:00 AM

Sometimes it feels like the effort isn't even appreciated

Creative failure.
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Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:00 AM

It's that season again: The 2007 Microsoft Company Meeting

Once a year whether we need it or not.
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Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:00 AM

If your theory is "build it and they will come", you have to make sure there is a "they"

The way to make content is to make content.
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 7:00 AM

I mean, come on, these are laptops

The Princeton Laptop Orchestra.
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 7:00 AM

Whenever there is a coordination problem, somebody says, "Hey, let's create a process!"

Now you have two coordination problems.
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:00 AM

Volunteers help save fruit from home fruit trees from going to waste

Community Fruit Tree Harvest.
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:00 AM

Does creating a thread from DllMain deadlock or doesn't it?

It doesn't per se, but what you do might.
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Monday, September 03, 2007 7:00 AM

Belated follow-up: Mike Goodspaceguy Nelson running for public office, again

Can't keep away.
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Monday, September 03, 2007 7:00 AM

Knock knock. Who's there? Not you any more.

One of my many favorite Dilbert cartoons come to life.
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