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Friday, May 30, 2008 7:00 AM

Behind the Scenes at Mythbusters does not include experiments or explosions

Well that's sort of half the fun isn't it...
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Friday, May 30, 2008 7:00 AM

Why are some GDI functions named ExtXxx instead of XxxEx?

They were named before the Ex convention was established.
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:00 AM

The sad demise of whimsical teasing in Comic Chat

I'm not lazy.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:00 AM

India Calling: Call centers from the Indian point of view

Welcome to Bollywood.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:00 AM

Reading a contract from the other side: SHSetInstanceExplorer and SHGetInstanceExplorer

Maintaining a reference on the process from a shell extension.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:00 AM

The cultural axes of punctuality and waiting in line

Related but not always synchronized.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:00 AM

You can't give away something that isn't yours

Works in code just like in real life.
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Monday, May 26, 2008 7:00 AM

Welcome to the International Bank of Raymond

A customer-friendly version of the International Bank of Ralph.
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Friday, May 23, 2008 7:00 AM

What does TranslateAccelerator do?

It translates accelerators, of course.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008 7:00 AM

Microspeak: On-board (verb)

I think a real verb is supposed to be in there somewhere.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:00 AM

Food discovery: Vietnamese sandwiches, aka bánh mì

Asian food with a French twist, err, baguette.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:00 AM

Another interesting detail from the analysis of Windows Error Reporting data for Explorer

It's mostly viruses now.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:00 AM

König Drosselbart: Performed in clay, feathers, and other strange materials

Oh, and performed in German.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:00 AM

The Phantom Bug: Why doesn't MessageBox work from my WM_NCDESTROY handler?

A puzzle.
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Monday, May 19, 2008 7:00 AM

Bacalhau: The unofficial national dish of Portugal, and don't pass the salt

Salty enough for you?
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Monday, May 19, 2008 7:00 AM

Why is the function SHStripMneumonic misspelled?

It was originally an internal function.
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Friday, May 16, 2008 7:00 AM

I assume it's cracking good, though I'm not the expert

Cheese, Gromit!
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Friday, May 16, 2008 7:00 AM

If users can shut down the machine, it's not a security hole if they can shut down the machine

Fake security vulnerability via obfuscation.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:00 AM

Selling your life for a quarter at a time

The effects of your life.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:00 AM

Build a slide show out of search results

Combining two components in a clever way.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:00 AM

The dead desktop computer: From good, bad, and ugly back to dead

Back to the death list.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:00 AM

Why always "Windows XP" and "Windows Vista" and not just "XP" and "Vista"?

Trademarks.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:00 AM

The Big Red Switch really was big and red

On the original IBM PC
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Monday, May 12, 2008 7:00 AM

In Lisbon, walk/don't walk signs are mostly decorative

Look both ways, cross when safe.
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Monday, May 12, 2008 7:00 AM

How do I flash my window caption and taskbar button manually?

FlashWindowEx.
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Friday, May 09, 2008 7:00 AM

Mother's Day is for all mothers, not just your own mother

A cautionary tale for new fathers.
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Friday, May 09, 2008 7:00 AM

Data breakpoints are based on the linear address, not the physical address

Data can change without the breakpoint firing.
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:00 AM

The economics of soccer penalty kicks

Economic theory actually works.
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:00 AM

Gentle reminder: On a dialog box, do not give OK and Cancel accelerators

The accelerators are already built into the dialog manager.
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:00 AM

The new dietary restriction landscape

Allergic to everything.
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:00 AM

Apparently I've been promoted by mistake all these years

I wonder if they can revoke these things.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:00 AM

Email tip: If they didn't get your message, then they won't know that they didn't get it

Because they didn't get it.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:00 AM

Psychic debugging: Why does ExitProcess(1) produce an exit code of zero?

Somebody is doing something dodgy inside their DLL_PROCESS_DETACH.
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Monday, May 05, 2008 7:00 AM

News flash: It's dangerous to drive a car if you are blind

The BBC sets us straight.
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Monday, May 05, 2008 7:00 AM

If you pass invalid parameters, then all bets are off

That's not part of the contract.
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Friday, May 02, 2008 7:00 AM

Canoeing around the Washington Park Arboretum

A pleasant way to spend a morning.
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Friday, May 02, 2008 7:00 AM

You didn't know you could add properties by atom, and it's a good thing you didn't know

Because it didn't always work.
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:00 AM

Why every advertising agency needs to have a review panel of twelve-year-old boys

To spot the gaffe before your customers do.
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:00 AM

Strange uses for window class atoms

Historical shortcuts which don't save much.
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