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December 2008 - Posts

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 7:00 AM

2008 year-end link clearance

Everything must go!
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 7:00 AM

Sorry, I don't get calls on this phone often

Ring ring.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 7:00 AM

Crazy or cell phone?

Get over yourself.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 7:00 AM

Every crash is a potential security vulnerability

The security team went looking.
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Monday, December 29, 2008 7:00 AM

Undecorating names to see why a function can't be found

Better than trying to understand the crazy mangling.
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Friday, December 26, 2008 7:00 AM

Why are all computers shown with a Printers folder even if printer sharing is disabled?

Because deciding whether or not to show it took too long.
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Thursday, December 25, 2008 7:00 AM

Then again, sometimes the improvement is merely incremental

Blink.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 7:00 AM

Foiled by my withered hand

No box modeling for me.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:00 AM

Misheard lyrics as applied to Christmas songs

From a four-year-old.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:00 AM

Why isn't there a SendThreadMessage function?

What would it send to?
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Monday, December 22, 2008 7:00 AM

The Fargo campus responds to Redmond's December 2008 storm conditions

Apparently it's no big deal to them.
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Monday, December 22, 2008 7:00 AM

On 64-bit Windows, 32-bit programs run in an emulation layer, and if you don't like that, then don't use the emulator

The purpose of the emulator is to simulate a 32-bit environment.
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Friday, December 19, 2008 7:00 AM

What is the mysterious fourth message box button?

MB_DEFBUTTON4
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Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:00 AM

How do I obtain the computer manufacturer's name?

Once again, WMI to the rescue.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:00 AM

How to create a Zune podcast from an audiobook or other files you already have

For a book on tape, perhaps.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:00 AM

The worms go in, the worms go out

But no pinochle.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:00 AM

Microspeak: Suited and booted

Dressed for business.
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Monday, December 15, 2008 7:00 AM

Today, we use a GPS to locate Baby Jesus

Or at least the figurine.
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Monday, December 15, 2008 7:00 AM

Why does the Explorer address bar reset itself while you're typing into it?

Because features don't exist by default.
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Friday, December 12, 2008 7:00 AM

PDC 2008 notes: The aftermath

Late but maybe still relevant. Maybe.
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Friday, December 12, 2008 7:00 AM

Being lucky may be a matter of observing things you weren't planning to observe

Michael Mosley tests a theory by Richard Wiseman.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:00 AM

The Washington 2008 unclaimed property auction

Old stuff.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:00 AM

Don't use global state to manage a local problem

Reiteration of a guiding principle.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:00 AM

A bar on Microsoft main campus? What should we call it?

Suggestions.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:00 AM

How do I change the directory Windows uses for user profiles?

The ProfilesDirectory setting.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 7:00 AM

The role of vitamin D in beta cell function: The dance

Bask in the limelight.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 7:00 AM

Email tip: If you want people to look at a screen shot, you have to tell them what they're looking at

This isn't Highlights magazine.
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Monday, December 08, 2008 7:00 AM

A file can go by multiple names, but two files can't have the same name

It's a many-to-one mapping, not one-to-many.
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Friday, December 05, 2008 7:00 AM

Thrift stores drowning in Christmas impulse gifts from yesteryear

The fates of The Thing.
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Friday, December 05, 2008 7:00 AM

Why are the generic version numbers called NTDDI?

It's the NT Device Driver Interface.
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:00 AM

Neuroscience can be used for good or for evil; this one might fall in the evil bucket

Buyology.
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:00 AM

When you start getting in-page errors on your hard drive, it's time to go shopping for a new hard drive

Click click click.
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:00 AM

The struggle against those annoying plastic packages gains a few allies

Fewer lacerations, we hope.
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:00 AM

High Contrast Mode is not the same as High Contrast Scheme

One of those logical yet confusion distinctions.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:00 AM

That guy in the neighborhood who has way too many Christmas lights

Weekend America profiles Dominic Luberto.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:00 AM

Raymond's technique for getting people to leave a meeting room when their meeting runs over

Just barge in.
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Monday, December 01, 2008 7:00 AM

Oh, I feel so bad for those poor Wall Street folks who have to have a normal party instead of a ridiculously lavish one

Scaling back.
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Monday, December 01, 2008 7:00 AM

Don't be helpless: You can find information too, if you try (episode 2)

Background printing.
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