{"id":17683,"date":"2009-06-30T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2009\/06\/30\/2009-mid-year-link-clearance\/"},"modified":"2009-06-30T10:00:01","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T10:00:01","slug":"2009-mid-year-link-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20090630-01\/?p=17683","title":{"rendered":"2009 mid-year link clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Time for the semi-annual link clearance. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fixya.com\/support\/r357734-get_samsung_syncmaster_245bw_24in\">     How to rotate your Samsung Syncmaster 245BW into portrait mode<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1XBwjQsOEeg\">     Watching the global cycle of airline traffic through the day<\/a>.     [<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/eileen_brown\/archive\/2008\/11\/11\/thousands-of-planes-in-the-air.aspx\">via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ettubrute\/3116083285\/\">     Glowing Cities Under a Nighttime Sky<\/a>,     a time-lapse video shot out the window of a commercial airline.     [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2009\/01\/28\/timelapse-video-of-c-1.html\">via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2008\/aug\/10\/world\/fg-leastvisited10\">     The least-visited attractions in Italy<\/a>.     &#8220;Until recently, many museum directors viewed visitors as a     disturbance or distraction.&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/outdoors\/2008757914_nwwsteps19.html\">     The hidden stairways of Queen Anne Hill<\/a>.     You can     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qahistory.org\/stairs\/map.htm\">     order a map<\/a> for $5 (+$1.50 shipping\/handling). <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattcutts.com\/blog\/link-to-youtube-minute-second\/\">     How to link to a timestamp in a YouTube video<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/podbrix.com\/itemdetails.php?PID=1209444693&amp;prodshot=2\">     A gift<\/a>     for your favorite     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/nadyne\/\">Mac user<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/social.answers.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/vistahardware\/thread\/720108ee-0a9c-4090-b62d-bbd5cb1a7605\">     How much does a gigabyte weigh<\/a>? <\/li>\n<li>     If you&#8217;re a customer of Waste Management in the Seattle area,     the stuff you put in the recycle bin might very well end up at     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmnorthwest.com\/cascaderecycling\/index.html\">     the Woodinville facility<\/a>.     And as a point of useless trivia&mdash;as opposed to useful     trivia?&mdash;back when Microsoft used polystyrene     plates and cups, the collected recyclables were sent to Spokane     where they were burned to generate electricity. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standupeconomist.com\/\">     Yoram Bauman, the stand-up economist<\/a>     (mentioned     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2009\/04\/20\/9556040.aspx\">     earlier<\/a>),     posted another one of his routines from earlier this year     where he     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9utlDdLhaTU\">     discusses the financial crisis<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     The police tip line is for providing tips to the police,     <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/localnews\/2004342527_apwaoddquestions.html\">     not for asking the police for tips on how to thaw a turkey<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parisiendunjour.fr\/\">The Greeters<\/a>     are a group of volunteers who     <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/travel\/2008303009_webparisgreeters23.html\">     take visitors on quirky tours of their home city of Paris<\/a>.     It looks like     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalgreeternetwork.info\/\">     many cities have programs like this<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     I find the television show     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commentcestfait.com\/en\/a-propos.php\">     <i>How It&#8217;s Made<\/i><\/a>     oddly mesmerising.     Farhad Manjoo     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2206751\/\">     investigates why<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> And, as always, the obligatory plug for my column in <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/\"> TechNet Magazine<\/a>: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/dd297617.aspx\">     Last Check-In Chicken<\/a>.     The story begins with     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/larryosterman\/archive\/2006\/10\/25\/last-checkin-chicken.aspx\">     Larry Osterman&#8217;s description of the &#8220;game&#8221;<\/a>.     Then comes     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2008\/02\/26\/7897723.aspx\">     losing the game twice in a row<\/a>.     That TechNet article is the next step in the series,     which explains why you often see the same people win over and over,     and it&#8217;s not because they&#8217;re bad developers. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/2009.02.windowsconfidential.aspx\">     The Case of the Disappearing Cursor<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/2009.03.windowsconfidential.aspx\">     The Forgotten Hotkey<\/a>.     How an ancient hotkey from 1983 can save you. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/2009.04.windowsconfidential.aspx\">     Forcing Handles Closed<\/a>.     Why forcing a handle closed is another name for     &#8220;corrupt my hard drive&#8221;. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/2009.05.wincon.aspx\">     Finding the Right Volume<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/2009.06.windowsconfidential.aspx\">     When Windows Audio Goes Haywire<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for the semi-annual link clearance. How to rotate your Samsung Syncmaster 245BW into portrait mode. Watching the global cycle of airline traffic through the day. [via] Glowing Cities Under a Nighttime Sky, a time-lapse video shot out the window of a commercial airline. 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