{"id":19653,"date":"2008-12-31T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2008\/12\/31\/2008-year-end-link-clearance\/"},"modified":"2008-12-31T10:00:01","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T10:00:01","slug":"2008-year-end-link-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20081231-01\/?p=19653\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 year-end link clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Time for the semi-annual link clearance. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>     It appears that the     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2008\/08\/19\/8877486.aspx\">     Snipping Tool<\/a>     is     <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-13880_3-10040133-68.html\">     also available for Windows XP<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     How to beat the no-fly list:     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/montreal\/story\/2008\/09\/11\/nofly-name.html\">     Change your name<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     How to beat the low printer ink sensor:     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2198316\/\">     electrical tape<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     Learn about     <a href=\"http:\/\/waxy.org\/2008\/04\/milliways_infocoms_unreleased_sequel_to_hitchhikers_guide_to_the_galax\/\">     Milliways<\/a>,     the unfinished sequel to the adventure game     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio4\/hitchhikers\/game_nolan.shtml\">     <i>The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/i><\/a>.     It&#8217;s a fascinating insight into how these sorts of games are built. <\/li>\n<li>     Saw a link to this program, looks useful, haven&#8217;t tried it though.     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcsoftwares.com\/mk.html\">     Mp3 Knife<\/a> is a simple tool which extracts clips from mp3 files. <\/li>\n<li>     I don&#8217;t have a Bluetooth-enabled laptop yet, but someday I may,     and then     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitpim.org\/\">     I&#8217;ll give the bitpim program a whirl<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     One of the most awesome music videos from the 1980&#8217;s     gets even more awesome:     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ\">     Take On Me: The Literal Lyrics Version<\/a>.     (My favorite throwaway line: &#8220;What kind of hallway is this?&#8221;)     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/27090605\/\">     MSNBC interviews<\/a>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dustfilms.com\/\">the creator<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     The     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eepybird.com\/\">     guys behind the Mentos and Diet Coke fountain video<\/a>     strike again:     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/1700732\">     Having fun with Post-It notes<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4\">     An Engineer&#8217;s Guide to Cats<\/a>:     &#8220;Like most engineers,     cats are pretty much willing to eat the same thing     day after day after day.&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/timheuer.com\/blog\/archive\/2008\/05\/09\/foxit-pdf-preview-handler.aspx\">     Preview PDF files directly from Outlook<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     Timewasting game:     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasticcontraption.com\/\">     Fantastic Contraption<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     Timewasting game #2:     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gameroo.nl\/games\/light-bot\">     Light Bot<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.notfoolinganybody.com\/\">     Not Fooling Anybody<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strips\/comic\/2008-09-13\/\">     The curse of competence<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     Dilbert invented     <a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strips\/comic\/2008-10-26\/\">     the carbicle<\/a>.     Back in the early 1990&#8217;s, a bunch of us invented something     similar to the carbicle at the lunch table.     Though our version was a lot lamer because these were the days before     wireless networking, mobile phones, LCD monitors, and     notebook computers you would actually be caught dead with. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/localnews\/2008302637_webnicebanks23m.html\">     SafeCatch thwarts two potential bank robberies<\/a>     a few months ago.     (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2008\/06\/16\/8602158.aspx\">Earlier coverage<\/a>.) <\/li>\n<li>     The travel site <a href=\"http:\/\/yapta.com\/\">Yapta<\/a>     will alert you when frequent-flyer seats become available     on flights you care about,     giving you a better chance to     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2007\/06\/20\/3414589.aspx\">     spend those miles before they expire<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prism.gatech.edu\/~gtg279x\/Digitally_Assisted_Billards\/Welcome.html\">     Digitally Assisted Billiards<\/a>     [<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/mikehall\/archive\/2008\/12\/10\/digitally-assisted-billiards.aspx\">via<\/a>].     But even with this, I&#8217;d probably still lose. <\/li>\n<li>     Another glimpse into a mystery world:        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=97800190\">     the tunnels beneath Las Vegas<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     Another glimpse into a mystery world:     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=98695984\">     The people who hate cilantro<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/earlpomerantz.blogspot.com\/\">     Earl Pomerantz<\/a> does it again with his simple storytelling:     <i>Too Big For My Bathing Suit<\/i>     <a href=\"http:\/\/earlpomerantz.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/too-big-for-my-bathing-suit.html\">     Part&nbsp;1<\/a>     and     <a href=\"http:\/\/earlpomerantz.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/too-big-for-my-bathing-suit-part-two.html\">     Part&nbsp;2<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.amd.com\/documentation\/articles\/Pages\/282007123.aspx\">     Exploiting Multi-Core Processors in Windows Vista<\/a>,     a quick overview. <\/li>\n<li>     In my PDC 2008 round-up, I forgot to mention     <a href=\"http:\/\/rickhallihan.com\/\">     Rick Hallihan<\/a>&#8216;s     musings on crowd management,     the worst-fit algorithm, and some     <a href=\"http:\/\/rickhallihan.com\/random\/impressions-and-observations-from-pdc08\/\">     panoramas of the Big Room<\/a>.     The scary thing is, those panoramas don&#8217;t even cover all     of the Big Room&#8230; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Finally, we have the traditional 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\/cc565089.aspx\">     History taking up space<\/a>.     The original title for this article was     <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/title\/tt0103241\/\">     <i>What about Bob?<\/i><\/a>     Bonus trivia:     The code name Utopia was actually an acronym.     It stood for (I am not making this up)     Unified, Task-Oriented, Personality-Infected, Active. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/cc718978.aspx\">     The dying breath of the Alpha AXP was not breathed in vain<\/a>:     The archivist who rolled the computer out of its dusty closet     for the photo shoot quipped,     &#8220;I&#8217;m considering filing a workmans comp claim now.     That thing has terrible handling and zero drivability!&#8221;     If you look at the picture, you can see a layer of dust.     We left it there just for old time&#8217;s sake.     And here are some supplementary links for the article.     \n<ul>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsitpro.com\/Article\/ArticleID\/18842\/18842.html\">     Compaq drops support for Windows on the Alpha AXP<\/a>.     <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/2100-1001-243038.html\">     64-bit Windows was initially developed on the Alpha AXP<\/a>     (last paragraph).     <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2007\/02\/28\/1773067.aspx#1781539\">     Willy Denoyette reminisces on 64-bit Windows for the Alpha AXP<\/a>.     <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2007\/02\/28\/1773067.aspx\">     The blog entry in which I retired the machine featured in the article<\/a>.     <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/cc742531.aspx\">     Windows 95 Unplugged<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/cc895596.aspx\">     Work Harder, Not Smarter<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/cc983682.aspx\">     Windows Can but Won&#8217;t<\/a>.     Replacing a file in use is the easy part.     Getting it to work is the hard part. <\/li>\n<li>     <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/dd221359.aspx\">     Keep Your Caches Close<\/a>.     The original title was     <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/The_Godfather_Part_II\">     <i>Keep your data close and your caches closer<\/i><\/a>,     but that had to be trimmed for space. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for the semi-annual link clearance. It appears that the Snipping Tool is also available for Windows XP. How to beat the no-fly list: Change your name. How to beat the low printer ink sensor: electrical tape. Learn about Milliways, the unfinished sequel to the adventure game The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy. 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