{"id":30683,"date":"2006-06-30T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2006-06-30T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2006\/06\/30\/2006-mid-year-link-clearance\/"},"modified":"2006-06-30T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2006-06-30T10:00:09","slug":"2006-mid-year-link-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20060630-09\/?p=30683","title":{"rendered":"2006 mid-year link clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> A few random links that I&#8217;ve collected. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveplasma.com\/\">liveplasma<\/a>,     graphically depicts links among musicians and movies.     I don&#8217;t actually listen to popular music much,     but it&#8217;s still fun to play with. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashbuster.com\/\">Slashbuster<\/a>.     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashbuster.com\/images\/Tree-shredding.wmv\">     Eats trees for breakfast<\/a> [WMV].     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashbuster.com\/videos.htm\">Other videos<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"de\">Der     <a href=\"http:\/\/dylan.tweney.com\/2004\/12\/02\/baggertransport-2001\/\">     Baggertransport 2001<\/a><\/span> aka     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dict.cc\/?s=bagger\">Bagger<\/a> 288.     Eats medium-sized towns for breakfast. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepod.com\/\">     Mandarin Chinese lesson podcast<\/a>.     Perhaps someday^H^H^Hyear I may be able to use this. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warringtoncyclecampaign.co.uk\/facility-of-the-month\">     Warrington Cycling Campaign&#8217;s Cycle Facility of the Month<\/a>.     It&#8217;s hard to pick a favorite, they&#8217;re all so great,     but maybe it&#8217;s     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.17beechroad.freeserve.co.uk\/WarringtonCycleCampaign\/facility-of-the-month\/July2004.htm\">     July 2004<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doingboeing.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/graphical-representation-of-warning.html\">     Floor ate hazardous Ohio eels<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/jesperh\/\">Jesper Holmberg<\/a>&#8216;s     web log on localization.     For example, you can find discussion of     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/jesperh\/archive\/2006\/02\/24\/538969.aspx\">     localizing keyboard shortcuts<\/a>     (a subject which was of     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2006\/04\/24\/582153.aspx#582209\">     passing interest some time ago<\/a>). <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicradioslave.com\/\">     Public Radio Slave<\/a>,     answering the telephone at a public radio station. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waiterrant.net\/\">     Waiterrant<\/a>, the online journal of a waiter at what     appears to be a rather fancy restaurant. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logosfreebooks.org\/\">     Logos free books<\/a>,     online books (mostly children&#8217;s stories)     in various languages, often including audio.     But the audio has annoying music in the background, alas. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/media1.break.com\/dnet\/media\/content\/easterbunny1.wmv\">The Easter Bunny Hates You<\/a> (WMV).     <a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=-5427138374898988918\">     Google video version<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuow.org\/defaultProgram.asp?ID=10140\">     Dave Barry appeared on local radio station KUOW<\/a>.     The interview is quite funny. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Laz64NWwDA\">     Dancing humans forming a variety of images when viewed from above<\/a>.     (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/mefi\/52348\">via Metafilter<\/a>.)     I&#8217;m not sure which I like best; it&#8217;s either the running man     or the flapping bird. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stuff.twoday.net\/\">1000 Arte ein Bier zu     &ouml;ffnen: Ohne Flaschen&ouml;ffner im Grossstadtdschungel     &uuml;berleben<\/a> = &#8220;1000 ways to open a beer:     Surviving in the urban jungle without a bottle opener.&#8221;     (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2006\/06\/20\/1000_ways_to_open_a_.html\">via     BoingBoing<\/a>.)     My favorites:     <a href=\"http:\/\/stuff.twoday.net\/stories\/2152489\/\">     Electric toothbrush<\/a> (for unexpectedness),     <a href=\"http:\/\/stuff.twoday.net\/stories\/1560760\/\">     notebook hard drive<\/a> (for disproportionate expense), and     <a href=\"http:\/\/stuff.twoday.net\/stories\/1092429\/\">     excavator<\/a> (for inconvenience). <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E8c2fMDatoU\">How     to eat sushi<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/korridoren_flogsta\/flogstaskriket-en.html\">The Flogsta scream<\/a>,     a nightly tradition at the     <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flogsta\">Flogsta<\/a> dormitories     at     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.se\/\">Uppsala University<\/a>.     (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/korridoren_flogsta\/flogstaskriket.html\">P&aring; svenska<\/a>.) <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/technet\/technetmag\/issues\/2006\/07\/WindowsConfidential\/\">A brief and incomplete history of FAT32<\/a>.     They cut off my punch line, though.     After reading the article, highlight this box with your mouse     (or use Select All if you are keyboard-based)     to see the original final sentence:     <span style=\"border: solid black .75pt;color: white;background: white\">     At least they didn&#8217;t call it &#8220;LardButt&#8221;<\/span>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=5507789\">Seeing     the world in three dimension for the first time<\/a>.     Any story that involves Oliver Sacks is bound to be fascinating. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few random links that I&#8217;ve collected. liveplasma, graphically depicts links among musicians and movies. I don&#8217;t actually listen to popular music much, but it&#8217;s still fun to play with. Slashbuster. Eats trees for breakfast [WMV]. Other videos. Der Baggertransport 2001 aka Bagger 288. Eats medium-sized towns for breakfast. Mandarin Chinese lesson podcast. Perhaps someday^H^H^Hyear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":111744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-30683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oldnewthing","tag-non-computer"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>A few random links that I&#8217;ve collected. liveplasma, graphically depicts links among musicians and movies. I don&#8217;t actually listen to popular music much, but it&#8217;s still fun to play with. Slashbuster. Eats trees for breakfast [WMV]. Other videos. Der Baggertransport 2001 aka Bagger 288. Eats medium-sized towns for breakfast. Mandarin Chinese lesson podcast. 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