{"id":93777,"date":"2016-06-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/?p=93777"},"modified":"2019-03-13T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T18:51:33","slug":"20160630-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20160630-00\/?p=93777","title":{"rendered":"2016 mid-year link clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here it is again: The semi-annual link clearance. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>    GardenCast is a video podcast that     deconstructs Olive Garden commercials     Each episode picks a 15-second commercial     and watches it     over and over and over and over.     And over.     <a HREF=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MASjtPaOdgg\">    Episode 1<\/a>.     Other episodes follow.     Watch them if you dare. \n<li>    <a HREF=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jep.12508\/abstract\">    Maternal kisses are not effective in alleviating minor childhood injuries (boo-boos):     a randomized, controlled and blinded study<\/a>.     Important research results comes to the controversial conclusion     &#8220;The practice of maternal kissing of boo-boos is not supported by the     evidence and we recommend a moratorium on the practice.&#8221;     (Spoiler: In case you didn&#8217;t figure it out from the working group&#8217;s acronym,     <a HREF=\"http:\/\/ethicsalarms.com\/2016\/01\/01\/whats-more-unethical-than-a-web-hoax-how-about-a-scientific-journal-hoax\/\">    it&#8217;s a hoax<\/a>.) \n<li>    &#8220;George is, quite simply, the worst helpdesk technician ever.&#8221;     <a HREF=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclesofgeorge.com\/\">    The Chronicles of George<\/a>. \n<li>    Washing triple-washed lettuce at home     <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/life\/food\/2016\/04\/why_are_salad_greens_always_labeled_triple_washed.html\">    increases the risk of contamination<\/a>.     Your kitchen is dirty. \n<li>    Scientists have discovered     <a HREF=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/arts-and-entertainment\/wp\/2016\/02\/02\/scientists-have-discovered-the-source-of-your-resting-bitch-face\/\">    what causes Resting Bitch Face<\/a>. \n<li>    When forensic professionals have questions about file system behavior,     we often refer them to the Time Stamps section of the     <a HREF=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/4\/3\/8\/43889780-8d45-4b2e-9d3a-c696a890309f\/File%20System%20Behavior%20Overview.pdf\">    File System Behavior Overview [pdf]<\/a>     document. \n<li>    <a HREF=\"http:\/\/blogs.unity3d.com\/2016\/04\/25\/debugging-memory-corruption-who-the-hell-writes-2-into-my-stack-2\/\">    Debugging memory corruption<\/a>:     An excellent debugging walkthrough.     <a HREF=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20110202-00\/?p=11613\">Additional reading<\/a>.     Also, the article&#8217;s conclusion needs to be strengthened.     &#8220;Qb abg guebj rkprcgvbaf bhg bs nflapuebabhf cebprqherf vs lbh&#8217;er vafvqr n flfgrz pnyy!&#8221;     should really be     &#8220;Qb abg guebj rkprcgvbaf bhg bs nflapuebabhf cebprqherf!&#8221;     Because <a HREF=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20120910-00\/?p=6653\">this<\/a>.     (<a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.rot13.com\/\">decoder<\/a>.) \n<li>    Norway and Sweden compete in the biathlon     <a HREF=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OH-zVXN8OMg\">    over Sweden&#8217;s most famous course<\/a>.     <a HREF=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nrksport\/videos\/10153685741252796\/\">    Last year&#8217;s course<\/a>. \n<li>    A person known as 4am cracks Apple ][ games     for the Internet Archive.     <a HREF=\"https:\/\/ia801508.us.archive.org\/18\/items\/Gumball4amCrack\/Gumball%20(4am%20&amp;%20san%20inc%20crack).txt\">    This write-up of the assault on the game     Gumball<\/a>     is truly epic,     including     <a HREF=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/it-took-33-years-for-someone-to-find-the-easter-egg-in-this-apple-ii-game-gumball\">    the discovery of an Easter Egg that     lay hidden for 33 years<\/a>.     <a HREF=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Gumball4amCrack\">    Enjoy the fruits of 4am&#8217;s labors<\/a>.     Game controls are at the bottom of the write-up,     but this will get you through the first level or two:     S = move left; D = stop; F = move right.     Space = Toggle the gates.     I couldn&#8217;t make it past the second level.     (My greatest achievement on my Apple ][ was     reverse-engineering the firmware for a hard drive     so that I could boot ProDOS off it.     It officially supported only Apple DOS 3.3,     CP\/M, and UCSD Pascal.) \n<li>    Apparently there&#8217;s this thing in the knitting community known as     <a HREF=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/12\/24\/detangling-enthusiasts-trade-s.html\">    detangling<\/a>,     which is the process of taking a tangled mess of yarn     and turning it back into neat skeins.     The people who do this, known as <i>detanglers<\/i>,     relish the challenge.     I fully understand the appeal of detangling.     There&#8217;s something meditative about sitting down with     a tangled mess and slowly bringing it to order. \n<li>    <a HREF=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/alicia-keys-is-done-playing-nice-your-phone-is-getting-locked-up-at-her-shows-now\/2016\/06\/16\/366c15aa-33af-11e6-95c0-2a6873031302_story.html\">    Alicia Keys is done playing nice.     Your phone is getting locked up at her shows now<\/a>.     Some performers are enforcing a no-phone zone at their concerts.     So far, this hasn&#8217;t been a problem at Seattle Symphony concerts.     Well,     <a HREF=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20050920-17\/?p=34123\">    usually not<\/a>. <\/ul>\n<p>And the obligatory plug for my appearances on <a HREF=\"http:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Blogs\/One-Dev-Minute\">One Dev Minute<\/a>: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>    <a HREF=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Blogs\/One-Dev-Minute\/One-Dev-Question-with-Raymond-Chen-Why-Cant-I-Draw-on-the-Desktop-Anymore\">    Why can&#8217;t I draw on the desktop any more?<\/a> \n<li>    <a HREF=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Blogs\/One-Dev-Minute\/One-Dev-Question-with-Raymond-Chen-Why-Do-You-Have-to-Click-the-Start-Button-to-Shut-down\">    Why do you have to click the Start button to shut down?<\/a> \n<li>    <a HREF=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Blogs\/One-Dev-Minute\/One-Dev-Question-with-Raymond-Chen-Is-There-Code-From-Windows-95-That-Is-Still-In-Windows-10\">    Is there code from Windows 95 that is still in Windows 10?<\/a> \n<li>    <a HREF=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Blogs\/One-Dev-Minute\/One-Dev-Question-with-Raymond-Chen-What-Monitor-Does-a-Window-Default-To\">    What monitor does a window default to?<\/a> \n<li>    <a HREF=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Blogs\/One-Dev-Minute\/One-Dev-Question-with-Raymond-Chen-Why-Are-There-4-Functions-for-Converting-Strings-to-GUIDs\">    Why are there four functions for converting strings to GUIDs?<\/a> <\/ul>\n<p>If you want to propose a question for One Dev Minute, put it in the comments below. Remember, the question needs to be answerable in one minute! (And, of course, remember that I&#8217;m on the engineering side of things, not the marketing\/business side.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out you go.<\/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":[26],"class_list":["post-93777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oldnewthing","tag-other"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Out you go.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}