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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:00 AM

I just discovered that the Scandinavian Gift Shop in Ballard is closing

Another local landmark.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:00 AM

What is the lpdwHandle parameter in GetFileVersionInfoSize used for?

Nothing any more.
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Monday, July 30, 2007 7:00 AM

Stuart Stevens takes performance-enhancing drugs in order to see what they do

An amateur cyclist takes the drugs to find out what they do.
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Monday, July 30, 2007 7:00 AM

There's a whole Internet out there, folks, you might want to check it out

At least do some homework.
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Friday, July 27, 2007 7:00 AM

Seattle to Portland (STP) 2007 trip report, part 4 of 4: St. Helens to Portland and beyond

St. Helens to Portland and beyond.
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Friday, July 27, 2007 7:00 AM

Don't just grab the foreground window and host UI on it

That's not your window.
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Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:00 AM

Seattle to Portland (STP) 2007 trip report, part 3 of 4: Toledo to St. Helens

Toledo to St. Helens.
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Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:00 AM

How do the names in the file security dialog map to access control masks?

Here comes the table.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 7:00 AM

Seattle to Portland (STP) 2007 trip report, part 2 of 4: Spanaway to Toledo

From Spanaway to Toledo.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 7:00 AM

What is Dave's frame class?

The Task Manager graph.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:00 AM

Seattle to Portland (STP) 2007 trip report, part 1 of 4: Seattle to Spanaway

From Seattle to Spanaway.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:00 AM

Just because you say something in my presence and I don't raise an objection doesn't mean that I agree

Sneaking in below the radar.
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Monday, July 23, 2007 7:00 AM

Tips for doing the Seattle to Portland (STP) in two days: What I learned in 2007

Helpful tips.
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Monday, July 23, 2007 7:00 AM

The real cost of compatibility is not in the hacks; the hacks are small potatoes

It's in the design.
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Friday, July 20, 2007 7:00 AM

Apparently some people consider this a vacation; I consider it insane

The Epic Cycling Climbs of France.
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Friday, July 20, 2007 7:00 AM

Screwing the computer parts back together is the most dangerous step

One of the rules of computer hardware.
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:00 AM

Food products that are offenses against nature: Fast Franks

Saving a whole four seconds in your hot dog preparation regimen.
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:00 AM

You don't optimize for the case where somebody is mis-using your system

Like this is something that should be optimized?
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 7:00 AM

If you read any book about traditional weddings in Russian history, there must be a fight

The Russian culture of fakery.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 7:00 AM

Why is the limit of window handles per process 10,000?

That's a third of the entire amount available; isn't that enough?
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:00 AM

Not my finest hour: Driving a manual transmission

Stall.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:00 AM

How are window manager handles determined in Windows NT?

Don't recycle window handles so frequently.
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Monday, July 16, 2007 7:00 AM

Creative armed robbery defense: Political asylum

Rob a bank, flee the country, claim political asylum.
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Monday, July 16, 2007 7:00 AM

How are window manager handles determined in 16-bit Windows and Windows 95?

A simpler life.
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Friday, July 13, 2007 7:00 AM

The dangers of conversation fragments: Overheard on the Burke-Gilman trail

Concentration camp.
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Friday, July 13, 2007 7:00 AM

I was sort of interested at first, but now I'm not so sure any more

Wearing down the potential customer.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:00 AM

Seattle street signs for sale, used, but for ten bucks you can't complain

As new ones go up, old ones go on sale.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:00 AM

If you want a modeless dialog, then create a modeless dialog already

Looking for the complicated way.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007 7:00 AM

Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

Do you remember the Trojan War?
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007 7:00 AM

How to check for errors from SetFilePointer

It's all spelled out multiple times but people still miss it.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:00 AM

That leaves more hot German babes for me!

Or maybe not.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:00 AM

The forgotten common controls: The ShowHideMenuCtl function

For making dialog controls match a menu, as if anybody even does this any more.
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Monday, July 09, 2007 7:00 AM

A modest proposal: Solving the problem of traffic in Seattle caused by sporting events

Sports Arena Island.
Posted by oldnewthing | 52 Comments
Monday, July 09, 2007 7:00 AM

It's not enough to say that something is bad; you have to say what would be better

Feedback needs to be actionable.
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Friday, July 06, 2007 7:00 AM

Redmond Derby Days 2007 this weekend

Roads closed, all sorts of fun.
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Friday, July 06, 2007 7:00 AM

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: If they can run code, then they can run code

If you assume they can run code, then you shouldn't be surprised that they can run code.
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Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:00 AM

Raymond's tips on selecting a memorable greeting card

Pick something from the wrong aisle.
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Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:00 AM

QueryPerformanceCounter is not a source for unique identifiers

It counts forward, but how fast?
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007 7:00 AM

Holidays for fireworks (and generally blowing up stuff) from around the world

Just an excuse.
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007 7:00 AM

The audacity of selling things that don't belong to you

I've got a bridge.
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007 7:00 AM

If the system says that an embedded string could not be converted from Unicode to ANSI, maybe it's trying to tell you something

Probably that an embedded string could not be converted from Unicode to ANSI.
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Monday, July 02, 2007 7:00 AM

The conversations backstage at computer Go tournaments

Who will lose first.
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Monday, July 02, 2007 7:00 AM

Image File Execution Options just inserts the debugger in front of the command line

The rest is up to the debugger.
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