2007 mid-year link clearance

Date:	June 29, 2007 / year-entry #235
Tags:	non-computer
Orig Link:	https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20070629-01/?p=26203
Comments:	11
Summary:	Random stuff.

A few random links that I've collected.

Das Holzfällerlied. The subtitles are from the original English version and do not match the German. (Lyrics here.) Even more impressive considering that the members of the Monty Python troupe don't actually speak German!
The really early history of Windows.
Explainer answers the unanswered, a follow-up to the unanswered Explainer questions.
More than you probably wanted to know about the desktop heap.
There's a time and place for casual writing and a time and place for formal writing. Some students haven't figured out that classroom assignments fall into the latter category. Business schools have also taken notice.
Sacha Baron Cohen drops character and is interviewed as himself rather than as his Borat persona.
The IT Crowd, Channel 4's riotously funny sitcom that brought you 0118 999 881 999 119 7253. It's actually quite easy to remember once you learn the jingle.
The Window Vista File Backup FAQ courtesy of The Filing Cabinet.
Now that you've gone to all the effort of writing a book, don't be stingy when it comes to reviews. Shell out the $399 and order a custom glowing review. Money well-spent.
Whenever I visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I always make sure to pay a visit to Young Woman Drawing on the second floor. I think it's my favorite work in the entire museum.
James P. Burke does a bit of detective work and discovers what drop shipping is.
Somebody seems to be taking the time to translate selected entries from blogs.msdn.com into Russian.
Microsoft's secret plans - revealed. There's still six months left in the year 2007.

And then the obligatory plug for my column in TechNet Magazine:

A "Mixed" Blessing. It starts out with what for regular readers of this web site is merely review, but that's just to set up for the second half.
Looking Smart by Being Stupid. Again, it starts out with a rehash of what many of you already know, but the second half introduces new material.
The Power of Bugs. (Suggestions for a better title welcome.) The mysterious "Disable Synchronous Buffer Commits" setting.
Determining What Is Frequently Used, the TechNetification of the first half of the Start menu series.
What New Users See on the Start Menu, the second half of the Start menu series in TechNet form.

Comments (11)

David says:

June 29, 2007 at 12:47 pm

Thanks. That’s two hours gone… :)
Erzengel says:

June 29, 2007 at 3:56 pm

@A "Mixed" Blessing: I always found it amusing when certain game CDs I put in are categorized as "music". At the time I thought, "Well, I guess they just have a lot of music. But they have a lot of zip files, too, and exes. Shouldn’t it be an ‘application disk’ or ‘archive disk’?" (I didn’t know MS doesn’t have such a disk type) Now I actually know why. The CD in question has all of their music bare on the CD, while all the textures are in zips that are extracted to the HDD.
Anonymous says:

June 29, 2007 at 4:40 pm

Perhaps you could just add "… is a curious thing".
Mr Cranky says:

June 29, 2007 at 7:10 pm

That article on "drop-shipping" was very interesting. I got hit by one of those people a while back (selling a book on ebay/half.com). Like the James P. Burke, I was suspicious, but I couldn’t see how it was any sort of scam. I was also too lazy to do the digging necessary to figure it out.

Thanks!

Also, "Young Woman Drawing" is awesome.
Ross Bemrose says:

June 29, 2007 at 10:24 pm

The IT Crowd! I’ve heard that not only is production on the second season currently underway, but that there is also going to be a North American version of it ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944954/ ), with everyone but Moss recast with different actors.
Nikolay says:

June 30, 2007 at 4:05 am

Doesn’t the woman in the "Young Woman Drawing" look like a little girl or is it just me?
Craig says:

July 2, 2007 at 3:01 am

I agree, "Young Woman Drawing" is beautiful. Thanks Raymond!
Engrish says:

July 2, 2007 at 3:25 am

Can anyone translate the russian blog to english, please.
Mickey says:

July 2, 2007 at 5:48 am

Hi Raymond!

Have you ever had a look on the german translations of your TechNet articles? They say the author would be a certain Raymond Chens…

Here is an example: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/04/WindowsConfidential/default.aspx?loc=de

[Noch ein Geheimnis der deutschen Sprache. Wenn Sie Deutsch lernen, dann werden Sie verstehen. -Raymond]
Neil says:

July 3, 2007 at 5:25 am

Reading the early history article reminds me that "Undocumented Windows" mentions Burgermaster; I seem to remember it was used to name some key kernel data structure.
A.B.Leal says:

July 3, 2007 at 8:31 am

Three remarks on the Villers painting:
- About 40% of the canvas is taken by a four pane window.
- The lower right glass pane is broken.
- Through the broken glass, a couple on a terrace: the man’s period clothing and posture make him resemble a penguin.

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