September 14, 2005

Typo patrol at the PDC

September 14, 2005 Sep 14, 2005 09/14/05

Raymond Chen

You can find the following typographical errors in the Big Room at the PDC: If you can locate all three of them and catch me at the PDC (say at the Fundamentals Lounge or at the Ask the Experts table), I'll award you a prize of um (rummaging through my bag) how about a retractable network cable? (Or an autographed business card? But then ...

Like an invention out of Harry Potter, except that Harry’s would use a quill

September 14, 2005 Sep 14, 2005 09/14/05

Raymond Chen

When I heard this story from Swedish Radio, it struck me as the sort of object that would exist in the imaginary world of Harry Potter. Raymond's bad translation follows: Pen can help dyslexics With today's cheaper and cheaper microelectronics, it becomes possible for young inventors to produce new products without a lot of resources. A ...

The double-Ctrl+Alt+Del feature is really a kludge

September 14, 2005 Sep 14, 2005 09/14/05

Raymond Chen

Most people who care about such things know that you can press Ctrl+Alt+Del twice from the Welcome screen and sometimes you will get a classic logon dialog. (Note: "Sometimes". It works only if the last operation was a restart or log-off, for complicated reasons that are irrelevant to this discussion.) The ability to do the double-Ctrl+Alt+...

The Old New Thing