The Old New Thing

June 19, 2007 - The Old New Thing

I'm pretty sure he's going to be the envy of his next school reunion

June 19, 2007 Jun 19, 2007 06/19/07
Raymond Chen
Masi Oka has pretty much everything the dorky nerd geek has ever dreamed of. Right out of college, he lands a job at Industrial Light and Magic doing digital effects, developing complex algorithms for water and other fluid effects seen in movies like The Perfect Storm. That'd already be enough to make him the hit of his next school reunion...

What is the impact on the Start menu of long-running programs?

June 19, 2007 Jun 19, 2007 06/19/07
Raymond Chen
Let's take another look at the basic principle that determines which programs show up in the Start menu: Each time you launch a program, it "earns a point", and the longer you don't launch a program, the more points it loses. If you stare at this long enough, you might see a hole in this principle: What about a program that you launch once...