A British scientific study shows that a bit of classical music can persuade diners to buy more fancy coffees, pricey wines and luxurious desserts. “North has shown that playing German or French music can persuade diners to buy wine from those countries.” I found this to be true in my experience. If you get two thousand people in a tent and play live oom-pah music, they end up drinking lots of German beer.
October 6th, 2003
Researchers discover link between music and drinking
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Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.
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