Lost Windows feature: The Horizon

Raymond Chen December 15, 2020 Dec 15, 2020 12/15/20

Unlike the real horizon, this one is up close.

How did Windows open a portal to another dimension when reporting a program error?

Raymond Chen December 8, 2020 Dec 8, 2020 12/8/20

A momentary tear in the space-time continuum.

Why does CreateWindowEx take the extended style parameter as its first parameter instead of its last?

Raymond Chen December 7, 2020 Dec 7, 2020 12/7/20

It sure looks like a strange place to add a new parameter.

Did Windows ever find solutions for programs that crashed?

Raymond Chen December 1, 2020 Dec 1, 2020 12/1/20

It did on occasion.

The prank cursor that resulted in an employee being fired before they even started

Raymond Chen November 10, 2020 Nov 10, 2020 11/10/20

Don't try this at home.

The BurgerMaster segment may have been legendary, but some legends aren’t true

Raymond Chen October 27, 2020 Oct 27, 2020 10/27/20

Just give them a call.

In 1979, some software company in Bellevue was hiring

Raymond Chen October 12, 2020 Oct 12, 2020 10/12/20

Digging through the archives.

A consequence of being the first to adopt a standard is that you may end up being the only one to adopt it: The sad story of Korean jamo

Raymond Chen October 9, 2020 Oct 9, 2020 10/9/20

To be a leader, others must follow.

How did we end up parsing Savvyday 29 Oatmeal 94 as Saturday 29 October 1994?

Raymond Chen September 29, 2020 Sep 29, 2020 09/29/20

Unsophisticated pattern matching.