Lost Windows feature: The Horizon

Raymond ChenDecember 15, 2020Dec 15, 202012/15/20

Unlike the real horizon, this one is up close.

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

Raymond ChenDecember 8, 2020Dec 8, 202012/8/20

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 ChenDecember 7, 2020Dec 7, 202012/7/20

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

Did Windows ever find solutions for programs that crashed?

Raymond ChenDecember 1, 2020Dec 1, 202012/1/20

It did on occasion.

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

Raymond ChenNovember 10, 2020Nov 10, 202011/10/20

Don't try this at home.

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

Raymond ChenOctober 27, 2020Oct 27, 202010/27/20

Just give them a call.

In 1979, some software company in Bellevue was hiring

Raymond ChenOctober 12, 2020Oct 12, 202010/12/20

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 ChenOctober 9, 2020Oct 9, 202010/9/20

To be a leader, others must follow.

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

Raymond ChenSeptember 29, 2020Sep 29, 202009/29/20

Unsophisticated pattern matching.