Jun 7, 2022
Post comments count9
Post likes count1
How to write like Raymond: Contacting another team for the first time
Flattery will get you in the door.
Showing results for History - The Old New Thing
Apr 26, 2022
Post comments count9
Post likes count4
Be careful with that thing, it’s a confidential coffee maker
Just keep it under wraps.
Apr 19, 2022
Post comments count10
Post likes count0
The Applesoft Compiler (TASC): We have the source code, in a sense
The desperation of programming under tight memory constraints.
Mar 29, 2022
Post comments count29
Post likes count1
Why are there separate Program Files and Program Files (x86) directories?
Why can't we just combine them?
Feb 8, 2022
Post comments count3
Post likes count3
The cats sitting on a fence in early builds of Windows 8
Something to look at when all is lost.
Feb 1, 2022
Post comments count7
Post likes count0
How do I customize the color of the Windows blue screen?
It's hard-coded now, sorry.
Jan 11, 2022
Post comments count11
Post likes count0
Jumping into the middle of an instruction is not as strange as it sounds
It's just another trick for saving space.
Jan 6, 2022
Post comments count17
Post likes count0
Filling in some gaps in the story of Space Cadet Pinball on 64-bit Windows
The story as I experienced it.
Dec 28, 2021
Post comments count10
Post likes count0
A rejected attempt to inject pseudo-physics into Windows 8 toast notifications
Like a mischievous rubber band flung across the screen.
Dec 24, 2021
Post comments count3
Post likes count2
The Thanksgiving to Christmas sales nationwide of the VIS could be tabulated in an unsigned char
One of the great duds of console gaming history.