How to write like Raymond: Contacting another team for the first time June 7, 2022 Jun 7, 2022 06/7/22 Raymond Chen Flattery will get you in the door.
Be careful with that thing, it’s a confidential coffee maker April 26, 2022 Apr 26, 2022 04/26/22 Raymond Chen Just keep it under wraps.
The Applesoft Compiler (TASC): We have the source code, in a sense April 19, 2022 Apr 19, 2022 04/19/22 Raymond Chen The desperation of programming under tight memory constraints.
Why are there separate Program Files and Program Files (x86) directories? March 29, 2022 Mar 29, 2022 03/29/22 Raymond Chen Why can't we just combine them?
The cats sitting on a fence in early builds of Windows 8 February 8, 2022 Feb 8, 2022 02/8/22 Raymond Chen Something to look at when all is lost.
How do I customize the color of the Windows blue screen? February 1, 2022 Feb 1, 2022 02/1/22 Raymond Chen It's hard-coded now, sorry.
Jumping into the middle of an instruction is not as strange as it sounds January 11, 2022 Jan 11, 2022 01/11/22 Raymond Chen It's just another trick for saving space.
Filling in some gaps in the story of Space Cadet Pinball on 64-bit Windows January 6, 2022 Jan 6, 2022 01/6/22 Raymond Chen The story as I experienced it.
A rejected attempt to inject pseudo-physics into Windows 8 toast notifications December 28, 2021 Dec 28, 2021 12/28/21 Raymond Chen Like a mischievous rubber band flung across the screen.
The Thanksgiving to Christmas sales nationwide of the VIS could be tabulated in an unsigned char December 24, 2021 Dec 24, 2021 12/24/21 Raymond Chen One of the great duds of console gaming history.