Hardware engineers solve a usability problem with the PS/2 connector, but inadvertently create a new one

Raymond ChenFebruary 16, 2021Feb 16, 202102/16/21

What's the difference between a mouse and a keyboard?

A metric that is consistently at 100% is probably broken

Raymond ChenFebruary 2, 2021Feb 2, 202102/2/21

They say that you get what you measure.

How did I find the old Windows binaries and compilers for the processor retrospective series?

Raymond ChenJanuary 11, 2021Jan 11, 202101/11/21

Going through old virtual boxes of stuff.

The humor hiding behind “JavaScript error: Semicolon expected”

Raymond ChenDecember 4, 2020Dec 4, 202012/4/20

Apparently not automatic enough.

Disk and File I/O performance with ETW traces: Miscellany

Raymond ChenNovember 27, 2020Nov 27, 202011/27/20

A few other columns.

Disk and File I/O performance with ETW traces: Why is System doing so much stuff?

Raymond ChenNovember 26, 2020Nov 26, 202011/26/20

The System does many things, or at least many things are blamed on it.

Preliminary notes on analyzing Disk and File I/O performance with ETW traces

Raymond ChenNovember 25, 2020Nov 25, 202011/25/20

Deciphering the numbers.

Why does the disk optimizer put boot files at low-numbered sectors?

Raymond ChenNovember 24, 2020Nov 24, 202011/24/20

Taking advantage of disk geometry.

Virtual desktops are an end-user window management feature, not a programmatic one

Raymond ChenNovember 23, 2020Nov 23, 202011/23/20

It's for users to organize their windows, not for programs to organize them.

One senior executive’s warning about escalating conflicts to upper management

Raymond ChenNovember 17, 2020Nov 17, 202011/17/20

You're not gonna like what you get.