Hardware engineers solve a usability problem with the PS/2 connector, but inadvertently create a new one February 16, 2021 Feb 16, 2021 02/16/21 Raymond Chen What's the difference between a mouse and a keyboard?
A metric that is consistently at 100% is probably broken February 2, 2021 Feb 2, 2021 02/2/21 Raymond Chen They say that you get what you measure.
How did I find the old Windows binaries and compilers for the processor retrospective series? January 11, 2021 Jan 11, 2021 01/11/21 Raymond Chen Going through old virtual boxes of stuff.
The humor hiding behind “JavaScript error: Semicolon expected” December 4, 2020 Dec 4, 2020 12/4/20 Raymond Chen Apparently not automatic enough.
Disk and File I/O performance with ETW traces: Miscellany November 27, 2020 Nov 27, 2020 11/27/20 Raymond Chen A few other columns.
Disk and File I/O performance with ETW traces: Why is System doing so much stuff? November 26, 2020 Nov 26, 2020 11/26/20 Raymond Chen 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 November 25, 2020 Nov 25, 2020 11/25/20 Raymond Chen Deciphering the numbers.
Why does the disk optimizer put boot files at low-numbered sectors? November 24, 2020 Nov 24, 2020 11/24/20 Raymond Chen Taking advantage of disk geometry.
Virtual desktops are an end-user window management feature, not a programmatic one November 23, 2020 Nov 23, 2020 11/23/20 Raymond Chen 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 November 17, 2020 Nov 17, 2020 11/17/20 Raymond Chen You're not gonna like what you get.