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February 2007 - Posts

Looking for Autumn...

I just noticed this on Engadget. A Vanity Fair writer named Nick Tosches set off on a seemingly quixotic quest to find the origin of the Windows wallpaper "Autumn". Eventually, through many twists and turns (and some apparent arm twisting by a senior Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:12 PM by LarryOsterman | 6 Comments

Living with Windows Home Server, Day 0.

Soon after I posted this mini-review of my Mirra home backup solution, Charlie Kindel sent me mail describing a new product he was working on code named "Q". I was darned impressed with the idea, and was briefly tempted to jump ship from the audio team Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:33 PM by LarryOsterman | 10 Comments

Vista Ship Gift, Part 2

It's a Microsoft tradition that the people who worked on a project get a copy of the project when it ships. I've got copies of OS/2 1.1, NT 3.1, Exchange 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 and 2000 on my shelves, for example, all with their shrinkwrap untouched. Well, my Read More...
Posted Friday, February 09, 2007 10:16 AM by LarryOsterman | 23 Comments
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A Midsummer Night's Dream at Everett Performing Arts Center

It's openng night! Daniel opens as Demetrious in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" tomorrow! Songs like "Why do fools fall in love?," "Goin' to the Chapel," and "Love Potion #9" highlight the emotional narrative of this classic comedy of teen Read More...
Posted Friday, February 09, 2007 12:03 AM by LarryOsterman | 6 Comments
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Why was the ability to specify an allocator during CoInitialize removed from the system?

Yesterday I talked about CoGetMalloc . One thing I didn't include was why the ability to specify an allocator was removed from the system. If you've read Raymond's blog, the answer should be obvious. I suspected it, but wasn't sure, but after I submitted Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:30 PM by LarryOsterman | 5 Comments

The Sad Story of CoGetMalloc

Ok, I admit it. I'm a geek. I'm actually one of those people who rants over the loss of the printed version of the platform SDK documentation (I still have some of the original Win32 Platform SDK documents in my office and use them regularly). One of Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:39 AM by LarryOsterman | 11 Comments

Remembering old CPU bugs.

I was browsing through the Bonus Chapters for Raymond's book and I remembered an old CPU bug we encountered with the early 286 processors. Back in those days, it was common to manipulate the processor directly, especially from inside the operating system. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:45 PM by LarryOsterman | 5 Comments

Witnessing the CSI Effect first hand

Recently someone internally proposed that windows automatically filter the output of the speakers from the audio samples being captured. I was chatting with Valorie at dinner last night (we had dinner at The Herbfarm for a combined 20th anniversary and Read More...
Posted Monday, February 05, 2007 8:58 AM by LarryOsterman | 19 Comments
 
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