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Moving Forward Part I: Windows 3.1
Windows 3.1 was released in April 1992. It was very much a ‘bugfix’ release for Windows 3.0. As luck would have it however Windows 3.1 was the [...]
SteamOS: “That’s a nice Iceberg, let’s crash into it”
Recently, Valve announced their upcoming ‘product’- a Free Operating System called SteamOS. Steam OS is the culmination of a year or so of [...]
The Mystery of the “Diagnostic Startup”
Through quite a number of versions, Windows has included a tool called “MSConfig” for configuring your software setup. There is a lot of [...]
Programming Language Performance Redux
This is not another entry into the series regarding anagrams, but a much simpler synopsis using a very basic algorithm. The performance of programming [...]
You’re never as awesome as you think you are
Many developers and programmers may describe their experience with a language or technology as them having “mastered” it. But is this really [...]
the MS Web Stack
As many web developers are aware, there are a myriad of ways to develop websites and interactive web applications today. On the server side, one typically [...]
Programming Language Performance Part III: C#
In order to compare various languages, I will be implementing a anagram search program in a variety of languages and testing and analyzing the resulting [...]
Programming Language Performance Part II: Python
In order to compare various languages, I will be implementing a anagram search program in a variety of languages and testing and analyzing the resulting [...]
Programming Language Performance Part I: Overview
Much like my previous posts on the subject of programming language polarization, this one comes as a response to what I feel are flawed perspectives on [...]
BCUpdateLib: Not really broken
Now that I finally have a windows machine with a internet connection, I decided to investigate issues I heard of from reliable sources that the BCUpdateLib [...]