darrellp | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 17 2009 | windows, free, shell
I've used xplorer2 now for a while and find it well worth the price and a big jump up from the regular Windows Explorer.
- darrellp | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 24 2007 | books, art, press, microsoft, windows
This is a great book of anecdotes and miscellaneous info about the development of Windows. Both interesting and useful/practical. Lots of insight on the decisions behind the design and why those "crazy" features everybody loves to criticize actually make some sense.
My favorite anecdote is that back in the 90s the Microsoft network produced packets at a much higher rate than the standard network stress testing app at the time. The app was called "hell" so his tiny section on this is called "The Microsoft corporate network: 1.7 times worse than hell".
Quoted: The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows
- darrellp | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 11 2006 | windows, screensavers
Some of the coolest abstract screen savers I've seen. AuraScope is the best kaleidoscope screensaver I've come across.
Quoted: WeiserWare - Windows software with a difference
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