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All our articles from 2006. Enjoy! Visit xona.com/articles for a full article listing from all years. Hectomillionaire vs. Centimillionaire 2006/Dec/17 — Matthew Doucette $100,000,000 net worth. Is that a hectomillionaire or a centimillionaire? Tweak UI Bug 2006/Dec/12 — Jason Doucette A minor, interesting mouse drag sensitivity bug in the great Tweak UI (PowerToy for Windows XP) program. Quiet Your Hard Drive / Case Vibration Noise 2006/Aug/02 — Matthew Doucette How I solved the problem of annoying case vibration noise caused by my hard drive. Turbo Pascal's 64-bit comp Type 2006/Jul/29 — Jason Doucette Some history: Exactly what was the deal with Turbo Pascal's mongrel 64-bit integer type, comp, which was handled as a floating point type? Why is its smallest value -(2^63)+1 instead of the expected -2^63 for a signed 8-byte integer? How do Variable Argument List Functions Work? 2006/Jul/27 — Jason Doucette How do variable argument list (variadic) functions work? How does printf() know how to deal with both float and double data types for the %f format specifier? Smallest Positive Floating Point Values 2006/Jul/26 — Jason Doucette The floating point format allows you to store a smaller positive number than the smallest positive value you think the format can store. Huh? And, if your code does not expect such small magnitudes, then you may be in for some trouble. Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena 2006/Jul/25 — Matthew Doucette A small collection of the best optical illusions & other visual phenomena. Matthew Doucette Music 2006/Jul/23 — Matthew Doucette Samples of my music! Reset Windows XP's Default Desktop Color 2006/Jul/22 — Matthew Doucette How to Reset Windows XP's Default Desktop Color. Blue Colored Filenames 2006/Jul/11 — Jason Doucette Have you ever wondered why some file names show up in Windows Explorer (or My Computer) as blue? WinRAR Tips 2006/Jul/05 — Matthew Doucette Uncommon but useful WinRAR tips. Google Search Tips For Webmasters 2006/Jun/22 — Matthew Doucette Some useful webmaster tips for checking out your site in Google. Anti-Spyware Software Suggestions 2006/Jun/21 — Matthew Doucette The anti-spyware (spyware removal) software we use and recommend. Easily Avoid Large C++ Class Copies 2006/Jun/14 — Jason Doucette Avoid the accidental creation of copies of your large classes, to avoid wasted memory, slow performance, and best of all: avoid manually recreating your own versions of the Copy Constructor and Assignment Operator! How To Upgrade phpBB 2006/Apr/24 — Matthew Doucette A simple step-by-step tutorial guiding you on how to upgrade your phpBB bulletin board system to a newer version. The TI-99/4A Home Computer 2006/Apr/15 — Matthew Doucette A small tribute to the TI-99/4A Home Computer. Rare Parsec Facts (The TI-99/4A Video Game) 2006/Apr/15 — Matthew Doucette Very rare facts about Parsec, one of the TI-99/4A's most popular games. |
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