Ever wonder what all those svchost.exe’s that show up in the task manager on Windows XP? I just found a knowledge base article that covers exactly why there are a bunch running and how to probe inside them to find out what they’re up to.
Craig Andera has a great little write up on Flicker-free control painting in .NET. Good read if you’re into that kind of thing.
Couple interesting pieces I found today. First, a comic by the NY Times that isn’t really funny and second, an interesting flyer by the folks at misleader.org.
So, i decided to try a new trick when editing code and scripts and stuff. I’m now using a 20 pixel tall font in emacs and a 16-point font in VS.NET for all my editing. I figure, this way, when my stuff gets too big and complicated, I’ll be more forced to simplify it and make it actually fit on the screen. And I won’t have to change my display when I’m doing a presentation. The last reason is lame, but I’ll see how long I survive with mondo-text.