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Also recommended, "The Old New Thing" blog itself.

Absolutely! I love reading Raymond's blog because he will dig way down into kernel issues and other nuggets.

That said, some classic stories of his:

"In order to demonstrate our superior intellect, we will now ask you a question you cannot answer."

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/04/26/12019...

and

"Don't let Marketing mess with your slides":

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/10/17/55345...

His anecdotes and recounts of Bill Gates stories make for nice light reading, too.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2007/11/29/65884...

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