The other week, Raymond Chen's book The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows (Addison-Wesley, 2007, $39.99, ISBN 0-321-44030-7) arrived at my office unannounced. I threw it on one of the many piles of new books on the floor, and thought nothing more about it. A few days later, I noticed it on the pile when I was looking for something else close to quitting time,  A few days later, I noticed it on the pile when I was looking for something else close to quitting time, and started browsing through it for a minute. An hour later, when my wife called to ask whether I was planning to come home for dinner, I was still chuckling.Raymond writes a blog by the same name; the book is not exactly the blog. Yes, much of the material in the book first appeared in the blog, but it has been “substantially supplemented by new material better suited to book form.”About half this book can be appreciated by a reader without programming background; perhaps two-thirds can be appreciated by any programmer. If you’re an old Windows programmer, like me, you’ll follow the whole book with interest. Chen writes “Raymond actually remembers using Windows 1.0. Fortunately, the therapy sessions have helped tremendously.” I am right there beside him. Movable global memory that needed to be locked for use; discardable code segments: Ah yes, I remember it well. Not fondly, mind you, but well. Software Development