The True Stories Behind Comic Sans and Ctrl-Alt-Del

Four largely unheralded programmers turn out to be responsible for staples of everyday computing: Solitaire, hidden video game easter eggs, the much-mocked Comic Sans font and the Ctrl-Alt-Del shutdown command. Their stories trace how small, almost accidental decisions became muscle memory for a generation of computer users.

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