Showing posts with label musings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label musings. Show all posts
Friday, December 27, 2024

I Got Complacent—and Here’s What I Learned

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  The Frog in the Beaker Parable: If a frog is placed in a beaker of boiling water, it will immediately jump out to save itself. However, if...
Sunday, December 29, 2019

When You Don't Know, What You Don't Know

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I've been in a rut for about the past six months. Not just a Delphi programming rut but a "life rut". What's worse, I knew...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

The 20-Second Hug

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program TwentySecondHug; {$APPTYPE CONSOLE} {$R *.res} uses System.SysUtils; begin try Writeln('The 20-Second Hug'); ...
Sunday, August 6, 2017

Why My Next Software Product Will Be Windows VCL Only

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I started this blog back in 2009 as I slowly emerged from a severe case of burn-out. From that first day I've been consistently saying I...
Sunday, March 9, 2014

Get More out of StackOverflow

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It's no secret that StackOverflow or SO as it's commonly referred to is one of the best resources for Delphi enthusiasts. We all ha...
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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Everyone Needs A Miyagi

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Today is the Marine Corps' 238th birthday. Although I've been out of the Marine Corps since 1999 there's a saying that all Marin...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

XE4 dbGrid Still Buggy - Please Vote Up QC 98255

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This weekend I installed XE4 Enterprise on my new (well new to me) Windows 7 machine. I ran the Getting Started sample project that comes wi...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013

XE4 Upgrade Decision

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I'm currently using Delphi 2010 Professional and it's time to make that upgrade decision . . . again. The first decision I had to ma...
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Create Your Own Magical Delphi Tour

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There is no time like the present to create your own "Magical Delphi Tour". I'm currently working on upgrading a software prog...
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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Making Sense of the Whole Delphi WinRT Thing

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I'm not one of the "Low-Level" "Deep-Inside" Delphi smart guys. I'm just an average software developer who uses ...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Priceless: Behind the Code with Anders Hejlsberg

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I just watched this interview with Anders Hejlsberg for the first time. This is truly an amazing interview. It's rather long, about 1 ho...
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Saturday, July 7, 2012

How to deal with Programmer's Block

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Eventually, we all go through a bout of Programmer's Block. What is Programmer's Block? It's very similar to Writer's Block ...
Sunday, May 6, 2012

A Simple Way to Learn About Methods and Properties

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I've decided this time around with Delphi, I'm going to do things as best as I possibly can. A long time ago I met Jeff Duntemann ( ...
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Wisdom: Rekindle That Enthusiasm

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Happy New Year! I was thinking about my software the other day. I have a piece of software I created over 20 years ago and it still sells...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

I Took A Little Walk-About - But I'm Back

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A lot has been going on inside my head since the last post. Delphi has just released XE2. I have finally decided to use ElevateDB for all my...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

On Again Off Again On Again

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There's an awful lot to do when you are a one-person, part-time Micro ISV. I purchased Delphi 2010 in November 2009 because I didn't...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Experience Delphi Again For The First Time

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Granted it's been quite a while since I compiled my last verion of real Delphi code. I just looked at the release date for my last retai...