May 2012
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To have the Mac Finder display the current directory of your Terminal window, enter this command…
open .
December 2011
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“… This practice of shipping bug-ridden, unfinished software products is...”
– http://suretalent.blogspot.com/2011/10/embarcadero-delphi-xe2-firemonkey.html
This is referring to Delphi XE2, but I recently experienced being forced to pay for what should have been just an interim upgrade with Parallels for the Mac.
MongoDB on Windows should I think come with clearer advice that it really needs to run on a separate server.
Because MongoDB can’t limit its memory use, and can expand to use all available memory, it would appear unsuited for use as part of a desktop application, or a “shared single server” web-based system.
A separate physical or virtual server is required, unless your using...
November 2011
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“… I doubt that future versions of .NET will be supported on versions of...”
– — Joe Stagner (prev MSFT, now Mozilla)
The whole post “What’s wrong with Microsoft?” makes an interesting read. Joe has always been someone whose opinion I value, even more so now he is outside of Microsoft.
See also his recent post “HTML5 App versus HTML5 Page –...
Probably the single biggest reason I use Firefox instead of Google Chrome is that there is no “TabMix Plus” extension for Chrome.
Passing Values to a Function through an Anonymous...
I’m spending some time looking at ASP.NET MVC. One new common construct I’m seeing is an anonymous type being used to pass property values to a function.
For example, note the third parameter in the method call below:-
routes.MapRoute( “Default”, “{controller}/{action}/{id}”, new { controller = “Home”, action = “Index”, id...
October 2011
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“… Which brings me to the punch line of software framework quality:...”
– via How does it do a date picker widget?
Something in my opinion, much of the .NET community doesn’t get. MEF 2 Preview 4 anyone?
The original VisiCalc from 32 years ago (the first spreadsheet for PCs) still runs. It’s available for download here. All 27kb of it.
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One can force old IE versions to recognize HTML5 elements with Remy Sharp’s enabling script - http://bit.ly/cmMcvx
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What browsers support which HTML5, CSS3, SVG features - http://caniuse.com
April 2011
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“I’m European, I don’t sue - I just whinge.”
– Seen in Ubuntu chat …
March 2011
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“Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines...”
– Abelson & Sussman, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Program
February 2011
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“Zawinski’s law: Every software package expands until it can send email.”
January 2011
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“Writing good quality documentation for the software libraries you publish always...”
– via lukeplant.me.uk
My take … if a code library for 3rd-parties doesn’t have documentation, it doesn’t exist.