Reinvent The Wheel

Round is nice, but we can do better!

July 23, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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GEDify your non-US WiFi Xoom – For n00bs

UPDATE: You’re using a non-US 3G Xoom? Don’t despair… you can have Android 3.2 now as well! The geniuses over at XDA have come up with an Android 3.2 flash for you! UPDATE (December 2011): I HAVE PROVIDED A LINK … Continue reading

Design Fail

July 22, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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Future-proofing #2 – Remove the function from the fashion

It is quite probably the most common elementary design flaw we all make at some point or another, many even to this day. You create a new VCL Application project, and the very first thing you do is start dropping buttons and other controls onto the form… Continue reading

no_more_vcl

July 21, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
32 Comments

Future-proofing #1 – Don’t let third parties inhibit your progress

With Delphi going cross-platform (as well as 64 bit for Windows), you’re about to notice that an awful lot of projects you have invested so much time and effort into are going stop compiling or working properly. I’m already noticing … Continue reading

July 18, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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Motorola Xoom – CAUTION, they lied to us all!

Like an unfortunately large number of people outside of the United States, I recently purchased a Motorola Xoom. I chose the Xoom because it is clearly an impressive piece of hardware, well built, sporting performance components I had considered to … Continue reading