Reinvent The Wheel

Round is nice, but we can do better!

RAD Twitter

January 25, 2012
by Simon J Stuart
15 Comments

The problem with TTwitter – Reason discovered!

Quite a lot of people around the world have been reporting that TTwitter doesn’t work on theirs or their client’s machines… with Twitter reporting a 401 error on each request! I have been attempting to track down the cause of … Continue reading

Dirty DL

January 22, 2012
by Simon J Stuart
6 Comments

Motorcycle Maintenance #1 – How to properly (safely) wash and maintain a motorbike

Most readers of this blog think of me as just a software geek… which is understandable considering that’s usually all I ever talk about. What you may not know, however, is that I’m an avid motorcycle enthusiast, and have been … Continue reading

January 20, 2012
by Simon J Stuart
37 Comments

Lua4Delphi – Implementation Samples Part 1

Lua4Delphi is about to be released, and so, for those interested, it is important know how to implement it in your own applications. [Overview] What are the current capabilities of Lua4Delphi? As it stands today (and will certainly be in … Continue reading

xtion-open-01

January 17, 2012
by Simon J Stuart
26 Comments

TKinect changing name, new controller support!

Stabbed in the back by Microsoft In a recent experiment, I discovered that Microsoft have deliberately capped the minimum depth range of the Xbox Kinect controller (when running it on a Windows 7 PC using the official Beta 2 Kinect … Continue reading

January 15, 2012
by Simon J Stuart
3 Comments

Lua4Delphi release date

I’m happy to announce that Lua4Delphi (the core library required to begin using it… the entire free portion) will be released on Febrary 1st, no matter what! The current state of Lua4Delphi makes it useful even if the remaining features … Continue reading

AutoSuffix_1

January 10, 2012
by Simon J Stuart
20 Comments

AutoSuffix – One Package Project, Multiple Delphi Versions (Automatically)

Ever made a component or library package, and wanted the same package file to work on multiple versions of Delphi… without having to use a separate Package Project for each version? Well, I want to! Delphi doesn’t exactly make it … Continue reading