Reinvent The Wheel

Round is nice, but we can do better!

August 4, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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FireMonkey doesn’t necessarily mean “one size fits all”

I’ve been seeing a lot of foolish and irresponsible posts (on Blogs and Social Networks) lately making the claim that XE2′s upcoming FireMonkey framework is some foolish attempt at a “one size fits all” solution for cross-platform GUI development. A … 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

June 17, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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Motorola – Fruit for the US, Sour Grapes for the rest

As any of you following me on Twitter will likely already know, I recently acquired a Motorola Xoom (WiFi only as I already own an Android phone with 3G, and can pair the two when required) on which to test … Continue reading

April 4, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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Slow Internet Connection? This might help you!

I don’t normally post things like this, mainly because “quick cheap fixes” tend never to work…. however, this is something I discovered for myself by complete accident, and has made a massive difference to the performance of my Internet Connection… … Continue reading

February 27, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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Bringing Delphi into the 21st Century

This blog post will be a combination of a rant, a lecture, and a call to arms for my fellow Delphi developers. You have been warned! I am a self-proclaimed “Delphi Loyalist”! I have been since Delphi 1 entered my … Continue reading

February 6, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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Laptop Battery Calibration: The do’s and don’ts!

This article has been modified due to the numbers of annoying comments (largely unpublished due to stupidty and trolling). Since nobody can agree on the best calibration method for Li-ion batteries (and since people clearly couldn’t read properly to see … Continue reading