Reinvent The Wheel

Round is nice, but we can do better!

RAD Twitter

April 4, 2012
by Simon J Stuart
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TTwitter updated to fix “401″ bug

I have just released an update for TTwitter (the original “deprecated” version currently available on this blog) to fix the “401″ bug experienced by many of you. The update has been committed to the SVN repository, and an updated zip … Continue reading

tombstone

March 8, 2012
by Simon J Stuart
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“The PC will be dead by the end of the year”

You’ve probably read titles very-much like this one all over the Internet for the past 15-20 years. Indeed, it seems every year is the final year of the PC, so sayeth every technologically misinformed moron yet to be cut from … Continue reading

RAD Twitter

January 25, 2012
by Simon J Stuart
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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

RAD Twitter

November 17, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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TTwitter getting an update

UPDATE – The update is available via TTwitter’s SVN repository, and now includes the precompiled Demo application for testing. There’s no denying that TTwitter has been immensely popular. Indeed, it is the single most downloaded item from my repository (with … 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

Social Delphi

November 5, 2010
by Simon J Stuart
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Social Delphi, a new home for Delphi’s Social Networking Components

Given that TTwitter is available now is now available for an Open BETA, and that an interest has been expressed in other Social Network APIs being exposed to Delphi in a similar way, I’ve decided to set up a new … Continue reading

September 2, 2010
by Simon J Stuart
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Programming: .NET vs Native

It has become apparent that, amongst my programmer friends at least, people seem to be flocking to the .NET framework as a means of producing cross-platform applications. The question must be asked: is there any wisdom in this? Continue reading

August 25, 2010
by Simon J Stuart
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Engineered Intelligence: Human Brain vs Machine

For those who don’t know, one of my many “pet projects” is experiments and development in the area of what I call “Engineered Intelligence”. You might be asking “what the hell is Engineered Intelligence?” or “Don’t you mean Artificial Intelligence?”… well, let me explain…. Continue reading