Posted by jpluimers on 2012/09/30
Last week this was in HDD news:
I asked it before 6 months ago, and wonder: how long will it take for 12.5 mm 2.5 inch SATA HDDs to arrive on the market that have 1.5 TB or more capacity?
Yes, I know about the WD20NPVT, but the WD20NPVT is 2.5 inch and 15 mm high.
–jeroen
Posted in Hardware, Opinions, Power User, SSD, ThinkPad, W701 | Tagged: hard drive, hdds, sas, tb | 1 Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/09/30
Last week, Adobe launched the monospaced Open Source font [Wayback] Source Code Pro designed by [Wayback] Paul D. Hunt.
It is a follow-up of the (also designed by Paul) [Wayback] Source Sans Pro family of Open Source Fonts which got released early last month.
I did a quick look to see if it would get the same number of vertical lines as Lucida Console does at 8 points.
Too bad, as the general font design is awesome.
One big missing thing is italic/oblique, which is often used in code editors. Hopefully a future version will include those.
For embedding source code examples in documentation, it is very legible, so I will keep it installed on my system.
You can try Source Code Pro yourself as well: it is available [Wayback] on SourceForge – that also hosts [Wayback] Open@Adobe – [Wayback] on GitHub, where you can fork it, as well as [Wayback] on Google Web Fonts, [Wayback] on typekit, and [Wayback] on WebINK.
–jeroen
via: [Wayback] Announcing Source Code Pro « Typblography.
Posted in Adobe Source Code Pro, Font, Lucida Console, Power User, Programmers Font, Typography | Tagged: adobe font, design, documentation, editors, font design, fonts, google, open source, software, sourceforge, technology, vertical lines, web fonts | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/09/29
If I read Inappropriate Use of Adobe Code Signing Certificate my conclusion is that anything signed by the Adobe Code Signing Certificate since 2012-07-10 potentially can be malware.
As a precaution, I will manually revoke the certificate on all my systems (that’ll take a while!). If anyone knows how to automate that process, please post a comment showing how to.
Hitching on a trusted certificate of a big software company comes close to the ultimate hack: trojaning signed malware in the distribution of an OS vendor.
–jeroen
Posted in *nix, Adobe, Android Devices, Apple, HTC, HTC Sensation, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod touch, Linux, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Opinions, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Tagged: adobe software, conclusion, engineering team, precaution, secure software, software, software company, software engineering, technology, ultimate hack | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/09/28
There are three RAD Studio / Delphi XE3 hotfixes on the Delphi Registered User Downloads page.
Hotfix 3 is for the Professional edition only.
The others are for all editions.
RAD Studio XE3 Hotfix 3: Hotfix 3 for RAD Studio XE3.
This Hotfix addresses an issue in using SQLite driver on the Professional edition.
Available only to registered users of Professional edition of Delphi XE3, C++Builder XE3, RAD Studio XE3, and Embarcadero All-Access XE
RAD Studio XE3 Hotfix 2: Hotfix 2 for RAD Studio XE3.
This Hotfix addresses a regression with using the GestureManager in a FireMonkey application.
Available only to registered users of Delphi XE3, C++Builder XE3, RAD Studio XE3, and Embarcadero All-Access XE
RAD Studio XE3 Hotfix 1: Hotfix 1 for RAD Studio XE3.
This Hotfix addresses an issue with ShowMessage in a FireMonkey application on certain locales on Mac OS X.
Available only to registered users of Delphi XE3, C++Builder XE3, RAD Studio XE3, and Embarcadero All-Access XE
–jeroen
via: Delphi Registered User Downloads.
Posted in Delphi, Delphi XE3, Development, Software Development | Tagged: c builder, computer, Delphi, download delphi, embarcadero, hotfixes, mac os x, professional edition, regression, software, technology | 5 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/09/28
| How | Upper | Lower | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keyboard | CTRL + SHIFT + U | CTRL + U | |
| Menu | Edit -> Advanced -> Make Uppercase | Edit -> Advanced -> Make Lowercase | |
| Command | Edit.MakeUppercase | Edit.MakeLowercase | |
| Versions | 2008, 2010, 11 | ||
–jeroen
Posted in .NET, Development, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Power User, Software Development, Visual Studio 11, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio and tools | Leave a Comment »
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