Posted by jpluimers on 2013/01/29
The iOS 6.1 Software Update is available. Whereas the 6.0.2 didn’t install on an iPod Touch 4th generation, this one does and seems to promise better battery life.
6.0 and 6.0.1 seemed to have shorter battery life, so I’m looking forward to see how much better 6.1 is.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/01/29
If Gloegg@Bonn has posted a few nice Delphi entries over the last couple of years, so he should be added to DelphiFeeds.
His last one was a very funny post on the Delphi implementation of Sleep sort.
It uses Generics, so you need at least Delphi 2009 or better.
–jeroen
via:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/01/29
Some boyish part in me screams “want this, want this, want this” (:
AF-S NIKKOR 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR AF-S TELECONVERTER TC800-1.25E ED with a lots of glass with a combined weight of about 5 kg.
Then he realizes the prize of the combination (close to USD 19k)…
–jeroen
via: Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED and 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR lenses officially announced | Nikon Rumors.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/01/29
A while ago, I had to adapt a DOS app that used one specific version of Excel to do some batch processing so it would support multiple versions of Excel on multiple versions of Windows.
One of the big drawbacks of DOS applications is that the command lines you can use are even shorter than Windows applications, which depending you how you call an application are:
This is how the DOS app written in Clipper (those were the days, it was even linked with Blinker :) started Excel:
c:\progra~1\micros~2\office11\excel.exe parameters
01234567890123456789012345678901234567890
1 2 3 4
The above depends on 8.3 short file names that in turn depend on the order in which similar named files and directories have been created.
The trick around this, and around different locations/versions of an application, is to use START to find the right version of Excel.
The reason it works is because in addition to PATH, it checks the App Paths portions in the registry in this order to find an executable: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Batch-Files, Development, Encoding, Power User, Scripting, Software Development, Unicode, 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 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/01/28
A quick and easy way of getting the CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture is to use the get-host cmdlet from PowerShell.
This is what PowerShell 2.0 shows on my system:
C:\Users\jeroenp>powershell get-host Name : ConsoleHost Version : 2.0 InstanceId : 1ce173fb-70a7-403b-a2bd-3800fe740f7c UI : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface CurrentCulture : en-IE CurrentUICulture : en-US PrivateData : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy IsRunspacePushed : False Runspace : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace
The SeaTools from Seagate can’t cope with that because they don’t manage the Resource Fallback Process properly.
My machine is on en-IE, as it is English, and USA as location.
The main advantage for me is to use the that it is a good mix between English and Dutch settings:
–jeroen
via: Get-Host.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/01/27
Wondering what the state of the art is now, as the article is about 9 months old. How Can I Sync My Files Without Having To Store Them Online?.
Basically I want to keep about 10 TB of data (and growing) in sync on multiple locations (server at home, server in data center, maybe some backup server somewhere else).
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/01/26
Back in the days I started programming, Micro Cornucopia was a wonderful magazine, so I’m glad that BitSavers scanned a few more issues and put them online today, a week after some great PDF scans: Turbo Assembler/Debugger (1993/1994), Borland C++/Object Windows Library (1993):
They covered a lot of languages (x86 and 68k assembly, C, C++, Turbo Pascal and many more), and very interesting hardware designs.
–jeroen
via: Index of /pdf/microCornucopia.
Posted in Assembly Language, BitSavers.org, C, C++, Delphi, Development, History, Pascal, Software Development, Turbo Assembler, Turbo Pascal, x86 | Tagged: computer, software, technology, wonderful magazine | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/01/26
If you want to view a TreeMap of your Android device then DiskUsage – Android Apps on Google Play is a great choice.
Simple, easy to use, fast.
It showed me that my SD-Card suddenly was almost full because /sdcard/LOST.DIR contained a 2 gigabyte file full of garbage.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/01/26
Waar je nou wel en geen 130 mag rijden is voor velen een zoekplaatje, ook voor mij.
Zelfs op de weg is het vaak niet duidelijk met een oerwoud aan borden en onderborden.
Ook on-line is er eigenlijk niet heel veel nuttige informatie te vinden, onderstaand is wat ik heb gevonden.
Veel plezier ermee (:
Samenvatting:
En de links:
Helaas zijn de JPEG kaarten slecht, die hadden PNG moeten zijn, maar ja, ze zijn verminkt met JPEG artefacten want veel web editors hebben geen oog voor beeld kwaliteit.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/01/26
Anyone that has an idea about drawbacks of The Lens Holster for Nikon! by Preston Turk — Kickstarter?
–jeroen
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 