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Archive for February, 2014

Anyone that knows what “peer sync token could not be validated” in copy.com means? @CopyApp https://copy.com?r=3NGul6

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13

I got the message “peer sync token could not be validated” in the Windows copy.com app while accepting a share from another user.

The only Google search hit was Malwr – Malware Analysis by Cuckoo Sandbox.

Anyone has seen that message before?

After I’ve requested a new share half an hour later, and that one worked.

–jeroen

Posted in Copy.com, Power User, SocialMedia | 4 Comments »

How do you enlarge the font size in the address bar if you have a vision problem – Browsers – Windows 7

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13

Here you can change the font (enlarge, bold, etc): How do you enlarge the font size in the address bar if you have a vision problem – Browsers – Windows 7.

–jeroen

Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8 | Leave a Comment »

Do not share DCU files between projects (via: delphi – Compiler Directive IF and IFEND – Stack Overflow)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13

Summary: Always try to avoid sharing .DCU files between projects.

I see a lot of projects at clients that do not have their individual DCU directories set (therefore having the DCU files in the same directory as the PAS files causing shared units to share the DCU files), or share DCU files among different projects.

Both are a very bad idea, as the compiler does not always understand when the DCU file does not match the combination of PAS file and compiler options.

The result is the occasional use of the DCU file in stead of the PAS file causing wrong code to be used, or wrong debugger information to be included.

Danny Thorpe phrased it on Stack Overflow: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Borland Pascal, Delphi, Delphi 1, Delphi 2005, Delphi 2006, Delphi 2007, Delphi 2009, Delphi 2010, Delphi 3, Delphi 4, Delphi 5, Delphi 6, Delphi 7, Delphi 8, Delphi x64, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Development, FreePascal, Lazarus, Pascal, Turbo Pascal | 9 Comments »

Q&A log for the “RAD-in-Action Webinar Unit Testing in Delphi featuring Nick Hodges”

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/12

Don’t forget to register: RAD-in-Action Webinar Unit Testing in Delphi featuring Nick Hodges « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff.

Here is the Q&A part for the “Mid” one (I will edit later): Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Delphi, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Delphi XE5, Development, Software Development | 2 Comments »

UI improvement of the @GoToWebinar Viewer needed: cannot resize the Control Panel on a Mac

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/12

UX fail: None of the buttons on the window will resize the Control Panel.

Which means that the height is only one third of my screen height and makes it impossible to follow the Q&A stream.

This is with the latest GoToWebinar 6.0 Viewer, which is worse than the 5.4.

–jeroen

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in LifeHacker, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Don’t forget to register: RAD-in-Action Webinar Unit Testing in Delphi featuring Nick Hodges

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/12

Do not forget to register for the RAD-in-Action Webinar Unit Testing in Delphi featuring Nick Hodges.

If you cannot watch it live: register anyway, as that will give you the URL for the replay download.

Very interesting stuff (I attended his sessions during the German EKON Conference) and a very entertaining speaker.

He is going to cover a lot in this seminar, and it is a great addition to the material in his Coding in Delphi book (Warren Postma wrote a nice review). You get the electronic edition of the book free when you have Delphi XE5, a hard-copy should be available soon. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Delphi, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Delphi XE5, Development, Software Development | Tagged: , , | 1 Comment »

Delphi: some notes on running the RADPAServer/PAServer debugger platform assistant

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/12

Just as a few small notes as a reminder to myself:

  1. bash profile shortcuts to the right PAServer or paserver
  2. PAServer command-line options
  3. example output of PAServer commands

Lets get started: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Delphi, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Development, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Chrome does not pick up on time zone changes until the browser is restarted. (via: pellepim / jsTimezoneDetect / issues / #57 – Wrong time zone using Chrome on Mac — Bitbucket)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/11

Just got bitten by Wrong time zone using Chrome on Mac:

Chrome does not pick up on time zone changes until a new tab is opened or the browser restarted.

Actually, it requires a browser restart, as below is the difference between a new Chrome tab and running on jsc on the console: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Chrome, Development, Google, JavaScript/ECMAScript, Power User, Scripting, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Mac OS X: How do you run JavaScript script through the Terminal? (via: Stack Overflow)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/11

Now I have these aliases in my ~/.bash_profile:

alias jsc='/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaScriptCore.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/jsc'
alias JavaScript='/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaScriptCore.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/jsc'

Now I can use the WebKit jsc from the console.

Thanks User microspino – Stack Overflow for this answer: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Apple, Development, JavaScript/ECMAScript, 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, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Power User, Scripting, Software Development | 1 Comment »

Need to research: Yahoo Pipes (via: Chris Benard — How to Fix the Dilbert.com RSS Feed)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/11

I’m not sure how to categorize this yet, so it is both under Power User and Development/Software Development.

A long while ago (somewhere mid 2013), the official Dilbert RSS feeds got disabled.

More precisely: initially they pointed each entry in the RSS feed to an antey specific landing page that made you click through the Dilbert.com site to browse for the comic strip. Which is understandable as they want to show you more ads than the RSS feed would.

Later they screwed up those landing pages page so you could not get to the Dilbert site any more, nor see those ads. You get to see only this:

Dilbert will be back soon! We are updating the site for you and will be back shortly. In the meantime, how about laughing at a comic or two on our sister site?

Which makes it a no-loss for Dilbert to re-create an RSS feed, as that will make you see the comics, enhancing at least the Dilbert brand value.

Of course you can go through http://www.dilbert.com/fast manually, but that is outside my feed aggregator realm. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Development, Power User, Software Development | Tagged: | 1 Comment »