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Binary builds of Win64 and Win32 OpenSSL (via: Shining Light Productions)

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/20

The quickest way to get Win64 and Win32 binary builds of the youngest OpenSSL, you should get them from Shining Light Productions – Win32 OpenSSL.

Despite the link name, you can get the Win64 binaries from there too..

Besides binaries, they also have the source to build them from, and any other redistributable you’d need.

They run on virtually any Windows version, though I only used them on NT based Windows versions of XP/2003 and younger.

Two notes:

  • you usually need the Visual C++ 2008 redistributables, of which there is both an x86 and an x64 version (the OpenSSL installer just tells you it is missing, and assumes you know if it is the x86 or x64 one).
  • unless you are a software developer wanting to link to OpenSSL, the “Light” versions of the installs suffice.

–jeroen

via: Shining Light Productions – Win32 OpenSSL.

Posted in OpenSSL, Power User, Security, 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 | 1 Comment »

One line browser notepad (via: Jose Jesus Perez Aguinaga)

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/19

Smart, it works in any modern html5 capable browser:


data:text/html, <html contenteditable>

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One line browser notepad.html

hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Be sure to look at the blog post and comments at Jose Jesus Perez Aguinaga : One line browser notepad as they explain why this works, and how to extend it in a couple of really smart way.

–jeroen

via: Jose Jesus Perez Aguinaga : One line browser notepad.

Posted in Chrome, Development, Firefox, HTML, HTML5, Internet Explorer, Opera, Power User, Safari, Software Development, Web Browsers, Web Development | 1 Comment »

Mac OS X: Replicating md5sum Output Format (via: Raam Dev)

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/18

Mac OS X has md5, but no md5sum.

I agree with Mac OS X: Replicating md5sum Output Format that the second way of emulating md5 is better than the first one.

So here it is:


#!/bin/bash
/sbin/md5 -r "$@"

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md5sum.bash

hosted with ❤ by GitHub

–jeroen

via: Mac OS X: Replicating md5sum Output Format – Raam Dev

Posted in Apple, bash, Development, Hashing, 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, md5, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User, Scripting, Security, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Creating an ICO file from multiple PNG files: IcoFX versus ConvertICO.org

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/17

For Windows Vista and up, you need at least these icon resolutions:

  • 16×16
  • 32×32
  • 48×48
  • 256×256

For Windows XP / 2003 Server and earlier, you’d only need the 16×16, 32×32 and 48×48 resolutions, and if you support older video hardware, include them in 24-bit, 8-bit and 4-bit color depth.

For younger versions you might consider adding 20×20, 24×24, 40×40, 64×64 and 128×128 as well to support higher DPI modes.

You need to include and various other sizes for other operating systems.

Getting at them, I usually start with an EPS file, then downscale to the right resolution, and save the resulting files as PNG images, then assemble those together.

A while ago, I had some icons with nice long diagonal line, then I found out the hard way I should not have used ConvertICO.org. I often prefer on-line tools over off-line, especially for actions I rarely do (this is one of them). It saves you from installing software, and on-line sites usually get better over time.

In this case, I shouldn’t have gone online: Just look at the jagged edges in the 200% zoom below: the image on the right is from ConvertICO.org, on the left it is from IcoFX.

What you clearly see is that ConvertICO messes around with the 256×256 image (it doesn’t mess around with the other resolution), but IcoFX doesn’t mess around.

So now I switched to IcoFX. Not on-line, but a great free tool. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Development, Power User, Software Development, 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 | 2 Comments »

The Pro from DrawAttention: whiteboard laptop sticker that fits on your shell

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/16

Cool: The Pro from DrawAttention.

Developer at work

Developer at work

 

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VeraCrypt is the open source TrueCrypt successor – via Ashley Wilson – Google+

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/16

Wow, finally a TrueCrypt successor. And it is open source too!

VeraCrypt is the successor of the venerable TrueCrypt file encryption software, which was abandoned by its developers a while ago. VeryCrypt is compatible with TrueCrypt containers, and is open-source. (TrueCrypt was not). The resulting product fixes all known vulnerabilities that TrueCrypt had, and strengthened the security.

Read more about changes from TrueCrypt at https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/discussions/569777#PostContent_1313325

Veracrypt is now at these locations:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/veracrypt/
https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt

–jeroen

via Ashley Wilson – Google+.

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Posted in Encryption, Power User, Security | Leave a Comment »

Windows Alt Key Codes

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/16

Brillant!: Windows Alt Key Codes.

The page has both lists of four-digit ALT+#### codes, a how-to, and reference links:

  1. Letters with Accents – (e.g. ó, ò, ñ)
  2. Other Foreign Characters – (e.g. ç, ¿, ß)
  3. Currency Symbols – (e.g. ¢, £, ¥)
  4. Math Symbols – (e.g. ±, °, ÷)
  5. Other Punctuation – (e.g. &, ©, §)
  6. Using the Codes
  7. Other Accents and Symbols: Character Map Other Page
  8. Non-Numeric Accent Codes: Activate International Keyboard Other Page
  9. Links to Other References

–jeroen

Posted in Development, Encoding, Power User, 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 »

GenerateGroupProjConsoleProject fix for Delphi 2007 – jeroenp / BeSharp.net / commit / f7c23ffe4cb1 — Bitbucket

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/15

Talking about Delphi 2007 stuff:

I needed to generate a bunch of groupproj files for Delphi 2007 (I wrote about legacy yesterday), but found out that my GenerateGroupProjConsoleProject was generating too good XML.

So here is the change-set:

Allow generating Delphi 2007 .groupproj files (uses a string search/replace hack as Delphi 2007 uses xmlns=”” which you cannot set manually through the normal IXMLNode ways especially not with ADOM).

TODO: verify if/how the GroupProj.xsd can be adopted to this not so nice XML that Delphi 2007 uses.

–jeroen

via jeroenp / BeSharp.net / commit / f7c23ffe4cb1 — Bitbucket.

Posted in Delphi, Delphi 2007, Development, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

In 1 week: nieuwe nationale nederlanden logo in oudere brief dan oude NN logo (: @nn_nederland

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/15

Het nieuwe logo in oudere brief:

Nieuw NN logo: linksboven brief

Nieuw NN logo: linksboven brief

Het oud logo in nieuwere brief:

Oud NN logo: rechtsboven brief

Oud NN logo: rechtsboven brief

De tekst is in ieder geval duidelijker, want meer contrast.

Ik ben nog niet helemaal uit het nieuwe logo:

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Where My Delphi Life Began – via David Millington and Simon Stuart #DelphiWeek

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/14

Marketing blast of the past via David Millington – Google+.

I got most of the Delphi versions from D2-D6 on PC Plus magazine cover CDs, an English magazine also published in Australia. I wouldn’t be here now if I hadn’t had access to those free copies of Delphi when I was a kid.

and this one:

It came with a promotional copy of Borland Delphi… and unlike other “promotional” software often distributed on the cover disks of popular computer publications at that time, this one had absolutely no restrictions and was fully functional.

From a really nice article by Simon Stuart.

Who thought that he was ever at the Basic side of things (:

And of course it ends with correct Delph-ee pronunciation to be right: the community at large has spoken.

Given this week went very different than I anticipated, here is a much shorter story than I hoped for. I’ll focus on the early days, you can read on the later and current days here on my blog.

My own early Delphi life

For me, my Delphi life has been pretty straight forward. It started with the early days and Turbo Pascal leading to Delphi.

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Posted in BBS, Castalia, Delphi, Development, FidoNet, History, Software Development | 2 Comments »

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