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Jeroen W. Pluimers on .NET, C#, Delphi, databases, and personal interests

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This will be the year where 4K monitor prices start to come down (via: Blaupunkt B39C4K – 4k voor een prikkie)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/13

I think this year the 4K monitors start to become more affordable.

Just see these price drops:

–jeroen

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Download ESXi 5.5 Update 1 and the other vSphere pieces to get your home lab started (via: TinkerTry IT @ home)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/13

For my links archive:

–jeroen

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Taking A Second Look At Free Fonts | Smashing Magazine

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/13

Indeed, many free fonts have improved a lot over the years.

Taking A Second Look At Free Fonts | Smashing Magazine.

–jeroen

via: JWildeBoer on G+.

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BBC Radio 4 Extra: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Game – 30th Anniversary Edition

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/13

I sense a lot of procrastination coming up, as the BBC just released this:

BBC Radio 4 Extra – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Game – 30th Anniversary Edition.

The text part is still the same as the original InfoCom game from 30 years ago. This is the 2nd BBC remake of THHGTTG game. Unlike the 20th anniversary edition that had pictures that seemed random, the 30th anniversary edition now has pictures that make sense for your context.

One of the reasons I like the game so much is that it stays close to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Series and Book.

–jeroen

via:

the h2g2 game 30th anniversary edition

the h2g2 game 30th anniversary edition

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7 Pro Tips to Make Travel More Efficient (via @Mashable) misses @AirBnB for finding a place to stay

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/13

The 7 Pro Tips to Make Travel More Efficient posting on Mashable has a really interesting set of tips.

But in the final section Book only the first night, I’m missing a reference to AirBnB as an addition to HotelTonight and WeHostels, even though Mashable has a separate AirBnB posting category.

AirBnB is often cheaper than hotels, and more importantly gets you in touch with locals that can get you to the hotspots for dining, etc.

–jeroen

via: 7 Pro Tips to Make Travel More Efficient.

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Some links about VMware ESXi, SSD and TRIM/UNMAP support

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/13

These posts seem to describe the current state of the art about ESXi and SSD support, especially with respect to TRIM/UNMAP:

Oh: many people boot their ESXi server from USB as it gives them more flexibility:

–jeroen

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Delphi ARC: Free versus DisposeOf (via: Ondrej Pokorny – Google+)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/12

An interesting discussion about the Delphi ARC compilers and Free versus DisposeOf is at Ondrej Pokorny – Google+ – Just realized: For me the most dangerous thing in ARC is….

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Lots of 2.5, 3.5 and 5.25 conversion brackets, cages and hot-swap bays

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/12

To get me some ideas on what is available on the market right now: ADATA, CORSAIR, CRUCIAL, PLEXTOR, SAMSUNG, INTEL & OCZ SSD (SG OFFICIAL DISTROS WTY).

For ZFS, this seems the controller of choice:

For high-density data,

For fast data:

Everything needs to fit in something like this HP XW6600. For Raid-Z3 you need many drives according to Raid Calculator | Raid Disk Space Utilization Calculator | ServeTheHomeSTH – Server and Workstation Reviews (as it can loose 3 drives: ZFS Raidz Performance, Capacity and Integrity Comparison @ Calomel.org) another calculator for risks: RAID Reliability Calculator – Simple MTTDL Model – ServeTheHomeSTH – Server and Workstation Reviews.

You can also use the below bays for instance for Finding Uses for Old 2.5″ Hard Drives | | Que.

A few remarks on 2.5inch disk solutions:

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VMware Front Experience: How to make your unsupported SATA AHCI Controller work with ESXi 5.5

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/12

Interesting: VMware Front Experience: How to make your unsupported SATA AHCI Controller work with ESXi 5.5.

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Interesting Spring4D based `function TDataSetExtensions.Select(): IEnumerable` on reddit

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/12

Very interesting helper function:

function TDataSetExtensions.Select<TResult>: IEnumerable<TResult>

–jeroen

via: Reddit: Delphi sorcery: Spring4D roadmap : delphi.

Posted in Delphi, Delphi 2010, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Delphi XE5, Development, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

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