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Saturday, March 20, 2004
Danny on the hidden costs of memory mapped files
Danny Thorpe writes about the advantages and disadvantages of memory mapped files.
Danny's blog article
A pink USB Rubber Ducky anyone?
I guess a USB Swiss Army Knife isn't enough anymore.
Now I need a USB fan to cool off in the summer, a USB heating blanket to stay warm in the winter, and a USB noodle cooker for food.
BTW, I'll need a few more USB hubs, and probably a more powerful power adapter for the laptop.
More at CNNmoney
BorCon Lite: Keynote by Ray Konopka
Ray Konopka started off the day with a great keynote. One of his beginning slides looked like this:
Delphi or .NET?
Single inheritance object hierarchy
Strongly typed
Format concept of properties and events
Consistent use of exceptions
Reusable and extensible component model
Formal notion of class interfaces
Special DLLs containing metadata (RTTI) and code
WinForms (VCL)
Ray's major point is that Delphi developers are already very familiar with .NET, whether they know it or not.
Friday, March 19, 2004
BorCon Lite in Houston, TX
In about 15 minutes I'll be on my way to the airport to get to BorCon Lite 2004.
The event takes place at 7:30am - 6:00pm on Saturday.
Great rebates on Delphi 8 and awesome prizes! Don't miss this event if you're within 2,000 miles of Houston! ;-)
More info on BDN
Thanks for using QualityCentral
QualityCentral now reflects status of Delphi 8 update 2.
Thanks for taking the timw and effort to report and triage these issues.
Thursday, March 18, 2004
Spammed to the brink of insanity?
If we didn't have spam and virus filters at Borland, we would drown in spam and virii. Luckily I don't have to see very much of it. Only on rare occasions when I dare peeking in my spam bucket do I realize how much of the crap I'm getting. Hundreds and hundreds a day. David I probably gets thousands and thousands.
I think an appropriate punishment for spammers is that they should be jailed and put on a strict diet of, you guessed it, SPAM. More and more every day. Until they can't take it anymore.
CRN article
Delphi 8 in NYC
This event features a 50 minute glimpse of Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .NET framework.
When? Today at 6:30pm EST
Where? Microsoft, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th floor, New York, NY
The pizza is FREE. Heavy rebates on Delphi 8. Fabulous prizes!
More info on the BDN
Reminder: BorCon 2004 abstracts due in 4 days
Christine Ellis reminds everyone that abstract submissions (presentation ideas) are due next Monday, March 22nd for to be considered for the 2004 Borland Conference.
Check out the Call for Papers
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
JBuilder X update 3 is now available
This update makes the best Java development tool in the world even better. There are well over 100 fixes to various areas of the product, including EJB development, WebSphere, JBoss, WebLogic, Web, Build System, Web Services, Mobile, Refactoring, Debugger, Editor, Team Development, Runtime, Unit Testing, Together Studio, etc, etc.
For the absolute best Java development experience, make sure you have JBuilder X and this latest update now.
More info on the BDN
Delphi 8 Architect Trial
The Delphi 8 Architect Trial has made it through R&D and QA. It is now in the final stages of manufacturing.
Get ready, get set, and look forward to being able to download the Delphi 8 trial by next week.
Stay tuned for more exciting news.
German Delphi 8 Update 2
Martin Strohal posted:
"I asked the Borland Customer Service Germany today: Possibly at the beginning of next week"
"(Das deutsche Update ist fast fertig!!! Es befindet sich zur Zeit in R & D. Mit sehr großer Wahrscheinlichkeit wird es ab Anfang nächster Woche zum
Download verfügbar sein.)"
Freely translated by me: The German update is almost done. It's in R&D right now, and will most likely be available for download at the beginning of next week.
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Show me the source
I agree 110% with Steve when he says:
"Borland understood from the beginning that creating happy and productive component writers means enabling them to spelunk the architecture of the framework itself. While Microsoft provides generally excellent documentation and articles for .NET, the value of those things just doesn't compare to the actual source."
Flogging falafels
Our friends over at Falafel just started flogging.
Just what the doctor ordered - a daily flogging. :-p
The BPG1000 is out
Potatoes are dangerous. Guns are dangerous. Shooting potatoes with a compressed air gun is especially dangerous. Don't ever attempt this at home (or anywhere else). Get it? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink... :-)
This thing allegedly hurls a potato hundreds and hundreds of feet in the air. I'm waiting for video proof...
Crazy friend of mine holding up his BPG1000
Plans and shopping list
Borland updates mobile solutions
Borland's mobile C++ and Java solutions get a common IDE and RAD features. Anyone who develops mobile applications should definitely get this product.
BDN article
Monday, March 15, 2004
Automated IDE incident reporting available
Allen Bauer has created an IDE plug-in for Delphi 8 that provides the user with the opportunity to report Delphi IDE exception incidents directly into Quality Central.
Read all about it
Taking J2EE performance management to the next level
"Borland and Segue guide you through an effective approach to J2EE performance management that allows QA teams to isolate and resolve system-wide performance concerns with greater speed and accuracy than ever. By combining rigorous load testing with precise problem diagnosis, enterprises are empowered to deliver fast, reliable, and scalable J2EE applications."
BDN article
Can you be a bag screener?
Try to pick out the threatening objects you can't bring onto a flight. In this flash demo you'll be the bag screener. Passengers' bags go by very fast (at least if you're a complete newbie like me).
I wonder what a CaliberRM or StarTeam license looks like under one of these things? :-)
Try your luck as a bag screener>
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Travelling most of this week
The snow in Tahoe is melting fast. It was 55F at Boreal yesterday and almost 60F today at Northstar.
Coming up later this week is a Delphi 8 presentation at the NYC .NET group, and also at BorCon Lite 2004 next Saturday.
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