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Zero sealed classes in Delphi 8

May 9, 2004  •  1 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

Listen up Microsoft. Borland has “outbid” you on the openess of their class library. With the exception of TGCHandleList class, which is only internally availabile to the unit, they don't …
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At the movies with ... 3 Leaf!?!

May 7, 2004  •  1 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

Cory Isakson sent me this link. Looks like my friends Scott and Sean are now movie producers! :-) BTW - If you watch five of the flicks and rate them, then you're eligible for …
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Free College for Troy McClain

Apr 22, 2004  •  2 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

Driving through Redmond, WA Wednesday night and listening to XM Radio, I caught part of Larry King's show on CNN. They had Donald Trump and apprentices doing a post-mortem discussion of the show's …
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Why such a kerfuffle over Gmail?

Apr 20, 2004  •  1 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

As a Gmail user, I still can't see what the commotion is all about. If you don't like it, don't use it. Simple. Here's a good rant by Tim O'Reilly on the subject. The Fuss About Gmail and …
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Spell Checking on the web - the Easy Way

Apr 20, 2004  •  1 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

There are way too many spell checking options out there for the Web. I've seen complex server-side components and I've seen complex client-side components. Some require Microsoft Office to be …
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Star Wars Movie (ASCIIMATION version)

Apr 20, 2004  •  1 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

Lately, I've had trouble reaching the original site telnet://towel.blinkenlights.nl -- maybe it shut down, who knows. This week a student of mine, Raine Lightner,  located a Web …
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