I stumbled into DocPad recently and just had to share a mention of it. Normally I, and all other professionals, avoid using Microsoft products for anything. Recently I’ve had to do some writing on Windows 10. Normally I only opt to install cross platform editors, typically the same free editors I use on various Linux distros. I could have muddled through with one of those as I have in the past. I was going to … DocPadRead more
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The Death of Commercial Application Frameworks
I was going to title this post “The Death of Qt” but it is really all commercial event driven application frameworks. To understand this you need to take a journey with me. Most of you reading this aren’t as old as me and didn’t live through all of it. What brought this on? Continually getting questions about why things are the way they are in Qt and application frameworks in general has been a big … The Death of Commercial Application FrameworksRead more
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The Current eBay Scam
On 4-15-2018 I received the following email: This was for a Guest order placed on 4-05-2018. I don’t run a virus known as Windows, but, being the only member of the family to ever go to college for computers, I get drafted by family members who “just bought what was pre-packaged and on-sale.” Of course DELL doesn’t ship installation media with their pre-packaged shit and when you order it, years later from customer service, you … The Current eBay ScamRead more
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Qt 5.8.0 – The Microsoft Blues
Microsoft is long known for releasing bug ridden bloatware then charging for the bug fixes. Windows Vista followed by its bug fix Windows 7 and who could ever forget Windows ME? In its defense, Windows ME was not an operating system. It was a task switching GUI running on top of DOS fraudulently sold as an operating system just like 2000, 98, 95, 3.1x, 3.x, 2.x, 1.x and “for workgroups.” Anyone using or writing PC … Qt 5.8.0 – The Microsoft BluesRead more
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Thanking WannaCry
Yes, the title of this post may sound odd for an IT professional, but that is just it, I’m a professional, not just someone who gets paid to write code. I run into sooo many people who want everyone to believe “professional” means getting paid for it and nothing could be further from the truth. Professional is defined by the level of architecture one provides in their solution design and the level of security they … Thanking WannaCryRead more