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Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Retrieving launch arguments

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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When an Android activity is launched, it is launched with an intent and data. I call these the launch parameters. When it becomes necessary to retrieve...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Published a new Android application

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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I published another Android application today, bringing the total of my published Android applications to 3. The Android Application, Main Viewer NG, also...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Nick Hodges - no longer part of Embarcadero

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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Despite leaving CodeGear in April 2008, I have been silently watching and passively reading all the newsgroups and forums. And thus, that was how I came...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Ramblings on various learning projects

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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Between 1998 and 1999, in anticipation of participating in project Kylix, I started learning Linux. My first Linux was SUSE 6.1, rapidly followed by Mandrake...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

VEP redux

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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8 years ago, I worked on the Vehicle Entry Permit System (VEPS) as the lead engineer. After the project was completed, I left the project. Today, a friend...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

How I earned a thousand dollars an hour...

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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In order to become more complete, one of the skills I have started working on is public speech. The following is the text of the prepared speech for my...
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A nice regex for URLs...

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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Here's a nice regular expression to use for capturing URLs: ((https?|ftp|gopher|telnet|file|notes|ms-help):((//)|(\\\\))+[\w\d:#@%/;$()~_?\+-=\\\.&...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Android System Update available!

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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Look what showed up on my Nexus One when I do the #*#*2432546*#*# sequence this morning! The Android 2.2.1 aka FRG83D update! In order to speed up contacting...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Mounting Windows share on Linux

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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Here’s how I mount my Windows share on my RHEL machine, without installing Windows Services for Unix… ;) mkdir /home/chuacw/mountpoint mount –t cifs \...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Lack of security from within: Java insecurity

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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Microsoft's Raymond posted this little story about the security of their Benefits application back when Microsoft's email address had exclamation...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Replacing the SLF4J Logging Framework

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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For an existing Java project that is using the Simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J), replacing the logging framework is as simple as changing the project...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Running code while showing a progress dialog

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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The following code demonstrates how to show a progress dialog while starting up an Android activity. The progress dialog is shown near the end of the creation...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Is the code running on the Android emulator?

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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" How can I detect the Android emulator? " is a question a lot of people have asked. The authoritative way is as below. On the Android emulator...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Network Information Centers

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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When I started learning about the Internet, I found out that there are Network Information Centers (NIC) for the various geographical regions. At that...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Changing colours on Nexus One trackball

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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Turning on the trackball cd /sys/class/leds/jogball-backlight echo 7 > brightness echo 5 > period echo 255 0 255 > color Turning off the trackball...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Console prototype for SongFinder completed...

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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I completed the console prototype for the SongFinder during the previous hour. Total time spent: 3.5 hours (including the 2.5 hours here ). Now, I have...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

New challenge!

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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Time for a new challenge! :-)
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Announcing software deals...

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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Deal Price: $19.95 List Price: $49.95 You Save: 61% In today's competitive job market, a well designed and efficient resume isn't a plus, it's...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Adventures in translating Java to Delphi.NET: Part 3

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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The code below converts a java.sql.Timestamp value returned by java.sql.Timestamp.getTime() into a .NET DateTime value. As the Java.sql.Timestamp value...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Debugging a child process in the Delphi IDE

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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General guidelines to debugging a child process in the Delphi IDE. Written for Dave Nottage and other forgetful people :-) [10:50] Dave: ..and I want to...
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Dale Fuller Named Chairman of the Board at Webgistix

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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Dale Fuller named Chairman of the Board at Webgistix . Must be nice to be appointed Chairman or BOD every few months... :-)
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Setting up Google Android and Eclipse...

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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Steps to setting up Eclipse and the Google Android SDK in Windows in order to develop Android applications. Download Eclipse 3.4, unzip everything to ...
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How do you get experience longer than the existence of a product?

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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Just noticed this message somewhere on the Internet: "I am the technical director of a consulting company in Southern California, we have Delphi and...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

SQL query joke

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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A SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and says, "Can I join you?"
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Android: Begin

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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I've ordered the Android Dev Phone yesterday, and began development for an Android solution that will solve the problem I'm currently having with...

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Retrieving launch arguments

Published a new Android application

Nick Hodges - no longer part of Embarcadero

Ramblings on various learning projects

VEP redux

How I earned a thousand dollars an hour...

A nice regex for URLs...

Android System Update available!

Mounting Windows share on Linux

Lack of security from within: Java insecurity

Replacing the SLF4J Logging Framework

Running code while showing a progress dialog

Is the code running on the Android emulator?

Network Information Centers

Changing colours on Nexus One trackball

Console prototype for SongFinder completed...

New challenge!

Announcing software deals...

Adventures in translating Java to Delphi.NET: Part 3

Debugging a child process in the Delphi IDE

Dale Fuller Named Chairman of the Board at Webgistix

Setting up Google Android and Eclipse...

How do you get experience longer than the existence of a product?

SQL query joke

Android: Begin