If you use Synchronize() method for the synchronization of your thread with GUI, be ready to wonder, if this method does not work in DLLs. It’s a buggy feature of Delphi 2006. Peter Below offers a fix for this issue. The fix is to be found here. It is just one file that you add to your DLL. Afterwards Synchronize() works as expected.

Today I found a nice article with the overview over modern programming languages and general tendencies in February 2010. I was pleasantly surprise, that Delphi is still in Top 10. So it is to be expected, the Delphi and IDEs for it will be supported also in the future.

Go Green – Earth Friendly! This is the motto of the website Blackle. Powered by “Google Custom Search” Blackle aims to save energy by displaying google’s start page with a black background and using white font color for search results. According to particular studies computer monitors consume less energy by displaying much darker colors. On the Blackle‘s website there is a field indicating how much energy has been already saved.