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"https://marc.durdin.net/2013/10/introducing-mesmeride/", "published_at": "2013-10-26T07:03:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-137f-7323-8d9c-8611aba7cf72", "title": "Almost Caving, and Tourist Caving", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/10/almost-caving-and-tourist-caving/", "published_at": "2013-10-11T12:10:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-137f-7323-8d9c-8611ac515b1e", "title": "The case of the stack trace that wouldn’t (trace)", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/09/the-case-of-the-stack-trace-that-wouldnt/", "published_at": "2013-09-18T01:05:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-137f-7323-8d9c-8611ac818bd2", "title": "Giro-Your-Strava now does Strava Routes as well", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/09/giro-your-strava-now-does-strava-routes-as-well/", "published_at": "2013-09-04T22:47:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-137f-7323-8d9c-8611ad399bed", "title": "Our collective wrongs", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/09/our-collective-wrongs/", "published_at": "2013-09-02T22:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-137f-7323-8d9c-8611ad6e8db1", "title": "I am happy to announce that the missing characters have been found!", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/08/i-am-happy-to-announce-that-the-missing-characters-have-been-found/", "published_at": "2013-07-31T22:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-137f-7323-8d9c-8611ae3c1dd6", "title": "Giro-Your-Strava updated to give Le Tour treatment to the climbs!", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/07/giro-your-strava-updated-to-give-le-tour-treatment-to-the-climbs/", "published_at": "2013-07-13T05:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-95d7-71b0-adfb-6dc27a5352cb", "title": "Strava have decided to abandon their developer community", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/07/strava-have-decided-to-abandon-their-developer-community/", "published_at": "2013-07-03T04:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-95d7-71b0-adfb-6dc27b47c168", "title": "Giro-style elevation graphs for Strava", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/05/giro-style-elevation-graphs-for-strava/", "published_at": "2013-05-23T22:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-95d7-71b0-adfb-6dc27be6ffd8", "title": "RSA Key Exchange between CryptoAPI and CNG (BCrypt)", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/05/rsa-key-exchange-between-cryptoapi-and-cng-bcrypt/", "published_at": "2013-05-22T10:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-95d7-71b0-adfb-6dc27c52af15", "title": "RIGHTeously tripping over T-SQL’s LEN function", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/04/righteously-tripping-over-t-sqls-len-function/", "published_at": "2013-04-24T07:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-95d7-71b0-adfb-6dc27d03839a", "title": "Hell of the South", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2013/04/hell-of-the-south-2/", "published_at": "2013-04-07T09:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-95d7-71b0-adfb-6dc27dc0f561", "title": "The Fragile Abstract Factory Delphi Pattern", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/11/the-fragile-abstract-factory-delphi-pattern/", "published_at": "2012-11-22T05:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-95d7-71b0-adfb-6dc27dcc59d9", "title": "Cursing over cursor keys", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/11/cursing-over-cursor-keys/", "published_at": "2012-11-16T21:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-95d7-71b0-adfb-6dc27e5682a4", "title": "How not to re-raise an exception in Delphi", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/10/how-not-to-re-raise-an-exception-in-delphi/", "published_at": "2012-10-30T04:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-95d7-71b0-adfb-6dc27e7d6fed", "title": "When driving in a strange place doesn’t turn out quite the way you were expecting", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/10/when-driving-in-a-strange-place-doesnt-turn-out-quite-the-way-you-were-expecting/", "published_at": "2012-10-18T04:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-95d7-71b0-adfb-6dc27e84a365", "title": "The Hobart 10,000", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/10/the-hobart-10000/", "published_at": "2012-10-03T22:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-d245-7208-992e-97aef2f867af", "title": "The Southern Ocean… According to Apple", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/09/the-southern-ocean-according-to-apple/", "published_at": "2012-09-21T09:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-d245-7208-992e-97aef31a301e", "title": "How we told our girls about the new baby", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/09/how-we-told-our-girls-about-the-new-baby/", "published_at": "2012-09-20T13:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-d245-7208-992e-97aef413465f", "title": "Delphi, Win32 and leaky exceptions", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/09/delphi-win32-and-leaky-exceptions/", "published_at": "2012-09-11T00:47:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-d245-7208-992e-97aef46c5bfa", "title": "Why does switching languages hang my app?", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/08/why-does-switching-languages-hang-my-app/", "published_at": "2012-08-30T23:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-d245-7208-992e-97aef552a10e", "title": "WaitForSingleObject. Why you should never use it.", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/08/waitforsingleobject-why-you-should-never-use-it/", "published_at": "2012-08-30T13:43:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-d245-7208-992e-97aef5c18c34", "title": "Locating Delphi exceptions in a live session or dump using WinDbg", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/08/locating-delphi-exceptions-in-a-live-session-or-dump-using-windbg/", "published_at": "2012-08-29T10:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-d245-7208-992e-97aef6415646", "title": "Mixing RTL and LTR: Plaintext vs HTML", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/08/mixing-rtl-and-ltr-plaintext-vs-html/", "published_at": "2012-08-29T05:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-d245-7208-992e-97aef69e55f0", "title": "When characters go astray: diagnosing missing characters when printing with IE9", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/08/when-characters-go-astray-diagnosing-missing-characters-when-printing-with-ie9/", "published_at": "2012-08-22T06:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-d245-7208-992e-97aef7515f24", "title": "Second Rant: Why oh why does Adobe Reader need to restart?", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/08/second-rant-why-oh-why-does-adobe-reader-need-to-restart/", "published_at": "2012-08-20T04:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-d245-7208-992e-97aef81f265f", "title": "Rant of the day: The Big Green Download Button", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/08/rant-of-the-day-the-big-green-download-button/", "published_at": "2012-08-20T01:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-1230-70db-b851-553c9507f970", "title": "Detecting the Citadel Trojan with an Application Failure", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/08/detecting-the-citadel-trojan-with-an-application-failure/", "published_at": "2012-08-15T02:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-1230-70db-b851-553c95607ad2", "title": "Plotting Pretty Elevation Profiles with the Strava API", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/08/plotting-pretty-elevation-profiles-with-the-strava-api/", "published_at": "2012-08-12T10:34:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-1230-70db-b851-553c95a7897b", "title": "Indy, TIdURI.PathEncode, URLEncode and ParamsEncode and more", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/07/indy-tiduri-pathencode-urlencode-and-paramsencode-and-more/", "published_at": "2012-07-17T01:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-1230-70db-b851-553c9646b29e", "title": "Understanding and correcting interface reference leaks in Delphi’s Vcl.OleCtrls.pas", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/07/understanding-and-correcting-interface-reference-leaks-in-delphis-vcl-olectrls-pas/", "published_at": "2012-07-02T04:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-1230-70db-b851-553c96671bc9", "title": "Hobart Dirty Dozen ride", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/06/hobart-dirty-dozen-ride/", "published_at": "2012-06-13T00:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-1230-70db-b851-553c9756acb5", "title": "Rainforest Walk", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/06/rainforest-walk/", "published_at": "2012-06-02T10:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-1230-70db-b851-553c983e7ba5", "title": "Corrie: why is she a hero?", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/06/corrie-why-is-she-a-hero/", "published_at": "2012-06-01T03:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-1230-70db-b851-553c98876f80", "title": "Race Shape for Strava and a Bookmarklet to link them", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/05/race-shape-for-strava-and-a-bookmarklet-to-link-them/", "published_at": "2012-05-29T08:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-1230-70db-b851-553c98e29d8e", "title": "Delphi XE2’s hidden hints and warnings options", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/05/delphi-xe2s-hidden-hints-and-warnings-options/", "published_at": "2012-05-23T01:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-1230-70db-b851-553c99344a6b", "title": "Updates to kmwString functions", "url": "https://marc.durdin.net/2012/05/updates-to-kmwstring-functions/", "published_at": "2012-05-10T22:13:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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The Case of the Sadly Real Currently Failing Test original ↗

12 Dec 2025

Ancient Mysteries and Private Detectives original ↗

3 Jun 2025

2024

Creating and using an Internationalized Domain Name in July 2024 original ↗

30 Jul 2024

2023

dynamic import on node.js with circular dependencies leads to interesting failure modes original ↗

5 Nov 2023

2021

What is marriage?original ↗

28 Nov 2021

2020

Debugging a Windows Service original ↗

17 Sept 2020

2018

location.hash can be re-entrant on Safari Mobile original ↗

11 May 2018

The Case of the Overly Busy Process original ↗

13 Mar 2018

The case for Keyman original ↗

10 Mar 2018

2017

Working around Delphi’s default grid scrolling behaviour original ↗

5 Jul 2017

Substituted layouts in Text Services Framework original ↗

5 Jul 2017

The Day Henry Broke the Internet – A Short Story – Part 2 original ↗

25 Jun 2017

The Day Henry Broke the Internet – A Short Story – Part 1 original ↗

24 May 2017

Protected: When phishers eat rice original ↗

30 Mar 2017

The KeymanWeb Hello World app original ↗

20 Mar 2017

When ញ៉ាំ meets ញ៉ំា original ↗

15 Mar 2017

Let’s Encrypt on Windows, redux original ↗

10 Feb 2017

2016

It’s a Mud Life original ↗

24 Nov 2016

Automating certificate renewal with Let’s Encrypt and ACMESharp on Windows original ↗

21 Nov 2016

LoadIconWithScaleDown and LoadIconMetric fail when loading .ico for the SM_CXICON/SM_CYICON size original ↗

12 May 2016

Don’t forget to navigate to about:blank when embedding IWebBrowser2 original ↗

16 Mar 2016

My favourite debugging story original ↗

22 Jan 2016

More windbg tricks with Delphi – how to ignore specific exceptions original ↗

16 Jan 2016

2015

Windbg and Delphi – a quick reference original ↗

29 Nov 2015

Notes on a Khmer mobile keyboard for Keyman original ↗

14 Nov 2015

Windows 10 shows a blank screen after login original ↗

14 Oct 2015

Three things I did last Friday original ↗

17 Sept 2015

Twenty Dismembered Men original ↗

17 Sept 2015

The case of the unexplained: When no Windows apps (aka Windows Store apps) will start original ↗

3 Sept 2015

GUI Info Utility for Windows original ↗

9 Aug 2015

An update for EncodeURIComponent original ↗

4 Aug 2015

Fixing the incorrect client size for Delphi VCL Forms that use styles original ↗

24 Jul 2015

Concatenating strings in SQL Server, or undefined behaviour by design original ↗

15 Jul 2015

The case of the UAC that Just Wouldn’t original ↗

30 Jun 2015

A deep dive into Periscope – and how to save the stream from the website original ↗

25 Jun 2015

Doing a Google aka closing down/handing over some stuff original ↗

12 May 2015

A workaround for a record.property getter bug in the Delphi XE2 compiler original ↗

1 Apr 2015

How to render combining marks consistently across platforms: a long story original ↗

7 Jan 2015

2014

My Disordered Rebuttal to “AngularJs Performance in Large Applications”original ↗

15 Dec 2014

The Digger — by Hannah original ↗

25 Oct 2014

How many TLDs is too many?original ↗

17 Oct 2014

IE11, Windbg, JavaScript = joy original ↗

8 Oct 2014

Extending $resource in AngularJS original ↗

7 Oct 2014

Cursor Keys Have Not Improved original ↗

29 Sept 2014

Everything you (thought you) knew about Internet password security is wrong original ↗

10 Sept 2014

Risks with third party scripts on Internet Banking sites original ↗

8 Sept 2014

Nearly crushed by a cement truck on my ride today original ↗

1 Jul 2014

Fifty-nine vulnerabilities, or do you feel safe using Windows XP?original ↗

10 Jun 2014

iOS 8 beta 1 — first bug reports original ↗

3 Jun 2014

Using Delphi attributes to unify source, test and documentation original ↗

26 May 2014

The Beautiful City of Software original ↗

12 May 2014

Making global MIME Type mapping changes in IIS7 can break sites with custom MIME Type mappings original ↗

22 Apr 2014

Daniel Higginbottom and The Penguin original ↗

27 Mar 2014

Generics and Delphi enumerated types without RTTI original ↗

24 Mar 2014

Testing for design time in Delphi, in an initialization section original ↗

24 Mar 2014

Even charset geeks can be fooled by character spoofing original ↗

7 Mar 2014

Camping at Freycinet original ↗

25 Feb 2014

2013

Finding class instances in a Delphi process using WinDbg original ↗

10 Dec 2013

Rant: Why can’t Microsoft provide actually useful titles on their updates?original ↗

12 Nov 2013

The farce of security challenge questions (yes, ANZ, I’m talking about you!)original ↗

4 Nov 2013

Hobart 10,000 Day 1, 2013 Report original ↗

3 Nov 2013

Delphi’s TJSONString.ToString is broken, and how to fix it original ↗

1 Nov 2013

Debugging a stalled Delphi process with Windbg and memory searches original ↗

30 Oct 2013

Introducing Mesmeride original ↗

26 Oct 2013

Almost Caving, and Tourist Caving original ↗

11 Oct 2013

The case of the stack trace that wouldn’t (trace)original ↗

18 Sept 2013

Giro-Your-Strava now does Strava Routes as well original ↗

4 Sept 2013

Our collective wrongs original ↗

2 Sept 2013

I am happy to announce that the missing characters have been found!original ↗

31 Jul 2013

Giro-Your-Strava updated to give Le Tour treatment to the climbs!original ↗

13 Jul 2013

Strava have decided to abandon their developer community original ↗

3 Jul 2013

Giro-style elevation graphs for Strava original ↗

23 May 2013

RSA Key Exchange between CryptoAPI and CNG (BCrypt)original ↗

22 May 2013

RIGHTeously tripping over T-SQL’s LEN function original ↗

24 Apr 2013

Hell of the South original ↗

7 Apr 2013

2012

The Fragile Abstract Factory Delphi Pattern original ↗

22 Nov 2012

Cursing over cursor keys original ↗

16 Nov 2012

How not to re-raise an exception in Delphi original ↗

30 Oct 2012

When driving in a strange place doesn’t turn out quite the way you were expecting original ↗

18 Oct 2012

The Hobart 10,000 original ↗

3 Oct 2012

The Southern Ocean… According to Apple original ↗

21 Sept 2012

How we told our girls about the new baby original ↗

20 Sept 2012

Delphi, Win32 and leaky exceptions original ↗

11 Sept 2012

Why does switching languages hang my app?original ↗

30 Aug 2012

WaitForSingleObject. Why you should never use it.original ↗

30 Aug 2012

Locating Delphi exceptions in a live session or dump using WinDbg original ↗

29 Aug 2012

Mixing RTL and LTR: Plaintext vs HTML original ↗

29 Aug 2012

When characters go astray: diagnosing missing characters when printing with IE9 original ↗

22 Aug 2012

Second Rant: Why oh why does Adobe Reader need to restart?original ↗

20 Aug 2012

Rant of the day: The Big Green Download Button original ↗

20 Aug 2012

Detecting the Citadel Trojan with an Application Failure original ↗

15 Aug 2012

Plotting Pretty Elevation Profiles with the Strava API original ↗

12 Aug 2012

Indy, TIdURI.PathEncode, URLEncode and ParamsEncode and more original ↗

17 Jul 2012

Understanding and correcting interface reference leaks in Delphi’s Vcl.OleCtrls.pas original ↗

2 Jul 2012

Hobart Dirty Dozen ride original ↗

13 Jun 2012

Rainforest Walk original ↗

2 Jun 2012

Corrie: why is she a hero?original ↗

1 Jun 2012

Race Shape for Strava and a Bookmarklet to link them original ↗

29 May 2012

Delphi XE2’s hidden hints and warnings options original ↗

23 May 2012

Updates to kmwString functions original ↗

10 May 2012