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According to Wikipedia, SMART goals, defined by George T. Doran, are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound.  Don’t forget.

The Google Chrome browser includes some fantastic monitoring and diagnostics tools via the “chrome://net-internals” URL.

One can view HTTP events much like Fiddler.

And the #timeline will show Chrome’s low-level usage over time:

Other options include Proxy, Waterfall, DNS, Sockets, SPDY, QUIC, Cache, Modules, and Bandwidth.

Turning off Automatic graphics switching lowers both CPU utilization and CPU heat on my i7 MacBook Pro with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M graphics card.

I monitor both utilization and heat using iStatMenus.

In order to setup a static IP address for devices attached to an Apple AirPort Time Capsule, first launch the AirPort Utility.

Next, ‘Edit’ the AirPort Time Capsule and select the Network properties tab.

Click on the ‘+’ below the DHCP Reservations grid and enter the MAC Address of the device you wish to assigned a static IP address to.

Save then Update.  The AirPort will renew the IP address when the leases expire—or if you Renew the DHCP Lease on your Mac:

For Windows, from the command prompt, enter ipconfig /renew

When given an Embarcadero License Manager .slip file that points to an incorrect server host you will receive the below error message when trying to launch Delphi (in this case XE7):

[The license server reported the following error: The license server host was not found.]

After deleting the wrong .slip and importing a new .slip file with the correct host (via the License Manager Tool), at launch, Delphi XE7 still reported the above error.

It turns out that during the first import, RAD Studio made copies of the original .slip file in the folder C:\Program Files\Embarcadero\Studio\15.0\License\ and “Delete…” from their license tool did not work.  After manually deleting the files from that folder and re-importing the correct .slip, Delphi XE7 now launches and property authenticates with the license server.

The book Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath is an excellent read.

As a reminder, WRAP stands for

Widen your options.

Reality-test your assumptions.

Attain distance before deciding.

Prepare to be wrong.

As said by Morpheus in the Matrix: “Neo, sooner or later you’re going to realize, just as I did, there’s a difference between knowing the path, and walking the path.”

For anyone looking at learning Pascal/Object Pascal, Pascal Programming for Schools (PPS) is a great introductory training web site.  It has excellent tutorials, resources and challenges.

I’m not sure how long Amazon had provided the send to kindle application but being able to right click or print from Windows directly to one’s Kindle (or iPad) is pretty cool.