Monthly Archives: October 2001

Delphi

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It’s been a while since I blogged any new Delphi stuff. I was just reorganizing my bookmarks and came across a couple of semi-new Delphi sites worth mentioning.

The Delphi Companion: Delphi Components has a lengthy list of freeware, shareware, and commercial components with links to their authors. Their links seem pretty well maintained.

Delphi32.com has re-done their site to make it more useful for those of us who use older browsers. (See my previous rant on the subject of “content vs. design!) They’ve also streamlined their interface to make it easier to get to the stuff you want.

And last but not least, Vclcomponents.com has been recently updated with a ton of new components and updated to reflect the the newest Delphi 6/Kylix release. Once you get past their maddening inability to browse (they insist you must use their search function to find anything) there’s some good stuff here.

Fall Garden

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Finally it’s gotten a little cooler here in southern California. At last I can stand to be outside in the garden for more than a few minutes.

Most of the summer plants are gone. My tomatoes, while they yielded well for a couple of months, have mostly shrivelled up. Not entirely their fault, of course– my sister was visiting for a week last month and the watering got neglected. Bad move in the heat of summer.

As you can see from the picture, I’m trying something new. I’m wondering if tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers will have enough time to grow and ripen if planted in September. It’s been a few weeks since they were planted, and the plants are doing well. There are blossoms but no small tomatoes yet.