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January 12, 2004
How to get an enum's name in Delphi
In this article (Under The Hood With Dr.Bob - How to Get an Enum's Name) the inestimable Bob Swart describes how to get an enum value as a string.

Posted by daen at 03:35 PM
January 11, 2004
"Same procedure as last year?"
This BBC article on Freddie Frinton's "Dinner for One" makes for interesting reading. I've known since arriving in Denmark that this 15 minute play, traditionally shown every New Year's Eve, was a cult programme here in Denmark, but I didn't realise there was such a big following in Austria and Switzerland as well as Germany!

Posted by daen at 09:44 PM
January 08, 2004
SMILES for chemists
SMILES is a simple yet comprehensive chemical nomenclature. The SMILES Tutorial provides a comprehensive introduction to the language.
For example, the structure of L-alanine ...
can be represented as N[C@@H](C)C(=O)O as a SMILES code.
Posted by daen at 11:07 AM
MS Project info
Posted by daen at 02:11 AM
January 07, 2004
Beagle 2 : found?
Look closely at this section of the NASA Spirit photo - you can clearly see what seems to be the Beagle 2 probe, perched on a rock and perhaps damaged beyond hope ...
Posted by daen at 11:55 AM