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Code of the Day: Sentence Scrambler

Larry — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:59:30 +0000

Task: There was a study going out a few years ago that said people can read words that are scrambled if the first and last character are left in place. So to help me practice Test Driven Development, I decided …

Interview Programming Challenge: Print me a tree

Larry — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:53:26 +0000

Last Thursday I had a interview with a software company. During the interview that asked me write out a program which I was unable to complete within 10 minutes time. But I think am OK because their goal seemed to …

Book Review: Beginning SQL Queries

Larry — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:25:34 +0000

Here’s my Amazon.com review for Beginning SQL Queries by Clare Churcher This is an excellent book to turn you into a SQL professional but not an expert. This isn’t a book for complete beginners but for a person with some …

OpenCL Demo

Larry — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:04:12 +0000

OpenCL is a standards-based programming language that allows the CPU and GPU to work together for faster and more efficient processing. OpenCL gives any application access to the graphics processing unit for non-graphical computing. Thus, OpenCL extends the power of …

Code of the Day: DOS Open an existing file or create it if it doesn’t exist

Larry — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:54:34 +0000

REM filename: openAndORCreateFileTXT.bat rem\ >> file.txt && file.txt The following will open a existing file named file.txt. However, it if doesn’t exist then it will create it for you then open it. This is very useful. “rem\” Let’s you return …

Code of the Day: Groovy Print all Methods of an object

Larry — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:47:50 +0000

Groovy Code /** * @function printAllMethods * @purpose Prints an objects class name and then list the associated class functions. */ void printAllMethods( obj ){ println "class ${obj.getClass().name} functions:"; if( !obj.metaClass && obj.getClass() ){ printAllMethods( obj.getClass() ); return; } obj.metaClass.methods.name.unique().each{ …

Windows Installer Error Fix

Larry — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:43:22 +0000

Operation System: Windows 7 32-bit Problem: Even though my current account is an administrator, when I try to install certain programs, Windows Installer Error Message says “This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that …

Book Review: Desirable Future: Consumer Electronics in Tomorrow’s World

Larry — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:38:55 +0000

Here’s a review I did on amazon.com for Desirable Future: Consumer Electronics in Tomorrow’s World. Review This is a thought provoking book that explores advances in complementary science, technology, medicine and engineering and how consumer electronics will change our society, …

Code of the day: Javascript convert bytes to KB, MB, GB, etc

Larry — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:58:46 +0000

/** * @function: getBytesWithUnit() * @purpose: Converts bytes to the most simplified unit. * @param: (number) bytes, the amount of bytes * @returns: (string) */ var getBytesWithUnit = function( bytes ){ if( isNaN( bytes ) ){ return; } var units …

Download Videos From Your Browser’s Cache

Larry — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:21:43 +0000

I watch tons of videos on-line in any given week from sites like youtube.com, dailymotion, and newgrounds. From time to time I stumble across videos that I would love to keep in my video collections. The way that I save …