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Regex for Java in Unicode...
Submitted by jay on Sat, 2009-08-29 13:52.Think The Producers' "Springtime... in Germany" when reading the title, it might make slightly more sense...
A friend of mine was recently posed a challenge by hir instructor in an introductory Java class. The challenge was (sic.) "I was recently writing a program to generate usernames from the first seven letters of a student's last name and their first initial, given a list of names. If you know how to do that, you can take the final right now."
What follows (click "Read More" if you must...) is a write-up of my own over-engineered version of this exercise in sed, perl, and Java.
A UNIX Wizard...
Submitted by jay on Sat, 2009-08-01 16:18. | So, I heard "Pinball Wizard" on the radio the other day and it reminded me of a parody (author unknown) called "UNIX Wizard..." While googling for the text for all of you, I also ran across this "UNIX Heirarchy," which explains the difference between mere mortals and sucessive progress towards enlightenment. |
Integrated Gallery While You Post...
Submitted by jay on Wed, 2009-07-22 20:12.I wanted to use Drupal to post pictures, much as LiveJournal can. However, I already have... an image gallery. And, while it is a good and wondrous thing to have the gallery integrated with Drupal, what I really wanted was to be able to nicely choose images mid-post, without having to do crazy things like write my own <IMG> tags. Yes, I can do it that way... I learned how last millennium. So, I found that once I had gallery2 integrated with drupal...
14.2 miles
Submitted by jay on Wed, 2009-07-22 19:02.The Little Traverse Wheelway is a bike path that circumscribes Little Traverse Bay. I've personally seen about 12 miles of it from a bike, and its pretty spectacular. Most of the wheelway is specially set aside and paved for bikes. Some of it is sidewalk, and a few segments are officially marked bike lanes on public roadways. The path is peppered with places to stop and enjoy the views, as well as some seating and even a few picnic areas. It connects several area parks and at least three incorporated municipalities. Yesterday before work, I had the pleasure of an intense early morning ride, my longest yet this summer, 7.1 miles out and then back again (14.2 total). I didn't need to walk the bike, though I did take a quick break for some photos---"read more" to see them. The whole trek was 1.25 hours.
A Three Story House... built inside.
Submitted by jay on Sun, 2009-07-19 23:59.
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Spent the evening assembling the sets for the musical Jennifer is in, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. The pinnacle was, of course, the three story house (7 foot ceilings) installed on the stage. After a number of people put the first story together, three of us bravely climbed to the second level. While we had a lot of help lifting things up to the second and third levels, it was only the three of us who assembled the upper two floors. So, we did the only thing any self-respecting theatrically inclined nerds could do: the Charlie's Angels pose at the top. |
More shots after the break (click "read more...")
goofy kids
Submitted by jay on Fri, 2009-07-17 20:45.they wanted their pics taken. bill on tues and grace today
USCGC Mackinaw
Submitted by jay on Mon, 2009-07-13 20:41.
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The USCGC Mackinaw pulled into the bay this afternoon, shortly after lunchtime. What she was doing, exactly, is anyone's guess, but she appears to be capable of tending buoys, and that seemed to be what she was doing. After work, she still hadn't left, so I lugged the telescope down and started getting insane with optics. I first tried just using my Nokia phone, but that wasn't really cutting it. And our full-size Olympus cameras, try as they might, couldn't get any good shots without digital zoom, and at that distance it wasn't looking pretty. So, I opened up the scope and pressed my Nokia carefully up to the 25mm eyepiece... then the 13mm. And we got some good shots that way. My father-in-law has some better shots from his Olympus using the same technique. We have an adapter but it doesn't fit this model Olympus so we had to make do. After a bit of fooling around with that, we got serious and put in the Logitech QuickCam 4000 Pro that I had previously modified for astrophotography. You can see the results if you "read more". |
a day around the beach
Submitted by jay on Fri, 2009-07-03 21:42.
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Lego Star Wars II: Stuck at Echo Base?
Submitted by jay on Sat, 2009-03-28 19:55.So, the Wee Lad got this rather fun, puzzle-oriented game from his uncle (my brother) for his birthday, and we've been having a lot of fun with that. He gets to play it as time allows, but if he has a particularly good day at school, I reward that by setting aside time that night to specifically work with him on a spot or unlock that is giving him trouble. If you are having trouble in Episode 5, scene 2 (Escape From Echo Base) as we did, read on.
