• Video games and programming skills?

    18 Apr | 06
    • in Computers • 
    • by FozzTexx

    After my recent post about programming skill tests, it makes me wonder if there's any correlation between someone's preference of video game type and their programming skills. Probably not, but I'm still curious. My preference for video games tends to lean more towards the puzzle and exploration type games. I love the entire Zelda and Metroid series (although some of the more recent Zeldas have deviated from the non-linear exploration). I've also enjoyed Lemmings and Lost...

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  • Betty Crocker Catalog going out of business?

    18 Apr | 06
    • in Misc • 
    • by FozzTexx

    Wow! I just got a spam from Betty Crocker telling me I need to use my points before they close up shop! No way! According to their web site they are discontinuing the whole catalog thing. Of course, I haven't bought anything from them in ages (and don't intend to now, I'm still broke and looking for work). The last time I bought something was several years ago, and it was a large silverware set. I think I'm pretty much set for life now, I have 28 place settings for...

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  • Good test of programming logic skills?

    18 Apr | 06
    • in Computers • 
    • by FozzTexx

    I have recently been emailing back and forth with an HR department that is interested in hiring me for some contract programming work. They had their lead programmer build an online "test" to test my programming skills. I had been waiting for this in great anticipation to see what kind of crazy things they might ask and to see how much it might test programming logic skills and how much would be nothing more than checking syntax. Unfortunately their test did not work at all. On the...

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  • One button menus are cool

    09 Apr | 06
    • in Computers • 
    • by FozzTexx

    Last night I spent a couple of hours getting a one button menu working using the cable box display and a remote control. I added a third device that I'm going to use frequently to my entertainment center and I didn't want to get another remote out to change the input on the receiver. What's a one button menu? It's a menu that I can control using only a single button . There's no additional buttons for anything, not scrolling through the list or selecting items. The way I...

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  • Putting an end to spam with bBlog

    05 Apr | 06
    • in Computers • 
    • by FozzTexx

    It took quite a while after I put up my blog before the spammers found it. But once they did they have been relentless. They clog it up every day with tons of comment spam and trackback spam. I've been going back to the bBlog site periodically checking for an update, but it seems that bBlog development ceased back in July of 2005. Sure, I could switch to some other blog software, but the reason I went with bBlog was because of the simplicity. I don't really want to try to figure out...

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