On November 20, 2003 I was hired at Marchese Computer Products in Batavia, New York. Originally I was the good-looking person who was seen when you walked through the front doors my initial tasks revolved around answering the phone, taking computers in for service, and performing front-end sales.
Read MoreLearning python
Part of learning a new programming language when you already know a couple is getting deep into the nitty gritty of it. With Python being the new BASIC I decided to start with something, well, basic.
I remember “back in the good old days” when there was a goofy standard of “web-safe colors”. Specifically there were 216 defined colors, so I decided to start by writing a program to take an image and covert it as if it was presentable in the late 1990s.
Read MoreStumbling across history…
It comes with no surprise sometimes that searching for one thing leads to many, many other things.
Read MoreIt came down to a Capital T…
I had an opportunity to take a coding challenge from Dorsia with very strict rules:
- No AI
- No googling for info
- Use your own code editor
- Share your screen and video
Everything started perfectly. I was able to get the initial tests functional and things sailed very well. Then I had to write an exclusion routine and test cases for that. This is where the wall started to fall in…
I spent over 40 minutes on a problem I couldn’t diagnose, which left the remainder of the challenge with minor doubts. After getting up and walking around things magically fell into place and it came down to the letter “T” that was sabotaging me, as well as my code editor.
Read More1,000,000 Gold in World of Warcraft
I wish this was a guide, but it’s not. This is more like the “announcement of an achievement”.
This morning I finally crossed into the Millionaire territory in World of Warcraft.
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