From Birmingham With Love

June 27, 2010

Fraz wedding was pretty awesome. I don’t feel like writing something in-depth right now, but I can tell you that I had fun. The first night I was there we had the bachelor party for Fraz… oh MAN! The stories from that night will go down as legend. They are so legendary I can’t print [...]

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Home Shopping Saga… Price Update

May 19, 2010

As of today, the price on Zillow for 12517 NE 23rd Pl # A-1, Bellevue, WA is $238,500. I know you didn’t ask, but I told myself that I would keep track of the price.

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I’m on a boat! (in San Francisco)

April 23, 2010

I’m on a boat! (in San Francisco) Originally uploaded by manticor24 I got a chance to do a little tourism after business was completed on my trip to Ad Tech. I went on a one hour boat tour around the bay and saw the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and then Pier 39. Good times!

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THAT guy!

April 22, 2010

THAT guy! Me with Matthew Lesko Originally uploaded by manticor24

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The Bryan Home Shopping Saga

April 12, 2010

…or “Why I decided not to buy a condo right now after all.” Since I keep having to tell people the story, then I figured I might as well write it down. It might also be a good reference for me. OK. So here’s what happened. Late in 2009, I started getting serious about home [...]

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Making a Fractal in Java’s Console

February 21, 2010

From, Data Structures and Other Objects Using Java, Chapter 8, Project #9, page 440: Examine this pattern of asterisks and blanks and write a recursive method that can generate exactly this pattern: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [...]

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Simulating a Car Wash in Java

February 21, 2010

From, Data Structures and Other Objects Using Java, Chapter 7, Project #8, page 396: Make improvements to the car was simulation program from Section 7.2. Note: Portions of code taken from Michael Main’s version. WARNING: Cheating is bad, mmmmkay children? Don’t cheat. /* | Bryan Simonson \ CS211 – Craig Niiyama | 2/21/2010 */ // [...]

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Solving the n-Queens Problem in Java

February 21, 2010

From Data Structures and Other Objects Using Java, Chapter 6, Project #10, Page #347: Suppose that you have n queens from a chess game, and that you also have an n-by-n chess board. Is it possible to place all n queens on the board so that no two queens are in the same row, no [...]

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PseudoRandom Number Generation in Java

January 20, 2010

Assignment number 1 in CS211 (Java) programming class. (No stealing! I want full point on my grade!) PseudoRandomDemo.java /* | Bryan Simonson \ CS211 – Craig Niiyama | 1/19/2010 */ package bryansimonson; import bryansimonson.PseudoRandom; /** * @author Bryan Simonson (manticor@gmail.com) */ public class PseudoRandomDemo { /** * The main function generates a table that counts [...]

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Geek Pride

December 21, 2009

I just read this article from the New York Times about getting rid of the words “geek” and “nerd” because they’re pejorative. What a nerd. A geek would know the difference. There’s a reason why the saying goes “The GEEKS shall inherit the Earth,” and that is because we geeks are cool enough to make [...]

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