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photo credit: Daveybot This programming challenge is from an initial C++ programming course I took in Fall 2007. The Chapter (3) was titled “Expressions and Interactivity”. 3.2: There are three seating categories at a stadium. For a softball game, Class A seats cost $15, Class B seats cost $12, and Class C seats cost $9. [...]

Just finished systems analysis final exam, and feel great about how I performed. 10:55:39

wishing I could see NASA astronaut Barbara Morgan’s speech at ISU this afternoon. Why doesn’t ISU webcast these things? 05:59:02

Digging jQuery, taught myself how to use jQuery for form validation and submissions. Then I spent time improving the tutorial! Yes! 19:26:30 can solve a Rubik’s cube in 2 minutes now. God bless Google and YouTube for helping me achieve this lifelong goal. My kids think I’m cool. 20:30:58

photo credit: billaday This programming challenge is from an initial C++ programming course I took in Fall 2007. The Chapter (2) was titled “Introduction to C++”. 2.11: A car with a 20-gallon gas tank averages 21.5 miles per gallon when driven in town and 26.8 miles per gallon when driven on the highway. Write a [...]

Waiting for class to start, reviewing two (real) existing projects, diving into Drupal, and brainstorming ideas for a quarter-long project. 08:52:33 Just found out about an MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice concert at Idaho Falls civic auditorium. If he is too legit to quit, who am I to say no? 09:01:11 Happy square root day! [...]

‘scuse me whilst I gulp this twitter coolaid down … ahhh tasty all better now 18:34:48 Reviewing ERD for devURLs.net. It looks great; well thought out tables and third-normal form relationships are art and science. 21:55:57

photo credit: Phillie Casablanca This programming challenge is from an initial C++ programming course I took in Fall 2007. The Chapter (2) was titled “Introduction to C++”. 2.8: A customer in a store is purchasing five items. The prices of the five items are: Price of item 1 = $12.95 Price of item 2 = [...]

photo credit: Material Boy This programming challenge is from an initial C++ programming course I took in Fall 2007. The Chapter (2) was titled “Introduction to C++”. 2.6: Suppose an employee gets paid every two weeks and earns $1700.00 each pay period. In a year the employee gets paid 26 times. Write a program that [...]

photo credit: psd This programming challenge is from an initial C++ programming course I took in Fall 2007. The Chapter (2) was titled “Introduction to C++”. 2.5: To get the average of a series of values, you add the values up and then divide the sum by the number of values. Write a program that [...]