Mod to wp-quotes plugin
Friday, January 4th, 2008 Posted by John in website | No Comments »The random quote that appears in the sidebar is powered by the wp-quotes Wordpress plugin. The full set of quotes from which it draws are listed on the quotes page. As written, the plugin used only one field for the author name, which hampered flexibility. ...
Calendar problem revisited
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 Posted by John in assignments, cs1 | No Comments »Here's a twist on the classic "What day of the week does a particular date fall on?" problem. A programming solution using the following approach would use several simple lookup tables, probably implemented as arrays, lists, or hash maps. I've ...
What’s in a name?
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Posted by John in website | No Comments »One of the best things about a life in academia is that it begins fresh every few months. Each semester there are new courses, new students, and new pedagogical challenges. And when your focus is computing, your topic is a moving target. ...
Welcome
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Posted by John in website | Comments OffI'm finally getting around to creating a permanent web presence after moving to Virginia.I had glorious plans to get it set up right away, of course, which quickly fell apart as I gotswamped with a new house, new schools (I ...
