Monthly Archives: February 2006
Sudoku Math Challenge
I’m still going through the list of Maths Challenges. They’re generally getting harder, but I thought I would catch a break on #96, “Devise an algorithm for solving Su Doku puzzles“. You have to solve a set of 50 sudoku … Continue reading
JDBC Providers on BerliOS
Søren Berg Glasius has created a JDBC Providers project on BerliOS, which is something like SourceForge. We’re working on making it easier to run the providers on different databases. It already supported MySQL, and he’s adding Sybase. The idea is … Continue reading
Winter in the Woods
Living in town with a sporting dog makes me get out to some local hiking trail two to three times a week, especially since Willow has never taken to walking in the neighborhood. We usually go to nearby Duke Forest … Continue reading
Addictive Maths Challenges
For the past few weeks, I’ve been addicted to the math programming problems at mathschallenge.net. You have to answer a math question that usually requires writing a little program to solve, such as “What is the sum of the digits … Continue reading
Unsophisticated Art Review : Carl Hancock Rux
We should have been suspicious when art director Emil Kang suggested that we let the performance wash over us in his (long-winded, as usual) introduction. Carl Hancock Rux‘s Mycenaean started out with lots of interest, but then slowed down terribly … Continue reading