So A couple guys at work found some cool things on the web and I thought i would pass them on.
The first a tool that will do searches of MP3s. By searches I mean you give it a phrase and it will actually search the entire song for it. For example, if you ask it to find "sparks fly from your finger tips" it will return Witchy Woman and any other song with those lyrics. This cool search can be found here.
The second cool thing is a website. Ever go to a mall or a bar or a friends and couldn't find a parking spot because someone has parked poorly either by laziness or on purpose to protect there car. Well here is your chance to get back at them. The website youparklikeanasshole.com is just the answer. here you can upload pictures of the offenders, and even download tickets you can print out and put on the vehicles.
I plan on making use of both these items in the future and I hope you do too.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Wisconsin Badgers
Oh happy days! What a week for the UW-Madison mens basketball team. After beating in state rival UW-Milwaukee, they totally dominated Pittsburgh on Saturday. Alando Tucker was brilliant again scoring 32 and 10 rebounds. Brain Butch showed up wit 27 and 11 rebounds.
Wisconsin Led the whole second half, and the game was never really in doubt. The game was tight up until about 5 minutes left in the first half when the Badgers went on a 20-9 scoring run to end the half.
Dick Vitale was calling the game for ESPN and he was really impressed with Tucker calling him is current favorite for player of the year. He also thought both Wisconsin and Pitt would make a serious push in the NCAA tournament.
In the new AP rankings the Badgers climbed to 4th place there highest ranking ever. Previous they were ranked 6th back on Dec 4th, 1962.
Wisconsin Led the whole second half, and the game was never really in doubt. The game was tight up until about 5 minutes left in the first half when the Badgers went on a 20-9 scoring run to end the half.
Dick Vitale was calling the game for ESPN and he was really impressed with Tucker calling him is current favorite for player of the year. He also thought both Wisconsin and Pitt would make a serious push in the NCAA tournament.
In the new AP rankings the Badgers climbed to 4th place there highest ranking ever. Previous they were ranked 6th back on Dec 4th, 1962.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Handheld Development
At work I have been doing quite a few hand held device projects. Although these project are fun, since they are different from the ordinary, however having to work with the Compact Framework (CF) is challenging.
The CF is really a subset of the .Net framework. What make it tough is the fact that things you expect to be in the framework are sometime missing. The example that took me by surprise was the Threading package. If you look at the two packages, you will notice the threading in the CF is rather lite. Some methods one would expect to find are missing, causing the developer (me) to have to find new ways to do tasks.
I don't want this to sound like the CF is crap, because it isn't. I am sure the reason the CF scales down is because of the devices it has to run on. Hand held devices have limited memory resources and processor speed. These limitations are what causes the CF to be scaled from the regular framework.
There are other things that cause this type of development to be challenging, but I think I will save those for another day.
The CF is really a subset of the .Net framework. What make it tough is the fact that things you expect to be in the framework are sometime missing. The example that took me by surprise was the Threading package. If you look at the two packages, you will notice the threading in the CF is rather lite. Some methods one would expect to find are missing, causing the developer (me) to have to find new ways to do tasks.
I don't want this to sound like the CF is crap, because it isn't. I am sure the reason the CF scales down is because of the devices it has to run on. Hand held devices have limited memory resources and processor speed. These limitations are what causes the CF to be scaled from the regular framework.
There are other things that cause this type of development to be challenging, but I think I will save those for another day.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Chicken Wings
So every Thursday night a group of friends and I go out for chicken wings. We go to a place called Points East. They have the best chicken wings in the city of Milwaukee. In fact they have the best wings I have ever had.
On Thursdays the wings cost $0.30 each with purchase of a beverage. The interesting thing about the wings is they never taste exactly the same. I have wondered about this and Mark, the owner says he always changes one ingredient just enough to make it different. The other thing I like about the wings is the fact they are grilled.
The wait staff there is really great. They know us well and treat us great. Erica and Brent are very professional and work very hard.
This is not a paid endorsement.
On Thursdays the wings cost $0.30 each with purchase of a beverage. The interesting thing about the wings is they never taste exactly the same. I have wondered about this and Mark, the owner says he always changes one ingredient just enough to make it different. The other thing I like about the wings is the fact they are grilled.
The wait staff there is really great. They know us well and treat us great. Erica and Brent are very professional and work very hard.
This is not a paid endorsement.
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