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U10 jamboree

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek, Soccer

The Jamboree is exclusively for U-10 as a kick off to the season. U-10 is also the first time referees are part of the game, so the Jamboree also allows new referees a chance to get their feet wet with mentors there to provide real-world guidance and feedback

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iPhone poor 3G performance isn’t in the hardware

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, there is nothing like real world testing. It looks like all these complaints about the iPhone are because this is wireless, so you can have deadspots close together and because networks are being overwhelmed and in the US the network is spotty.
AppleInsider | Repeat tests show iPhone 3G doesn’t suffer from faulty hardware
Wieselgren reported [...]

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Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer

August 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Just when I thought I was good at something, like Call of Duty single player, I discover that multiplayer is a different beast entirely. Nothing like the real world of sneaking around trying not to get killed. As a noob, all I do is get killed. Fortunately, http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2007/11/noob-guide-to-call-of-duty-4s-mulitplayer.html has some good tips and tricks for [...]

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Time Capsule Speeds

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

So what should you be able to get out of a Time Capsule? Apple Insider has a good comparison of theoretical vs. actual, so here’s a table. This is a good way to see if your Time Capsule is actually performing correctly in MB/sec Theoretical Real World SATA 1.5Gbps 150 [...]

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Rewriting the Anagram program

April 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

As Calvin pointed out, its a pain to do the string length and other calculations, so I went back and rewrote the anagram calculation using the prime number trick. That is, assign a prime to each letter from ‘a’ to ‘z’, then you can easily tell if two words are anagrams by multiplying all the [...]

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