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The iPhone: Crack for Geeks

3Monkeys — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:05:07 +0000

I actually tried to start this post from my new iPhone, but apparently there are a few problems with the WordPress editor running on the device. I was in a day long conference today. My iPhone usage (as recorded by the usage meter on the iPhone itself) is at almost 6 hours since the last full [...]

Fantasy Baseball 2008 - 5×5 Analysis Hitters

3Monkeys — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:42:29 +0000

I know I said I would talk about my potential trades in Fantasy Baseball 2008 - Hitter draft, but even though I’ve tried nothing has materialized. For the record, I’m trying to trade off Kouzmanoff or Encarnacion for those weak at 3B, in the 40 man league. In the mean time, I thought it might [...]

Old Car, New Car

3Monkeys — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:11:00 +0000

Most friends and family are aware of my recent auto accident. Fortunately I was not hurt bad, just a little bump on the head from the sun visor. I have taken pictures of both the old car and the new car to chronicle the event. So here they are: Before After Until next time. -3Monkeys

Fantasy Baseball 2008 - Hitter Draft

3Monkeys — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:29:18 +0000

In my last article, Fantasy Baseball 2008 - Pitcher Draft, I discussed my strategy for pitchers. Drafting hitters is a little more involved due to the number of positions you must field. For a general overview of the scoring system and position requirements for both my 21 and 40 man rosters see Fantasy Baseball 2008 [...]

Fantasy Baseball 2008 - Pitcher Draft

3Monkeys — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:18:31 +0000

Given the basic league scoring rules I posted in Fantasy Baseball 2008 - Introduction, a few interesting observations come to light. In the 40 man league we can see that there are 4 statistical categories that favor releivers and 3 that favor starts. For relievers, especially closers: S - Saves WHIP - (Walks + Hits) /Innings Pitched K/BB - [...]

Fantasy Baseball 2008 - Introduction

3Monkeys — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:06:01 +0000

Well it is March again time to get into Fantasy Baseball mode for about 6 months. This year I am participating in two leagues and perhaps a third. I definitely was able to prepare more both time and quality wise. I hooked up with another avid baseball fan this year, Will Watson. Will has [...]

isPrime in One Line of Perl

3Monkeys — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:45:35 +0000

As a follow up to Finding the first 20 terms in the Fibonacci Series, next in the 3Monkey Golf series — Determining if a number is prime. The following is a fairly simple Perl one liner to do the trick. I’m interested in seeing implementations in other languages. I will be posting follow ups with [...]

3Monkeys on Emacs: Part 6 - Some Fun

3Monkeys — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:45:50 +0000

Previous in this series : Part 5 - Replace Sometimes you need to step back and have a little fun. In keeping with that philosophy, I’m taking a small break from some of the more serious Emacs topics, and presenting a few fun things. Emacs has several built in stress relievers, from funny quotes to interactive [...]

Fibonacci Series in One Line of Perl

3Monkeys — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:52:36 +0000

Not ground breaking but here are the first 20 terms in the Fibonacci Series. Code perl -e'@p=(0,1);until($#p>20){print"$p[-2]\n”;push @p,$p[-2]+$p[-1]}’ Output 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181 Can you do better? What about different languages? Update: it has been suggested that for languages such as Java and C to be included in this experiment, that only the total number of pure source characters be included in the count. [...]

3Monkeys on Emacs: Part 5 - Replace

3Monkeys — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:09:56 +0000

Previous in this series : Part 4 - Search In my last post I discussed searching, frequently when searching you are looking for something to replace. As with search Emacs offers rich replace commands as well. Unconditional and Conditional Replace Unconditional - The command for basic replace is M-x replace-string. This command will prompt you for a target [...]