The challenge set by problem 18 was By starting at the top of the triangle below and moving to adjacent numbers on the row below, the maximum total from top to bottom is 23. 3 7 4 2 4 6 8 5 9 3 That is, 3 + 7 + 4 + 9 = 23….
The challenge set by Problem 54 was to determine the number poker games payer 1 won given a text file detailing 1,000 hands dealt to 2 players. Given the logical nature of the rules, the solution was just a case of finding the best way to 1) implement the rules and 2) duplicate the rule…
I’ve just spent a very painful hour or so debugging a jQuery issue that turned out to be a self inflicted problem! The site I was working on had been working perfectly all morning, then a particular page began to fail on a refresh (browser F5). It was possible to browse to the page and…
Whilst working on a proof of concept WCF service I ran into an interesting security “zone” issue which caused me a few headaches for an afternoon. I was moving some code out of a prototype WinForm application into a WCF service to prove and demonstrate the next phase of the infrastructure. The functionality in question…
I guess the obvious answer is “yes” as there is always notepad and command line compilation, but if you want to use Visual Studio or do anything with IIS, Message Queues, etc. then the answer quickly becomes a frustrating no! This hasn’t usually been a problem, but having just started in a new job which…
A helpful little tool to reduce the amount of typing needed to produce HTML, with a more detailed introduction on Smashing Magazine. Also include a Resharper 5.0 plug-in.