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Object is in a Zombie State

October 12th, 2009

Never managed to get this message before. The geek in my squee’d a bit, i’m making zombies with my code! In reality something crashed and while visual studio was trying to clean up its resources it realized it couldn’t. Still, i laughed.

Braaaaaaiiins... are a sometimes food

Braaaaaaiiins... are a sometimes food

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Luhn Algorithm & General Credit Card Validity

September 11th, 2009
A interesting little tidbit i heard about today. All the major credit card companies (in the US at least) use something called the ‘Luhn algorithm’ to do a general validation on a credit card number. Checking out the Wikipedia Article about the algorithm, a whole mess of identification uses this “mod 10″ algorithm.


Code
: E-Commerce Tip: Programmatically Validate Credit Card Numbers

Just a quick way to determine if you should even move on to more detailed validation (is it a Visa?) before trying to charge the charge itself.
There is your fun fact for the month.

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Learning Fail

September 4th, 2009

Well i never blogged about the book, i never even finished the book.  I get bored with lectures even when it comes from a crazy book! Instead I’ve been harassing a CSUN student i know to give me his class projects and futz with them. I find it kinda fun and i can’t wait to get to CSUN.

I’m lazy, deal with it

Looking for some small/short-term programming assignments to learn from? Well i found a few websites for you! Thanks to stackoverflow.com.

While i don’t seem to be able to use the Safari Book Online resource to read a book straight through, i find it really helpful for reference. Sometimes when i’m at work and i need some detailed knowledge about a subject i can load it up,  select the book(s) i want that seem to meet my requirement, and then have at it. I find it easier to get ‘real’ knowledge quickly when i can’t trust some random search on Google.

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