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xchat script: notify-osd nick notification system

In programming on 12 February 2010 tagged plugin, scripting, tcl, xchat with no comments

here’s a simple nick notification system for xchat using ubuntu notification system. it will execute notify-osd comment when someone mention your nick in public channel or private message. it’s good for those who like to minimize their xchat while doing something :) on PRIVMSG mynick {   if { [string match -nocase "*[me]*" $_rest] } [...]

straddling checkerboard with ruby

In programming on 31 January 2010 tagged cryptography, ruby with 2 comments

this week i sharpen my ruby saw with an excessive about straddling checkerboard encryption. In cryptography, a straddling checkerboard is a device for converting an alphabetic  plaintext  into digits whilst simultaneously achieving fractionation (a simple form of information diffusion) and homophony (a simple method for suppressing peaks of the frequency distribution). It also is known [...]

calculating phase of moon in ruby

In programming on 24 January 2010 tagged calculation, ruby with no comments

this is one of programmingpraxis exercise. written it in ruby because i need to sharpen my ruby skill the question is quite easy actually. there’s a lot more exciting and challenging excessive at programmingpraxis.com i will try during my free time. this can be some kind of new hobby i think… def julian (year, month, [...]

c/c++ programming: number spirals generator

In programming on 16 January 2010 tagged algorithm, logic programming with no comments

there’s several ways we can generate a spiral number like this. 5×6 spiral 1 2 3 4 5 6 18 19 20 21 22 7 17 28 29 30 23 8 16 27 26 25 24 9 15 14 13 12 11 10 today i would like to show two ways of doing it first, [...]

numeric diamonds

In programming on 14 January 2010 tagged algorithm, fun stuff with 1 comment

today i’ve encountered a simple yet tricky programming problem which is print a numeric diamond like this. 1 7 2 13 8 3 19 14 9 4 25 20 15 10 5 31 26 21 16 11 6 32 27 22 17 12 33 28 23 18 34 29 24 35 30 36 at first [...]