Log et al - Peter Curd

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05

pcurd — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0000

I've subscribed to simonscat's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/simonscat?feature=autoshare #
I've subscribed to lizly88's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/lizly88?feature=autoshare #
Had an awesome weekend, now back to work to condense a busy 5 day week into 4 days #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

pcurd — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0000

RT @blowdart: Silly @pcurd should have known better on facebook <- do your worst, Dorrans #
Pre Scott Pilgrim vs The World (@ Starbucks (Oracle Riverside)) http://4sq.com/9IEaV2 #
My Kindle arrived! @SatScenes @timcox123 http://twitpic.com/2izbzg #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15

pcurd — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:00:00 +0000

I approve of this enfoodening and drinking… … http://twtvite.com/kh0oqh #
I'm now 26. This feels strange. My age is beginning to mean something. So far had presents from my mum and @NaturalCon – where's yours? #
From my corporate intranet today… http://yfrog.com/2c84lp #
Now at @giraffetweet with half of #RDG #
#RDGBirthFest10 for my birthday ! Yay! (@ Giraffe Reading w/ @bennuk @thesourceress) http://4sq.com/5OfoyL #
Already to go to @SnowdanX 's big day. I imagine his fear is palpable #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

pcurd — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:00:00 +0000

RT @ICHCheezburger iz a ocelot – Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? http://bit.ly/byNG2c #
RT @SnowdanX: Had a great stag day. Thanks to all that came. <- it was fun #
Off to Beale Park today so @NaturalCon and I can squee at the Meerkats. Hope the blue sky and fluffy clouds stay and the grey clouds move. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

pcurd — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:00:00 +0000

I just bought the new Kindle.. Free 3G and Wifi tipped the deal for me. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002LVUWFE #
RT @amykate: "Math my dear boy is nothing more than the lesbian sister of biology" #familyday #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

pcurd — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

RT @pbarone: Here it is… Toilet paper holder + iPod/iPhone docking station!!! http://twitpic.com/2729os <- WANT #
Watching Toy Story 3 – Adult showing :-O (@ Apollo Cinema) http://4sq.com/bU3gSR #
RT @Anie67: @PCurd toy story xxx? <- you win one internet #
I just got a 3% pay rise – should be I pleased or push for more? @fringley @TheForster @phil_crabtree @SnowdanX etc #
I uploaded a YouTube video — aPad Unboxing – RockChip, Version 2, iRobot, Android http://youtu.be/-9mQ1ASMghM?a #
Getting free entry to the zoo because my mum has employed about half of Torbay! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

pcurd — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Now watching Rocky Horror Show and trying to do some work.. failing so far… #
It is getting rather wet in #RG40 #ukrain 5/10 #
How to use MIT's new invisible computer mouse http://bit.ly/9EA3QL #
Reading Geek Night on Tuesday! I expect to see @jhomerston out for my last night out in a while! There will be tears otherwise. #
Yes, I'm early! (@ Copa) http://4sq.com/aKqAGX #
Where is everyone?! I thought people were early to #rdggeek ! #
He marcado un vídeo como favorito en YouTube. — aPad Unboxing – RockChip, Version 2, … http://youtu.be/-9mQ1ASMghM?a #
RT @carocat: @XaosWolf LOL! Creepete is awesome! @pcurd <- yes, yes I am #
Just waiting for cleaners to finish then I can go on #holiday Today would be restock day wouldn't it #
RT @bakerleuk: http://twitpic.com/267zlr <- it's an @amykate ! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

pcurd — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Humans should not be up this early #mornings #
Ctrl+Alt+Del – Ctrl+Alt+Del – Americanized (2010-07-02) http://bit.ly/dhXjPs #
My Apad is delayed by at least a week.. sigh. Hope it arrives before holiday! #
I'm at YO! Sushi w/ @timmorgan. http://4sq.com/a4FjHJ #
Is it bad I see "Incredible poll-size gain" as a spam subject and think it's about politics? #fail #
Just spent 2 hours shouting about DNS and MX records.. I'm so happy #
Wow, Amazon start to offer food now! /via @bbctech http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10539858.stm #
Great time last night seeing @NaturalCon @Tom_Lord @amykate @davidjohnpowell @fringley @dtsn and many more at #rdgtweetup not @jhomerston #
.@giraffetweet Because you engage personally with your followers, form a caring relationship and take interest in what they are doing! in reply to giraffetweet #
Most over the top packaging ever award goes to -> http://twitpic.com/23smck #
hmm @Blowdart just added me on Facebook piggy backing off @emmaguy Actually that sounds… No, control yourself man. in reply to emmaguy #
I'm having something with strawberrys in so this still counts as on my diet… Yes? (@ Shakeaway) http://4sq.com/bGZPkr #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

pcurd — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Watching the #worldcup so I'll have something to talk about tomorrow… Come on #eng – show the foreigners why we invented the game. #
You're not supposed to take the bloody corner flags out! #eng #worldcup #
Noooooooo! #eng #worldcup #
Why the hell are #eng not watching the bloody ball! Get in the middle and STAY THERE! #worldcup #
Why are #eng letting strikers in front of them?! This is a dreadful match #worldcup #
Yes! Yes! Yes! #eng #worldcup #
That was in?!?!?!?! WHAT!?!?! #eng #worldcup #
That was so far in it had to go through Zim customs! FFS FIFA! #eng #worldcup #
#Eng should boycott ALL FIFA membership and matches until they put in goal line technology. Bastards. #
That's a lot of well deserved booing #eng #worldcup #
RT @NeilRobbins: @seppblatter you should resign. You are bad for football & your decision over goal line technology has been proven wrong #
That was too close for my blood pressure #eng #worldcup #
What the hell are #eng playing at – they can't even keep 1 player from the goal?! Fools! #worldcup #
#eng should be ashamed of their playing – this is not how professionals play. #worldcup #
#Eng aren't even trying – there was NOBODY in defense. #worldcup #
Much like @beautifulvenice I just caught up on #DrWho All I can say is wow – if contrived. This Doctor is a little too unbelievable. #
Good job I didn't go out tonight – got called out onto site to sort something out. Just think of the money.. Think of the money… #
RT @simon_sabin: How awesome is this http://bit.ly/czVEBL Why can't the SQL team give us great usability features like this <- IIS Express! #
The lesser seen sluttipuss. / @shibbygem http://twitpic.com/211iva #
It's not a tweetup but I'm hungry (@ Burger King) http://4sq.com/cYHkXn #
RT @TheEscapistMag Rumor: Johnny Depp Starring in Doctor Who Movie http://bit.ly/c0GBwh <- Erm.. @shibbygem #
RT @shibbygem: Ladies, La Senza is currently like a sweet shop pick n mix, but ya know…with knickers. £1 a pair and only fat bum sizes … #
RT @shanselman: LOL RT @InnyVinny start your day off right: http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8619/2204355.swf #
TV business kisses HDMI goodbye – http://bit.ly/cGxWjy @THINQtech #
W/ @carocat @saqibs (@ Giraffe Reading) http://4sq.com/5OfoyL #
Excellent meal at @giraffetweet #rdg with @saqibs and @carocat. Staff amazing as always! #
RT @jephjacques Thanks to computer modeling, scientists have determined that giraffes "could probably swim if they wanted to." @giraffetweet #
Plans for a BBQ at my house tomorrow if anyone is interested? @carocat @lukesmith @jhomerston @amykate @fringley etc BYOB/food after 12pm #

The FizzBuzz problem

pcurd — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:28:47 +0000

Amy Kimber posted an article today referring to a post from Nick Telford on twitter:

Will The Real Programmers Please Stand Up? http://retwt.me/1NEBw // another example of how diluted our industry really is (link)

This interests me as I often find job interviews to be very generic and after about four in a row you get to know all the answers and appear much cleverer than you perhaps are. I like a problem that makes you think and although FizzBuzz is a trivial problem, I wanted to answer it with a little bit of real world thinking.

To quote Amy, the FizzBuzz problem is “The idea is simple, all you have to do is write a program that prints out the numbers 1 to 100, but for multiples of 3, print Fizz instead of the number and for multiples of 5 print Buzz. If the number is a multiple of both, FizzBuzz should be printed.”

In the real world, specs change. Today it’s 3 and 5 and tomorrow it’s 4 and 9 and we need to add an extra one “Bibble” for 11. I decided to solve the problem with a list of number and word pairs so that changing it would be easy. .Net provides a nice KeyValuePair generic which I used as Int,String.

Originally I had this implemented using a Dictionary but as FizzBuzz must be implemented the correct way around (not BuzzFizz) I needed to change this to a SortedDictionary to ensure order of execution.

Code is as below:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace FizzBuzz
{
    class Program
    {
        static ICollection> wordlist;
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            wordlist = new SortedDictionary();
            wordlist.Add(new KeyValuePair(3, "Fizz"));
            wordlist.Add(new KeyValuePair(5, "Buzz"));
            PrintFizzBuzz(1, 100);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }

        static void PrintFizzBuzz(int start, int finish)
        {
            for (int i = start; i <= finish; i++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(CalculateFizzBuzz(i));
            }
        }

        static object CalculateFizzBuzz(int i)
        {
            string CalculateFizzBuzz = "";
            foreach (KeyValuePair word in wordlist)
            {
                if (i % word.Key == 0)
                    CalculateFizzBuzz += word.Value;
            }
            if (CalculateFizzBuzz.Length == 0)
                CalculateFizzBuzz = i.ToString();

            return CalculateFizzBuzz;
        }
    }
}