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The rarely updated blog of Joel Dixon
Viewing blogs posted in July, 2005
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
I made the papers?
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 27/07/2005 14:46:00Updated by Joel Dixon at 04/08/2007 23:03:13
As indicated earlier I'm planning on taking a trip to America early next year to watch a few Penguins games. I didn't know whether I'd need to purchase the tickets through a third party, so I emailed the Pittsburgh Penguins ticket inquiries address. They told me that I would be able to purchase the tickets online from September and print off a barcode (which is good), and said they were honoured to have a fan from so far away.
So, two days later, as I was reading my source of Penguin's News, I came across the following article:
Now, I know I didn't actually call about the tickets - but I think that "guy from Australia" could be referring to me. Perhaps "an Australian called about Penguins tickets" was mis-communicated.
Anyway - I'll just assume it was about me
# Posted in the Travel section and tagged as: Pittsburgh Penguins
Monday, July 25, 2005
Travel Plans
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 25/07/2005 14:39:00Pittsburgh's recent acquisition of the 2005 number 1 draft pick has made me seriously consider a trip to the US to watch a hockey game. I had originally planned to be in Pittsburgh earlier this year with the hope of viewing a game - it's lucky that those plans fell through (with the recent lockout).
I'd love to watch a Penguins game with both Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby playing, as well as my other Penguins favorites (too numerous to name). It will probably cost a few thousand dollars that I don't have - but it will be worth it, as I may never get a chance to go there again, and they may sell the team within 4 years.
There's a lot to organise (acquisition of tickets, flights, accommodation, time off work, etc) - but I'd be worth it for one more tick on the travel itinerary (I'll change Philadelphia to Pittsburgh!).
# Posted in the Travel section and tagged as: Pittsburgh Penguins
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Remember Me! <flaming eyeballs>
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 13/07/2005 11:58:00Well, my USB key wiped itself again (third time thus far) which is very annoying. I use it to store old work, and common code I'm always looking up. An example of this is VBA code required to unlock a protected Excel workbook (for whenever I want the answers to the latest Excel Quiz doing the rounds):
VBA Code:
Sub PasswordBreaker()
'Author unknown
'Breaks worksheet password protection.
Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer
Dim l As Integer, m As Integer, n As Integer
Dim i1 As Integer, i2 As Integer, i3 As Integer
Dim i4 As Integer, i5 As Integer, i6 As Integer
On Error Resume Next
For i = 65 To 66: For j = 65 To 66: For k = 65 To 66
For l = 65 To 66: For m = 65 To 66: For i1 = 65 To 66
For i2 = 65 To 66: For i3 = 65 To 66: For i4 = 65 To 66
For i5 = 65 To 66: For i6 = 65 To 66: For n = 32 To 126
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & _
Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) & _
Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
If ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then
MsgBox "One usable password is " & Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _
Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & _
Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
Exit Sub
End If
Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
End Sub
I've decided to start posting things like that here - and use my USB key for transport rather than storage.
# Posted in the Technical section
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Checkers
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 10/07/2005 23:33:00Going through some of my old uni work, I found my Checkers assignment. It's not very good - but I like the look of it. I've stuffed up the Game Tree Algorithm though - as the computer plays good for the first half of the game, then it tries to let me capture it's pieces.
Oh well, enjoy.
# Posted in the Technical section and tagged as: Java
Friday, July 08, 2005
My Itinerary
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 08/07/2005 13:45:00After posting my travel profile a while ago I noticed how lame I have been. So, I'm going to list all of the places in this travel survey for future reference. Hopefully I'll knock off another Australian location this year, and work on a few more next year.
Albuquerque, Aspen, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Cape Cod, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Key West, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Martha's Vineyard, Memphis, Miami, Minneapolis, Napa Valley, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Reno, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Fe, Scottsdale, Seattle, Sedona, Tampa, Taos, Tuscon, Washington DC.
Halifax, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver.
Acapulco, Buenos Aires, Cabo San Lucas, Caracas, Cozumel, Havana, Lima, Mazatlan, Mexico City, Montevideo, Puerto Vallarta, Rio, San Jose del Cabo, San Juan, Santiago.
Amsterdam, Antwerp, Athens, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Crete, Dublin, Edinburgh, Florence, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Leeds, Lisbon, Liverpool, London, Madrid, Mallorca, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Naples, Nice, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Reykjavik, Rome, Salzburg, Seville, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Stuttgart, Venice, Vienna, York, Zurich.
Adelaide, , Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, , Perth, Sydney.
Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson, Queenstown, Rotura.
Bali, Bangkok, Beijing, Chiang Mai, Delhi, Goa, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Java, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Kyoto, Lombok, Macau, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Sumatra, Taipei, Tokyo.
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Istanbul, Tehran.
Cairo, Nairobi, Capetown, Zanzibar.
# Posted in the Travel section
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