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Zircon Mash-up With “Like A G6″

Dan — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:34:04 +0000

Powerball Statistics

Dan — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:31:00 +0000

Wrote a Powerball number generator based off of historical winning number data this evening.

Here’s a little excerpt of some statistics I was able to generate. ”Column” refers to the number in each winning number sequence. Therefore “Column 0″ would be the first number, “Column 1″ the second number….etc all the way up to 5 to represent the 6 numbers in the Powerball winning number sequence.

The last column (Column 5) is the Powerball number.

Column 0 Counts:

Number 17 was found 38 times Number 41 was found 34 times Number 37 was found 33 times Number 16 was found 32 times Number 40 was found 32 times Number 24 was found 31 times Number 07 was found 31 times Number 48 was found 31 times Number 26 was found 30 times Number 27 was found 30 times Number 22 was found 30 times Number 12 was found 30 times Number 02 was found 30 times Number 05 was found 30 times Number 31 was found 30 times Number 45 was found 29 times Number 46 was found 29 times Number 39 was found 29 times Number 32 was found 29 times Number 28 was found 28 times Number 14 was found 28 times Number 49 was found 28 times Number 38 was found 28 times Number 23 was found 26 times Number 10 was found 26 times Number 42 was found 26 times Number 30 was found 26 times Number 44 was found 26 times Number 25 was found 24 times Number 20 was found 24 times Number 19 was found 24 times Number 18 was found 24 times Number 03 was found 24 times Number 06 was found 24 times Number 04 was found 24 times Number 35 was found 24 times Number 13 was found 23 times Number 47 was found 23 times Number 36 was found 23 times Number 29 was found 22 times Number 15 was found 22 times Number 01 was found 22 times Number 08 was found 22 times Number 21 was found 21 times Number 11 was found 21 times Number 52 was found 21 times Number 09 was found 21 times Number 34 was found 21 times Number 43 was found 19 times Number 33 was found 19 times Number 53 was found 18 times Number 50 was found 15 times Number 51 was found 10 times Number 55 was found 8 times Number 54 was found 5 times Number 59 was found 3 times Number 58 was found 3 times Number 57 was found 3 times Number 56 was found 1 times Column 1 Counts: Number 22 was found 35 times Number 05 was found 35 times Number 15 was found 34 times Number 49 was found 34 times Number 10 was found 33 times Number 04 was found 33 times Number 07 was found 32 times Number 36 was found 32 times Number 26 was found 31 times Number 02 was found 31 times Number 20 was found 30 times Number 42 was found 30 times Number 13 was found 29 times Number 14 was found 29 times Number 01 was found 29 times Number 47 was found 29 times Number 24 was found 28 times Number 11 was found 28 times Number 09 was found 28 times Number 25 was found 27 times Number 28 was found 27 times Number 08 was found 27 times Number 43 was found 27 times Number 37 was found 27 times Number 45 was found 26 times Number 39 was found 26 times Number 33 was found 26 times Number 44 was found 26 times Number 18 was found 25 times Number 32 was found 25 times Number 34 was found 25 times Number 19 was found 24 times Number 30 was found 24 times Number 16 was found 23 times Number 06 was found 23 times Number 40 was found 23 times Number 35 was found 23 times Number 21 was found 22 times Number 12 was found 22 times Number 23 was found 21 times Number 03 was found 21 times Number 46 was found 21 times Number 38 was found 21 times Number 50 was found 20 times Number 27 was found 19 times Number 17 was found 19 times Number 52 was found 19 times Number 41 was found 19 times Number 48 was found 19 times Number 51 was found 17 times Number 29 was found 16 times Number 31 was found 14 times Number 53 was found 13 times Number 54 was found 13 times Number 55 was found 9 times Number 56 was found 6 times Number 58 was found 5 times Number 57 was found 5 times Number 59 was found 3 times Column 2 Counts: Number 32 was found 38 times Number 42 was found 34 times Number 19 was found 33 times Number 43 was found 32 times Number 23 was found 31 times Number 49 was found 31 times Number 48 was found 31 times Number 14 was found 30 times Number 06 was found 30 times Number 35 was found 30 times Number 20 was found 29 times Number 22 was found 29 times Number 13 was found 29 times Number 12 was found 29 times Number 15 was found 29 times Number 08 was found 29 times Number 41 was found 29 times Number 45 was found 28 times Number 27 was found 28 times Number 38 was found 28 times Number 30 was found 28 times Number 36 was found 28 times Number 26 was found 27 times Number 21 was found 27 times Number 10 was found 27 times Number 05 was found 27 times Number 09 was found 27 times Number 31 was found 27 times Number 44 was found 27 times Number 34 was found 26 times Number 46 was found 25 times Number 40 was found 25 times Number 24 was found 24 times Number 11 was found 24 times Number 18 was found 24 times Number 47 was found 24 times Number 33 was found 24 times Number 16 was found 23 times Number 03 was found 23 times Number 04 was found 23 times Number 39 was found 23 times Number 29 was found 22 times Number 01 was found 22 times Number 28 was found 21 times Number 07 was found 21 times Number 17 was found 20 times Number 02 was found 18 times Number 52 was found 17 times Number 37 was found 16 times Number 25 was found 15 times Number 53 was found 15 times Number 50 was found 14 times Number 51 was found 11 times Number 55 was found 10 times Number 54 was found 10 times Number 59 was found 4 times Number 58 was found 4 times Number 57 was found 4 times Number 56 was found 4 times Column 3 Counts: Number 16 was found 39 times Number 20 was found 38 times Number 34 was found 37 times Number 40 was found 36 times Number 09 was found 33 times Number 42 was found 32 times Number 38 was found 32 times Number 39 was found 31 times Number 22 was found 30 times Number 41 was found 30 times Number 30 was found 30 times Number 05 was found 29 times Number 48 was found 29 times Number 37 was found 29 times Number 35 was found 29 times Number 27 was found 28 times Number 12 was found 28 times Number 19 was found 28 times Number 07 was found 28 times Number 32 was found 28 times Number 25 was found 27 times Number 11 was found 27 times Number 13 was found 27 times Number 45 was found 26 times Number 24 was found 26 times Number 21 was found 26 times Number 23 was found 26 times Number 29 was found 26 times Number 06 was found 26 times Number 03 was found 25 times Number 01 was found 24 times Number 47 was found 24 times Number 44 was found 24 times Number 14 was found 23 times Number 28 was found 22 times Number 10 was found 22 times Number 15 was found 22 times Number 17 was found 22 times Number 49 was found 22 times Number 08 was found 22 times Number 26 was found 21 times Number 04 was found 21 times Number 43 was found 21 times Number 31 was found 21 times Number 36 was found 21 times Number 18 was found 20 times Number 02 was found 20 times Number 51 was found 19 times Number 33 was found 19 times Number 46 was found 18 times Number 52 was found 15 times Number 53 was found 14 times Number 50 was found 13 times Number 54 was found 11 times Number 55 was found 10 times Number 59 was found 5 times Number 56 was found 4 times Number 58 was found 1 times Number 57 was found 1 times Column 4 Counts: Number 26 was found 44 times Number 37 was found 35 times Number 31 was found 34 times Number 08 was found 33 times Number 41 was found 33 times Number 02 was found 32 times Number 43 was found 32 times Number 30 was found 32 times Number 17 was found 31 times Number 16 was found 31 times Number 32 was found 31 times Number 45 was found 30 times Number 20 was found 30 times Number 35 was found 30 times Number 48 was found 28 times Number 33 was found 28 times Number 29 was found 27 times Number 13 was found 27 times Number 14 was found 27 times Number 19 was found 27 times Number 03 was found 27 times Number 10 was found 26 times Number 12 was found 26 times Number 15 was found 26 times Number 18 was found 26 times Number 42 was found 26 times Number 40 was found 26 times Number 36 was found 26 times Number 27 was found 25 times Number 28 was found 25 times Number 49 was found 25 times Number 39 was found 25 times Number 46 was found 24 times Number 09 was found 24 times Number 21 was found 23 times Number 06 was found 23 times Number 47 was found 23 times Number 22 was found 22 times Number 50 was found 22 times Number 04 was found 22 times Number 01 was found 21 times Number 07 was found 21 times Number 38 was found 21 times Number 34 was found 21 times Number 11 was found 20 times Number 51 was found 20 times Number 23 was found 19 times Number 44 was found 19 times Number 25 was found 18 times Number 05 was found 18 times Number 24 was found 16 times Number 52 was found 13 times Number 53 was found 11 times Number 54 was found 11 times Number 55 was found 9 times Number 59 was found 6 times Number 58 was found 5 times Number 57 was found 4 times Number 56 was found 1 times Column 5 Counts: Number 20 was found 49 times Number 37 was found 48 times Number 02 was found 47 times Number 06 was found 43 times Number 31 was found 43 times Number 14 was found 41 times Number 23 was found 40 times Number 15 was found 39 times Number 11 was found 36 times Number 18 was found 36 times Number 09 was found 36 times Number 25 was found 35 times Number 21 was found 35 times Number 17 was found 35 times Number 01 was found 35 times Number 08 was found 35 times Number 33 was found 35 times Number 36 was found 35 times Number 35 was found 35 times Number 24 was found 34 times Number 30 was found 34 times Number 26 was found 33 times Number 05 was found 33 times Number 29 was found 32 times Number 13 was found 32 times Number 39 was found 31 times Number 10 was found 30 times Number 19 was found 30 times Number 04 was found 30 times Number 32 was found 30 times Number 03 was found 29 times Number 38 was found 28 times Number 27 was found 27 times Number 22 was found 27 times Number 28 was found 27 times Number 12 was found 27 times Number 34 was found 27 times Number 16 was found 26 times Number 07 was found 26 times Number 41 was found 20 times Number 40 was found 19 times Number 42 was found 18 times Number 45 was found 0 times Number 59 was found 0 times Number 58 was found 0 times Number 57 was found 0 times Number 56 was found 0 times Number 51 was found 0 times Number 50 was found 0 times Number 53 was found 0 times Number 52 was found 0 times Number 55 was found 0 times Number 54 was found 0 times Number 49 was found 0 times Number 46 was found 0 times Number 47 was found 0 times Number 43 was found 0 times Number 48 was found 0 times Number 44 was found 0 times

EVO 4G + CyanogenMod 6

Dan — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:12:25 +0000

So I’ve been using the EVO 4G with CyanogenMod 6 Final and the CM6-Snapv8.2 Kernel, and it has been awesome. I highly recommend doing the full root with the new ENG HBOOT so that you can get these two insane mods. Now that 4G is creeping into Florida, I hope CM6 gets the necessary fix to enable the WiMax radio. Other than that, it’s a great combination. I use LauncherPro as my home screen manager, instead of the included ADW Launcher. I’ve included a picture of it running on my phone after the break. No HTC Sense, and that’s a good thing.

HTC EVO 4G

Dan — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:15:10 +0000

Just purchased an HTC EVO 4G for Sprint today at Radio Shack. I called around the Tampa area to all the Best Buys and Radio Shacks and finally found one in New Tampa that had one in stock. About an hour or so later, I had the phone in hand. I must say, this is quite an impressive phone and I have a feeling that I haven’t even scratched the surface of its potential so far.

Anyway, I felt like messing with my D90 again, so I snapped a few pictures. Unfortunately, I suck at photography. Pictures after the break.

UPDATE: Figures, the screen adhesive is faulty and I have the dreaded screen detachment in the bottom left corner. Ugh.

Pure-FTPD Goodness

Dan — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:18:03 +0000

In an attempt to find a quick and easy-to-deploy ftp service that supported SSL and FXP Site-to-Site transfers, I came across pure-ftpd. But, it wasn’t that easy from the start. After about 6 unsuccessful hours of trying to figure out a working configuration for vsftpd to support SSL and FXP transfers, I was left nothing of use. The next morning, I went on a search for an ftp server that was simple and chock full of features… thus, pure-ftpd was discovered.

So if you need to set up an ftp server with SSL and FXP support utilizing the Linux OS accounts for user authentication, here’s the simple guide to getting to the finish line.

Because I’m using Gentoo, I use emerge, but for other distributions, you can go here to get the source code releases and build from source. Also make sure you have the “ssl” USE flag set in Gentoo when you do this, so that you get the SSL support built-in.

emerge -v pure-ftpd

Once the source is built and pure-ftpd is installed, it gets even easier from here. In Gentoo, there are no supplemental configuration files to edit. All you have to do is edit the /etc/conf.d/pure-ftpd file. What’s even better is that you only have to pass the binary the appropriate option flags in order to get the functionality you want. These option flags can be found in the pure-ftpd man page. It’s a very detailed man page and is very useful, so utilize it for your own deployment.

# General server settings
SERVER="-S [port to listen on]"
MAX_CONN="-c [# of max global connections]"
MAX_CONN_IP="-C [# of max connections per IP]"
# Run as a daemon in the background
DAEMON="-B"
# Use this if using NAT (connected to a firewall, router, etc...)
USE_NAT="-N"
# Utilize Unix user authorization
AUTH="-l unix"
# More flags
MISC_OTHER="-A -x -j -R -Z -w -p [start port]:[end port] -Y 3"

The MISC_OTHER flags consist of some default ones it set and ones I added. The ones I added that were vital were the following:

-w allows FXP Site-to-Site transfers for non-anonymous users (-W will allow anonymous)
-p specifies a port range for the PASV connection
-Y sets the type of SSL to set for the server based on a number. 1 means SSL or Plaintext, 2 means SSL required but not for data, 3 means SSL required for everything including data

That’s it! Start the server up and it should be good to go. It’s that simple. Much love and props to the pure-ftpd developer, Frank Denis.

Hex Word Finder – hexwords.py

Dan — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:34:10 +0000

UPDATE: I have updated the script to include other letters that can be represented as numbers. An issue lies within words that have both I’s and L’s, because they both get replaced by 1′s, and it can make the word very confusing and kind of useless.

So in an attempt to brush up on my Python a bit, and also just have some fun, I wrote up a little script today that searches a dictionary file for words that can be represented in hexadecimal.

Result from a dictionary of English words I found online:
hexwords.txt

Code:

import sys

def main(*args):
    wordfile = args[1]
    hexlist = "ABCDEFOILST"

    words = open(wordfile,'r')

    for word in words:
        word = word.upper()
        word = word.join(word.split())  # attempt to remove spaces
        match = ""

        for letter in word:
            for hx in hexlist:
                if hx == letter:
                    if hx == 'O':
                        match += "0"
                    elif hx == "I":
                        match += "1"
                    elif hx == "L":
                        match += "1"
                    elif hx == "S":
                        match += "5"
                    elif hx == "T":
                        match += "7"
                    else:
                        match += hx

        if len(word) == len(match):
            print match

    words.close()
    return True

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main(*sys.argv))

Deliveries app for iPhone

Dan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:50:57 +0000

Decided to purchase the Deliveries app for the iPhone tonight to see how far it had evolved. I have been contemplating making my own app for free that does package tracking across mutiple couriers, but this is unnecessary after using the Deliveries app. Just check the screens after the break to see what I mean.

Stack Overflows and SEH

Dan — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:02:55 +0000

Have been digging a bit into this lately while on travel. Will be diving into some SEH smashing this evening with some Windows programs to see what I can find. Perhaps I’ll post some updates here on my progress and findings.

Windows 7

Dan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:45:02 +0000

Finally got around to installing Windows 7 and VMWare Fusion 3.0 for my Mac. So far, so good. Windows 7 isn’t too bad; it’s actually just as the majority of reviews describe. We’ll see how I feel about a month or so of use. Anything has to be better than Vista.