Domain Name Humour :)

I spotted this blog on Top Posts from around WordPress.com with a list of amusing concatenated domains names (look closely). Heehee, made me chuckle.

http://gavilan1010.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/10-wrost-domain-names/

Fibonacci Javascript Function

A few years ago I was writing a web app to enter into the5k project competition. The rules of the competition was to create a functioning web app less than 5k (including external files). The app I decided to create was to generate a pattern based on a mathematical function (either the Lorenz attractor, or a spirograph) through DOM manipulation.

Whilst developing this app I created the following Javascript function that returns the nth number within the Fibonacci sequence, which I’ve recently contributed to a Wikipedia article.

function fibonacci(n)
{
var Phi=1.6180339887498948482;
var fibonacciNumber=0;
fibonacciNumber=Math.pow(Phi,n)/(Math.sqrt(5));
return Math.round(fibonacciNumber);
}

Here’s another method of calculating fibonacci(n)

function fibonacci(n)
{
var Phi=1.6180339887498948482;
var x=0;
var y=0;
var fibonacciNumber=0;
x=Math.pow(Phi,n);
y=Math.pow(-Phi,-n);
fib=(x-y)/Math.sqrt(5);
return Math.round(fibonacciNumber);
}

Example call of the above functions;

fibonacci(10)

returns the 10th number within the series which is 55.

These functions are only accurate to calculating the 70th number within the Fibonacci sequence, which is 190392490709135.

Aceeeeeed!

I was tinkering with the text-to-path & inset functions in Inkscape and created the following smiley and thought I would share it under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license. Derivative works are welcomed & encouraged.

Disclaimer – Any similarity or resembalance to characters past, present or future is purely coincidental

Woot! Blog Stats Reach 1K+

Yesterday the stats of my blog show it has reached the 1000+ mark (if only I had a £1.00 GBP for each visit), and within just over 30 days of starting it. I gotta admit I’m surprised that it has had as many visits.

So far the most popular post is the “Gnome-Screenshot & Beryl Screenshot Plugin” which I posted purely on a whim. A search on Google for the term “beryl screenshot” puts my post at numero uno (I guess it’s all down hill from now on).

I’m pleased that people have found it useful. If it has, please feel free to leave a comment and thanks for visiting

Chavs, Halloween & Bonfire Night

Yesterday evening (Halloween), I spotted a group of 15 youths in their mid teens parading down the street I live. As it’s close to Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night (Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason & plot) these youths found it amusing and entertaining to throw banger fireworks at peoples property and even at passing motorists, along with the usual shouting and general loutish behavour that ensues.

Eventually they got closer and as sods law would have it, they decided to stop and congregate right outside of my property, and proceeded to bang on my windows. They even caused damage to an outside exhaust vent by shoving a live firework in it! With this I immediately contacted the police in a hope they would attend and put a stop to it, maybe even caution or arrest them.

During my call to the police I was asked the usual questions, my name, address, date of birth, but then I was asked my employment status. What the hell has my employment status got to do with it!? Did the police arrive? No! All I got was just a statistical crime number 601.

I have a myriad of words I could use to describe these youths, all derogatory such as; plebs, louts, plonkers… and some which are far harsher and expletive – therefore unmentionable here. The one word that I can use to describe them is “Chavs” and YES, some of them was wearing tracksuits, burberry & bling which this stereotypical caricature is so apt.