So far, so good.  If you are need of a good screenshot/capture tool, and don’t feel like forking over $50 for a SnagIt license, check out Greenshot.

I also learned that Thousand Island dressing did not originate in the Thousand Islands area of the St. Lawrence river. It originated in New Orleans before 1900.

I found a robust and relatively simple calendar control to use for web UIs. It can use a pop-up window or a floating <div> tag. I prefer the latter as it makes the page look good and avoids a pop-up.

To use the control simply put the CalendarPopup.js file in your application’s “scripts” directory and be sure to include it in your JSP. (I used this in a Java app, but you can apply it to any language.)

Download the and put it in your images directory.

Add the following lines to your application’s JavaScript file (or include on the same page if you don’t have an external JS file):

// Set up Calendar control
var calObj = new CalendarPopup("calDiv");
calObj.showNavigationDropdowns();
calObj.setMonthNames('JAN','FEB','MAR','APR','MAY','JUN','JUL','AUG','SEP','OCT','NOV','DEC');

// Handle the Calendar control
function doCalendar(destObjId, srcObj) {
    calObj.select(document.getElementById(destObjId),srcObj.id,'dd-MMM-yyyy');
}

Then add the following lines to your JSP:

<script>document.write(getCalendarStyles());</script>

In your JSP, add the following HTML code where you want your date field and calendar control:

<input id="dateField" style="width: auto;" maxlength="11" name="actualDate" size="25" type="text" />
<img id="imgCal" onclick="doCalendar('dateField',this);return false;" src="cal.gif" border="0" alt="" />

That’s it!

In order to workaround IE 6′s inability to recognize the z-index attribute on the tag, I made some modifications to the original JavaScript code. You will need to pass the an ID value to be used for the hidden that will overlay the box.

var calObj = new CalendarPopup("calDiv", "calFrame");

You will also need to specify the following styles in a stylesheet. The ID values in the stylesheet must match the names of your DIV and IFRAME IDs on your page.

div#calDiv {
    position:absolute; visibility:hidden;
    background-color:white;
    layer-background-color:white;
}
.select-free {
    position:absolute; z-index:10;/*any value*/
    overflow:hidden;/*must have*/
    width:152px;/*do not change value for calendar control */;
}
.select-free iframe#calFrame {
    display:none;/*sorry for IE5*/
    display:block;/*sorry for IE5*/
    position:absolute;/*must have*/
    top:0;/*must have*/
    left:0;/*must have*/
    z-index:-1;/*must have*/
    filter:mask();/*must have*/
    width:3000px;/*must have for any big value*/
    height:3000px/*must have for any big value*/;
}

Your JSP now needs the following line:

<div id="calDiv" class="select-free"></div>

Brought a tear to my eye after @wilw got involved.

The new Sports loops and pins are:

• Hiking
• Skateboarding
• Kickball
• Horseback Riding

The new Academic loops and pins are:

• Video Games
• Reading and Writing
• Photography
• Pet Care
• Nutrition
• Good Manners
• Family Travel
• Disabilities Awareness

These requirements are also available in the 2010 edition of the Cub Scout Academics & Sports Program Guide.

Now, let me get this straight…..We are going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it but exempts themselves from it, to be signed by a president that also hasn’t read it and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes…all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that’s nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong?

~Anonymous

From today’s "The Gartman Letter"

For now, I am putting this one to bed.  It was a fun exercise, but I have got what I need from it.

'''
Checks the specified value to determine if it is a prime number.
If it is not prime the divisor will be returned instead.

@author: Eric Silva
'''

import math, time

#Change this value to whatever value you want to test for prime.
#testValue = 65027
#testValue = 155188329701
testValue = 99194853094755497
#testValue = 10888869450418352160768000001
print 'Testing %d...' % testValue

def determineIsPrime(testPrime):
    if testPrime % 2 == 0:
        return 'Divisible by 2'
    if testPrime % 3 == 0:
        return 'Divisible by 3'
    testNum = 7
    testLimit = testPrime
    while testLimit >= testNum:
        if testPrime % testNum == 0:
           return 'Divisible by %d' % testNum
        testLimit = testPrime/testNum

        testNum = testNum + 2

    return '%d is prime!' % testPrime

def determineIsPrime2(testPrime):
    if testPrime % 2 == 0:
        return 'Divisible by 2'
    if testPrime % 3 == 0:
        return 'Divisible by 3'
    testNum = 5
    sqrt = math.sqrt(testPrime)
    while testNum <= sqrt:
        if testPrime % testNum == 0:
           return 'Divisible by %d' % testNum

        testNum = testNum + 2

    return '%d is prime!' % testPrime

def determineIsPrime3(testPrime):
    if testPrime % 2 == 0:
        return 'Divisible by 2'
    if testPrime % 3 == 0:
        return 'Divisible by 3'
    testNum = 7
    sqrt = math.sqrt(testPrime)
    while ((6 * testNum) + 1 <= sqrt) or ((6 * testNum) - 1 <= sqrt):
        if testPrime % testNum == 0:
           return 'Divisible by %d' % testNum

        testNum = testNum + 2

    return '%d is prime!' % testPrime

startTime = time.time()
result = determineIsPrime(testValue)
endTime = time.time()

print result
print '1. Calculation took %f s\n' % (endTime - startTime)

startTime = time.time()
result = determineIsPrime2(testValue)
endTime = time.time()

print result
print '2. Calculation took %f s\n' % (endTime - startTime)

startTime = time.time()
result = determineIsPrime3(testValue)
endTime = time.time()

print result
print '3. Calculation took %f s\n' % (endTime - startTime)

Results:

Testing 99194853094755497...
99194853094755497 is prime!
1. Calculation took 202.609000 s

99194853094755497 is prime!
2. Calculation took 114.813000 s

99194853094755497 is prime!
3. Calculation took 28.781000 s

'''
Checks the specified value to determine if it is a prime number.
If it is not prime the divisor will be returned instead.

@author: Eric Silva
'''

#Change this value to whatever value you want to test for prime.
testValue = 3011

def determineIsPrime(testPrime):
    if testPrime % 2 == 0:
        return 'Divisible by 2'
    testNum = 3
    testLimit = testPrime
    while testLimit >= testNum:
        if testPrime % testNum == 0:
           return 'Divisible by %d' % testNum
        testLimit = testPrime/testNum

        testNum = testNum + 2

    return '%d is prime!' % testPrime

result = determineIsPrime(testValue)

print result