I went to look around for solutions for Apache mime type configurations for Office 2007 file extensions and found this solution and added it to his .htaccess file:

AddType application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12 docm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document docx
AddType application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabled.12 dotm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template dotx
AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.template.macroEnabled.12 potm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template potx
AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.addin.macroEnabled.12 ppam
AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnabled.12 ppsm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow ppsx
AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12 pptm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation pptx
AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12 xlam
AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12 xlsb
AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12 xlsm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet xlsx
AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroEnabled.12 xlt
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template xltx

This solved the issue and Jon couldn’t be any happier.

Source: http://dogma.swiftspirit.co.za/archives/183

Here is Facebook’s description for the puzzle:

To help test whether your puzzle submissions fit the guidelines, try this simple test puzzle. Your solution must follow the guidelines like any other puzzle. Write a program that takes as input a single argument on the command line. This argument must be a file name, which contains a single positive integer. The program should read this file and obtain the integer within, and then output a sequence of strings based upon the number (details below).

Here is my solution to the puzzle:

<?php
/*
Huy Tong
Facebook Hoppity Hop! puzzle
*/

/* make sure that an argument was passed */
if (isset($argv[1])) {
	/* argument 1 should be the file name */
	$file = $argv[1];

	/* check if that file exists */
	if (file_exists($file)) {
		/* get the number inside the file */
		$n = (int)trim(file_get_contents($file));

		/* check if the file containted the right data type */
		if (is_numeric($n)) {
			for ($i=1;$i<$n;$i++) {
				if ((($i % 3) == 0) && (($i % 5) == 0)) {
					/* the number is divisible by 3 and 5 */
					print "Hop\n";
				} else if (($i % 3) == 0) {
					/* the number is divisible by 3 */
					print "Hoppity\n";
				} else if (($i % 5) == 0) {
					/* the number is divisible by 5 */
					print "Hophop\n";
				} else {
					/* do nothing */
				}
			}
		} else {
			print "The file must contain an integer.\n";
		}
	} else {
		print "The file you are trying to access, ".$file.", does not exist.\n";
	}
} else {
	print "Please enter a file name to use in the argument.\n";
}
?>

Here is the sample data file, I named it num.txt but you can name it whatever you want because it is called via the command line.

15

My solution is quite simple, we’re still going to use our old pop up window code but we’re not going to put it in the href attribute but rather on the onclick attribute. Example:

<script type="text/javascript">
function openWindow() {
	window.open ("my_new_page.html","mynewwindow");
}
</script>

<a href="my_new_page.html" onclick="javascript:openWindow();return false;">Link</a>

Note that we are now having the page we want to link to in the href attribute. On the onclick, I added our openWindow function with a return false; attached to it. If you attach return false; onto any link, it’ll stop the browser from taking you to a new page. Your openWindow() function will still run, therefor, a new pop-up window opens.

We can also make our openWindow() function more modular by making it accept any link:

<script type="text/javascript">
function openWindow(url) {
	window.open (url,"mynewwindow");
}
</script>

<a href="my_new_page.html" onclick="javascript:openWindow(this);return false;">Link</a>

I added the this argument into the openWindow() function. this tells the function to pass the href attribute into the function.

If you want to learn more on how to modify the pop-up window’s width, height, etc., head on over to http://www.javascript-coder.com/window-popup/javascript-window-open.phtml

What’s the best way to utilize these bullets in your HTML code? There is the list-style-image: url(PATH_TO_IMAGE); CSS declaration but I never find myself using that. I prefer setting a background to the list item and set the background to not repeat. You have a better control over how your image is aligned to the text. You can’t do that with list-style-image. My style for the ul tag might look something like this:

ul { list-style-type: none}
ul li { list-style-type: none;background: url(/images/bullet.gif) no-repeat top left; }

• Have the editors manually go through and insert the HTML code to target=”_blank.”
• Use PHP and Regular Expressions to go through each article and insert target=”_blank” into links that does not have it.
• Use Javascript to scan the page for links that doesn’t match the domain and add target=”_blank” to those links on the fly.

As the title points out, I chose to go with the Javascript method. jQuery is awesome and it’s my go to Javascript framework of choice. The function that I used traverses through all anchor tags, checks if the link matches the current hostname, if it doesn’t, it attaches a target=”_blank” to that link.

$(document).ready(function() {
	$("a[href^=http]").each(function(){
		if(this.href.indexOf(location.hostname) == -1) {
			$(this).attr({
				target: "_blank"
			});
		}
	})
});

The steps to do this is simple but tricky at the same time, it requires you to know how to enable pairing on your Bluetooth headset by making it discoverable. If you don’t know how to do this, go to the headset’s manufacturer’s website and find documentation for it. Once you figure out how to make your device discoverable, go to the Playstation’s section and look for “Manage Bluetooth Devices” after “Accessory Settings.” In this section, you can add headsets, keyboards and mice. Go ahead with this process and make sure that you turn the pairing option on your headset on before you press the “Start Scanning” button.

Once the Playstation has found your headset, it will ask you for a passkey for the device. The standard passkey for most Bluetooth headsets is 0000. Once you enter that in, the set up process will be complete. You should see your device on the screen and it will say that your headset is an audio device. If you are still stuck in the scanning screen (the scanning process should take no longer than a minute), that means your device is not in discoverable mode, go back and check if you followed the instructions correctly.

You’re not done yet! I thought the whole pairing process was completed and tried to use it in Street Fighter 4, it didn’t work. I then went back into options and went through each option item again and a menu item labeled “Audio Device Settings.” Go in and change the audio input and output to your headset. Save and now you are done setting up your device.

If you have the official Sony Bluetooth headset for the PS3, I don’t think you have to go through this process but my friend Eddie had to. I wasn’t sure why because the documentation said that if you just plug the device into the Playstation’s USB port, they will pair automatically. That’s the same way you would pair your Playstation controller to the PS3.

Wikipedia has a list of headsets compatible with the PS3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bluetooth_headsets_compatible_with_PlayStation_3] but I believe that most headsets will work. I would refer to this list to see which headsets are considered problematic such as some of the Motorola ones.

I decided to give this problem a go. Not that I’m trying to apply for this job or anything. I just want to find a way to solve it. It was really hard to start off because there are so many ways to approach it. One, I can brute force the program to make it go through every possible combinations there are and find out the answer through there. Or second, create an easy algorithm that goes through and provides the answer as quickly as possible.

I decided to go with PHP (because it’s what I know best) and went with the second method. I’ve been working on this on and off for about a day or two and today I’ve got it working (through the help of others of course).

The answer to the problem above is:

1 mixed fruit, 2 hot wings, 1 sampler plate

7 mixed fruits

One of the things I had to do was multiply the target price and each menu item price by 100 so that I won’t run into calculation errors. The solution of 7 mixed fruits didn’t come up until I did it that way.

Here is the source to the script:

<?php
set_time_limit(0);
$n = new twinarrowTest('menu.txt');

class twinarrowTest
{
	var $n_items;
	var $file;
	var $menu_items;
	var $menu_prices;
	var $target_price;
	var $order;
	var $max_order;
	var $orders_tried;
	var $solutions_found;

	public function __construct($file)
	{
		if (file_exists($file)) {
			$this->file = $file;
			$this->prep();
			$this->process();
		} else {
			die("The file you are trying to call does not exist.");
		}
	}

	private function prep()
	{
		$handle = fopen($this->file, "r");
		$contents = fread($handle, filesize($this->file));
		$lines = explode("\n",$contents);
		fclose($handle);

		$this->target_price = str_replace('$','',$lines[0])*100;

		array_shift($lines);
		$this->n_items = count($lines);

		for ($i=0;$i<count($lines);$i++) {
			$n = explode(',',$lines[$i]);
			$this->menu_items[] = $n[0];
			$this->menu_prices[] = str_replace('$','',$n[1])*100;
		}
	}

	private function process()
	{
		$size = 1;
		for ($i=0;$i<$this->n_items;$i++) {
			$this->max_order[$i] = $this->target_price/$this->menu_prices[$i];
			if ($this->target_price % $this->menu_prices[$i]!=0)
				$this->order[$i]++;
			$size *= ($this->max_order[$i]+1);
		}

		$this->recursive(0);

		if ($this->solutions_found > 0) {
			echo "<br /><br />There are <strong>".$this->solutions_found."</strong> solutions.";
		} else {
			echo "There are no solutions found using your data set.";
		}

	}

	private function recursive($slot) {
		if ($slot >= $this->n_items) {
			$this->check();
		} else {
			for ($this->order[$slot]=0;$this->order[$slot]<=$this->max_order[$slot];$this->order[$slot]++) {
				$this->recursive($slot+1);
			}
		}
	}

	private function check() {
		$this->orders_tried++;
		$total = 0;
		for ($i=0;$i<$this->n_items;$i++) {
			$total += $this->menu_prices[$i]*$this->order[$i];
		}

		if ($total == $this->target_price) {
			$t_array = array();
			for ($i=0;$i<$this->n_items;$i++) {
				if ($this->order[$i] != 0) {
					$t_array[] = $this->order[$i].' '.$this->menu_items[$i];
				}
			}
			echo implode(", ",$t_array)."<br />";
			$this->solutions_found++;
		}
	}
}

?>

*NOTE: this is an old post that I decided to put back up in case it might help someone out.

I know that I have tons of dead links that are coming from the search engines because I’ve messed with this site plenty of times with my different blog installations. I don’t worry about them too much because the content that I had on here weren’t that great to salvage. I’m starting to write more how-to’s and tips that I’ve implemented a very useful tool offered by Google.

It’s called “Enhance 404 pages” as a part of the Google Webmaster Tools package. Go ahead and log into your Google Webmaster Tool account. Click on the Tools link on the left hand navigation and Enhance 404 pages should appear under that link. All you have to do is copy the javascript code that they supply onto your 404 page and that’s it. The next time that someone goes to a dead link on your site, Google will try its best to find alternative content that matches what the user was trying to access. They also include a site search for the page the user was trying to access.

The only drawback is that the information they are getting is from their cache of your site. I’ve implemented the code onto my site but I probably won’t see it working properly for a while because of all the new content that is on this new installation of Wordpress. If you have an established site, it should work for you right off the bat.