Erik Hinzpeter

Valid U.S. area codes

Erik — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:20:04 +0000

A recent project required me to filter a long list of regex-matched phone numbers and weed out any that weren’t likely residential (no 800, 888, 900, etc), any that were outside the U.S. proper (so no Guam, Puerto Rico, etc), or not a valid phone number at all (e.g., starting with 411, 123, etc).

I’m sure there could have been a clever solution, but of course this all needed to get done RIGHT NOW so I decided to just get it over with and type in the information from this list manually. In the interest of potentially saving others from having to re-do the irritating 15 minutes of grunt work, here they are:

201, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 224, 225, 228, 229, 231, 234, 236, 239, 240, 248, 251, 253, 254, 256, 260, 262, 267, 269, 270, 276, 278, 281, 283, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 325, 330, 331, 334, 336, 337, 339, 341, 347, 351, 352, 360, 361, 369, 380, 385, 386, 401, 402, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 414, 415, 417, 419, 423, 424, 425, 430, 432, 434, 435, 440, 442, 443, 464, 469, 470, 475, 478, 479, 480, 484, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 507, 508, 509, 510, 512, 513, 515, 516, 517, 518, 520, 530, 540, 541, 551, 557, 559, 561, 562, 563, 564, 567, 570, 571, 573, 574, 575, 580, 585, 586, 601, 602, 603, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 612, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 623, 626, 627, 628, 630, 631, 636, 641, 646, 650, 651, 660, 661, 662, 669, 678, 679, 682, 689, 701, 702, 703, 704, 706, 707, 708, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 724, 727, 731, 732, 734, 737, 740, 747, 754, 757, 760, 762, 736, 764, 765, 769, 770, 772, 773, 774, 775, 779, 781, 785, 786, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 808, 810, 812, 813, 841, 815, 816, 817, 818, 828, 830, 831, 832, 835, 845, 847, 848, 850, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 862, 863, 864, 865, 870, 872, 878, 901, 903, 904, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 925, 927, 928, 931, 935, 936, 937, 940, 941, 947, 949, 951, 954, 956, 957, 959, 970, 971, 972, 973, 975, 978, 979, 980, 984, 985, 989

Powerset is scary

Erik — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:43:50 +0000

I just ran a vanity search on Powerset…

How did they know?!?

Joy Division branded Zune

Erik — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:26:15 +0000

I have to hand it to their design team, it looks a lot better than the U2 iPod. Also, with only 500 units being produced, it might be the first Zune model to sell out!

Via Pitchfork

Browser history as a tree

Erik — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:53:25 +0000

I’ve been meaning to do something along these lines for ages.. still strikes me as an excellent Firefox plug-in. Trying to track down a poorly titled page you visited a couple of days ago is usually quite a pain, and seeing a clear path from where you began could be a great help with this. It’s definitely not a new idea. Time to learn XUL?

Via Reddit. Discussion here.

KPCB site down

Erik — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:08:21 +0000

I noticed KPCB‘s site has been down for a couple of hours this afternoon. Could this be an indication of the volume of interest in their $100m investment fund for iPhone applications?

As for my own interest, let’s just say that yesterday I finally broke down and bought the Macbook Pro I had been debating for so long.

Title / Position ?

Erik — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:21:35 +0000

I decided to register a business for my contract work. I’m filling out this form (pdf), and it asks for my “Title / Position”.

This is obviously an extremely important question that I hadn’t given enough consideration.. what should my title be in my sole proprietorship? I’ve always liked the image conjured by “Czar”, but it doesn’t seem like enough on its own. How do you make it work in the context of a business? “Chief Executive Czar”? Clearly absurd. Additionally, I don’t have any Russian heritage… much more appropriate would be something that ties into my Norwegian background, so at the moment I’m leaning toward “Direktør”.

I welcome any suggestions.

The wisdom of indecision

Erik — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:28:27 +0000

When I don’t take a decision, it’s not that I don’t think about it. I think about it and take a decision not to take a decision.
- P. V. Narasimha Rao

See, if I hadn’t waffled for so long about purchasing an iphone I would be kicking myself now.

Speaking of themes..

Erik — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:54:13 +0000

I’ll admit, it’s tempting:

http://retromactheme.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/?p=4

Erik — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:33:28 +0000

Now that I’ve listed this domain on my moocards, I suppose I ought to use it. It has essentially been dormant since being registered in December 06, mostly because I wanted to create an exceptionally cool WordPress theme first. As you can see, I still haven’t gotten around to that. Give me a break, I’m not a front-end guy.

I’m planning to use this site mostly for observations about programming and technology, discussions of my various projects, and reports on the tech events and conferences I’m fortunate enough to attend. I do have something of a personal journal at erik.piecemeal.net if you happen to be interested.