Bryan Pieper's Blog : 2009

Have you shopped online recently and come across a retail website selling items with no prices?

A few weeks ago, we needed to buy a new stove. So, being a Tampa Bay resident, I wanted to check out the local appliance retailers first to see what their deals were.

My first stop was Famous Tate.  They sell various home items from appliances to bedding. They have eight stores throughout the Tampa Bay area… basically they are a major retailer.

Here is a shot from their website:

Famous Tate

What is a web browser anyways?Web Browsers

For those of us in the tech community, this would be a stupid question.  However, the lay-folk out there may not know what web browser they have. In fact, in the last few years the browser landscape has changed dramatically. It seems like the browser race of the 90s is back. Google, Mozilla, Microsoft and Apple are releasing new browsers on a fairly regular basis.

Sudoku Anyone?

Posted by Bryan in Web Development

The other day, one of my coworkers was working on a Sudoku puzzle during lunch. I started thinking to myself… wouldn’t it be pretty cool if I created a automated Sudoku Puzzle Generator?

So, this weekend I created a web-based Sudoku puzzle generator in Python. It turned out to be an interesting math and programming problem. I have never really gotten into the Sudoku craze.  There are a number of my family members that love it.

Here is the link to the Sudoku puzzles. Also, here is the Sudoku Puzzle Generator source code.

It had been a long time coming.   ThePiepers.net has served me well in getting out the latest photos and news about the family, especially Joshua.   Since he was born, I had been publishing more and realized that the old website was not really tailored for the content and photo albums.   In addition, the design was a little dated in need of a fresh touch.