General stuff

Been doing quite a bit of reading for the testing istqb foundation, where I can get some exams going and see how I do. 

Started using a new plugin to test API's, which is another thing I need to learn and read about, http://www.getpostman.com/.

Completed a programming challenge of validating an ISBN10 which is challenge 197. Compact code so left as is

using System;

namespace Challenge197ISBN
{
  class Program
  {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
          var ISBN10 = "0-7475-3269-9";

          Console.WriteLine("Validating: {0}", ISBN10);
          int total = 0;
          int counter = 10;

          foreach (var letter in ISBN10)
          {
              if (letter != '-' && counter > 0)
              {
                  var current = int.Parse(letter.ToString());
                  total += current*counter;
                  counter--;
              }
          }

          Console.WriteLine("ISBN is valid: {0}", total % 11 == 0);
          Console.Read();
      }
  }
}

Ordered some noise cancelling headphones as the open plan office can get a little noisey. A good demo of them in action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EwkaRvIduw

Came across a good video on hacker news about Erlang, quite interesting the idea of bike shedding and trolls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MvKLOecT1I