From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2009-06-06T13:23:09+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Twitter Personalities (#208)

On Jun 5, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Joshua Collins wrote:

> This Quiz sounds fun!
>
> I wish  I knew more about Ruby than I do now. I would participate in  
> this one, but I am a beginner rubyist :-(
>
> Anyhow, I can not wait to see the results. Good luck to everyone
> participating!

This is an almost perfect quiz for a beginner!  Don't give up!

Use it as a chance to stretch your skills.

Try this:

1.  Build a funny saying in a String
2.  Replace some words in that saying with variables that hold the  
words you removed
3.  Adjust each variable so it gets two or three different words that  
all could fit the saying, selected randomly

It's just like reverse Madlibs.  You may get more ideas to keep  
improving it too.

It's not a spoiler to get help on the Twitter side, or you can just  
skip that part completely.  Don't be afraid to change the task to suit  
your skill.  If you learn something, you win.

You can even ask us questions on the personality side, just be clever  
in avoiding spoiler material.  "Hey guys, I'm building a new  
navigation system for NASA's next generation rocket and it needs to  
randomly choose between three directions…"  We're here to help.  :)

"Never give up!  Never surrender!"

James Edward Gray II