Sometimes I feel like a geek....(well, usually)
This last weekend I went to watch a high school wrestling tournament that my younger brother was in. They had the stats for the tournament updated live online. The day before the tournament I was on the site, just browsing around. I noticed a peculiar bug while doing so. If you clicked on the 'Team Scores' link (granted, they were all zero the day before the tournament) it left off my brother's school for some reason. As a software engineer, I knew it was just a small bug that someone missed. The school was obviously in the system, as the athletes were listed. So, being the geek I am, poked around and figured out what variables I could put in the URL address to get the team to be listed.
Later the next day at the tournament, I was sitting there with my dad when the announcer came out and gave a team score update. After announcing the scores, a number of fans vocally complained about the conspicuous absence of my brother's school from the update. After a bit, the announcer still hadn't come back with a correction, so I made my way to the announcer's booth. They told me they couldn't figure it out. So, pulling from my geek ego, I proceeded to sit down and show them what URL to enter so as to get all the schools listed. The announcers (and the fans) were much appreciative of the correction, especially considering that my brother's school went on to win the tournament.
Later the next day at the tournament, I was sitting there with my dad when the announcer came out and gave a team score update. After announcing the scores, a number of fans vocally complained about the conspicuous absence of my brother's school from the update. After a bit, the announcer still hadn't come back with a correction, so I made my way to the announcer's booth. They told me they couldn't figure it out. So, pulling from my geek ego, I proceeded to sit down and show them what URL to enter so as to get all the schools listed. The announcers (and the fans) were much appreciative of the correction, especially considering that my brother's school went on to win the tournament.
Labels: General Geekiness

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