Life in the geek lane

random ramblings.....

15.3.03

Back at uni again, Just got back from yeppoon. Went and saw Ivan and Jeab and had a chat. Also hung around for tea, which was another one of jeabs brilliant dishes.... man it was good.

Sooooo im sitting at uni again, not much else to do, but that suits me just fine. So far noone else is online so there isnt even anyone i can chat to. Im just trying to type without looking at the keyboard and im actually going ok. :)

Ive got lots i want to blog about but dunno where to start... hrmmmm I dont get it when people try to make everyone else happy at their own expense. I mean sure... i like doing things for people to help them out, but there is noway i am going to do something that i DONT WANT to do.... am i silly or what? Im kinda amazed at the whole 'try to make yourself feel good by doing what other people want' way of thinking.... bleh... righto, time to move on...

Blogs are cool, you can vent and discuss and stuff by yourself without anyone else. Even when the rant is about noone in particular. *sigh*

My powerbook is kicking arse at the moment :) laptops are cooooool! yipppeeeee

ok, enough stooopid blogging... time to find somthing else to do..

bleh de bleh
Hrmmmm sitting at home, just got the boot so im sitting at my desk trying to do some java stuff for my PHD. Gotta make a secure digital key/certificate, but the instructions arnt working, or they arnt clear enough for me to undertand how to do it right. hrmmm eitehr way it isnt working.

So yeah, last night watched a movie with Melanie and Nick, that was cool. Somthing to do i guess.

Ive come to the conclusion that its best to just plan for yourself, forget about everyone else and just do your own thing. Make no plans, make no decisions regarding other people, that way you wont ever be let down or disapointed. I guess in a way, following that thinking could also land you at home by yourself doing nothing, but hey... who cares.. right?

So i rekon thats what ill do, Ill probably sit at home for a while and later this arvo go to uni and stuff around / do some work. Tomorrow i think ill go for a drive to the beach or somthing.. who knows.

*ponders*

So i had a meeting abour writing exams yesterday, went ok. Just gotta sit and start typing the questions up and organising the marking scheme. I just gotta get in the mood. Im meant to have a meeting again on monday, but it doesnt really matter if i dont get anything done. She said it was ok.

Im getting a bit hungry, but not really in the mood for eating..... thinking about lots of stuff and so forth, which i tend to do every now and then. Sorting things out and i guess in a way planning. hrmmm who knows.

Next week there is some 'casual/part time staff' get together/meeting at the uni i have to go to. Its paid so thats alright, but i get a feeling its just going to be filled with useless bullshit and stuff. hrmmm i guess its a good chance to meet otehr people in the faculty, but in a way i already know enough.... bleh.... *picking up any negative vibes here people...*

Its damn hot today, the sun just starting shining really brightly, makes everything look colorful and stuff. Good thing i have my air con going, keeps things a little less hot.

anyway, im gunna stop this and do some more thinking... things to sort out and take care of - and things to just think about.

bleh

14.3.03

So i got my powerbook back, and its fixed ;) So hopefully it will last a little lonegr then the few days it did before.

Finished off the exam result coallation, which is cool. Also managed to score some more work writing exams, so thats sweet.

Saw soem kickarse silicon graphic 3D video projection stuff at the uni the other day, very very nice. amazing to see. Also just had a look at the accessgrid setup at the uni, amazing, streaming in video from sydney and it was smooth as. Very very cool geeky stuff.

Dunno what ill do tonight, probably sit at uni and get into some java for my phd stuff. Will finally be able to do it with my powerbook...

Cricket is on tonight, so im guessing melanie will be watching that... crazy girl.. cricket crazy lol

righto, im off to find some more stuff to download before i head home for a while.

blah, i hope this works, im using safari under OS X, if it doesnt work this time i think ill submit a bug report :)
So i got my powerbook back, and its fixed ;) So hopefully it will last a little lonegr then the few days it did before.

Finished off the exam result coallation, which is cool. Also managed to score some more work writing exams, so thats sweet.

Saw soem kickarse silicon graphic 3D video projection stuff at the uni the other day, very very nice. amazing to see. Also just had a look at the accessgrid setup at the uni, amazing, streaming in video from sydney and it was smooth as. Very very cool geeky stuff.

Dunno what ill do tonight, probably sit at uni and get into some java for my phd stuff. Will finally be able to do it with my powerbook...

Cricket is on tonight, so im guessing menalie will be watching that... crazy girl.. cricket crazy lol

righto, im off to find some more stuff to download before i head home for a while.

blah, i hope this works, im using safari under OS X, if it doesnt work this time i think ill submit a bug report :)

9.3.03

Sitting at uni... again... bored.. but i dont mind being bored at the moment. Cant enter exam results into the spreadsheet cause the damn server is down.. :|

Melanie is clapping and yelling about the cricket.. being an american, she has a very unhealthy obsession with cricket :S hrmmm

*yawn* I feel like writing stuff, i was playing round with my old webpage... the old old one, and i reckon i need to update that hoo-aaa when i get my powerbook back...

Went and saw 'the recruit' last night, pretty damn good. Not bad at all. I should be getting some dvds back off jason tomorrow, which will be cool since i havnt watched them yet... *sigh* hrmmm...

So thats about it, went and ate chinese food earlier with melanie, she got some hair brained scheme to have deep fried icecream, and the next thing i know im sitting in a chinese restaruant eating food.. :) Its wasnt too shabby either. We then headed out to uni, which is where i am now, not much else going on. Uni is always good for something to do.

sooooo yup... hrmmmm

ok time to visit the loo! *why do i sound so excited when i say that?* :S

*sigh* Marking done.

woohoo! Damn im hungry though... I think ill leave the mundane data entry into excel for tomorrow. That will give me somthing to do to look productive. :)

righto, time to go do somthing else...
eeee gawd.... once again im out at uni.. its a damn sunday the sun is shining and a perfect day to be lulling under a tree somewhere and im stuck inside marking damn exams... Ive got a small pile to go and my brain is gone... arrr i hate that...

*yawn* Give me strength to get them done... dammit...

So yeah, thats my life for the past week, marking damn exams..

I should get my powerbook back next week. I found out that teh firmware got corrupted :S but as yet apple havnt released the firmware updator for the new 12inch powerbooks, so im getting a new logic board installed. *sigh* Should be interesting, the local dude here is doing it, says he hasnt installed a logic board in the new powerbooks.. so i guess mine is the guinea-pig :S

Anotehr week is coming up, ive gotta read through the lecture slides before tomorrow so i know what im meant to be talking about :S, should be ok, i think its going to be on repetition - simple examples and such, so that should be ok.

ARRRRRR righto, im going to put in one last ditch effort to get these exams done!!!!

*sigh*