Life in the geek lane

random ramblings.....

16.3.03

So what do geeks and nerds do on sunday night? Well they sit at uni on the internet and playing tetris clone games.

Yup... Im at uni again. Sitting on the net doing basically nothing at all. Meanwhile melanie is in her little booth playing some really dodgy tetris clone that she insists is 'really good' - and even better if it had sound... hrmmm riiiiiight. Oh well, its keeping her occupied. :P

So yeah, played with some Cocoa today. Finally can get back into it again with my new powerbook. I was annoyed at how much i had forgotten *sigh* Ive really gotta go back and re-read my cocoa book again. Wont take as long to read again, but i need the refresher. its been so long since i did any cocoa programming *sigh* Damn the person that stole my ibook. Also realised that the only copy/backup of my sportsdraw program was on my iBook and on a cdr that was also in the bag that was stolen. dammit. So i have to make another start on it.. again... *sigh* will it ever get finished????

This week coming should be a bit less hectic. Exam marks have all been completed and settled. All ive got to do is the usualy programming A lecturesa nd tutes and stuff and also write some exams for that other subject. Should be ok.

I washed my car today. it had crappy tree sap shit all over it. Damn stuff wouldnt wash off so i had to use the bug and tar remover stuff to do it. But oh well, my car is clean again for another week or so.

bleh righto, im done here.... i think ill go distract melanie and see if i can make her lose her game.... :P

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 :)