tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33473822011-04-22T07:22:02.492+10:00random ramblings.....Brettnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1095323921252911232004-09-16T18:36:00.000+10:002004-09-16T18:38:41.253+10:00

Well my site has moved again, this time to an australian host http://www.geeklane.com/blog So check it out. While your at it, also check out the Australian Mac Developer community site at http://www.macgeeks.net Australian mac develoepr community Australian apple developer community Its all good :D

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1064815440100524292003-09-29T16:03:00.000+10:002003-09-29T16:04:00.196+10:00

New Blog/website at http://www.lifeinthegeeklane.com

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1064790118735699392003-09-29T09:01:00.000+10:002003-09-29T09:01:58.856+10:00

*sigh* Just s test after i have been dicking around with this silly thing. At one stage i thought i had frigged it up, lets hope this works

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1064701446594675272003-09-28T08:24:00.000+10:002003-09-28T08:25:15.110+10:00

Ok, in the next week or so i will be transferring my blog over to www.lifeinthegeeklane.com. Im not too sure which blogging tool im going to use as yet though. Greymatter looks ok and so does b2 and then i guess i could alwys jsut stay with using blogger, but it doesnt have allow comments so probably not. *sigh* decisions decisions.

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1064559436438453832003-09-26T16:54:00.000+10:002003-09-26T16:57:28.890+10:00

I just registered my first domain name - www.lifeinthegeeklane.com *shrugs* Found a web host that costs $100 per year (AUD) and includes free domain name registration, 200mb storage, unlimited email address, unlimitiied subdomains, ftp, ssh, php, mysql etc etc. Ive always wanted one so i thought bugger it, and did it. So chances are this blogspot blog will be converted over soon. Whenever i hear

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1064538902740031692003-09-26T11:09:00.000+10:002003-09-26T11:15:02.706+10:00

Friday... oh friday... *sigh* Sitting at uni again, trying to get my hungry self motivated. Me thinks i will go get some food then maybe my brain will work. Spent yesterday fiddling with damn video wall stuff, of course - support for macs is bad, so its a matter of sorting through newsgroup posts and trying to apply other unix/linux tips to the mac. As you can probably guess it didnt work, i

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1064295174105117692003-09-23T15:29:00.000+10:002003-09-23T15:32:53.770+10:00

Just signed up to livejournal so i could read a friends journal, and i have to say its got to be one of the most pain processes ive had to go through. Sure its got a few features that are ok, but the layout and preferences layout totally sucks. Want to edit a particular preference? the only way i could figure was to basiccally click mindlessly until you find it, things you think would be under

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1064056636005036662003-09-20T21:11:00.000+10:002003-09-20T21:18:13.166+10:00

*yawn* Saturday night... sitting.. typing... yawning... not tired... bored... Went shopping today wif little melanie, she had to get some stuff for her family at christmas which was cool. As guessed, the shopping place was PACKED full of EVERYONE... *sigh* but thems the breaks. Took a lotto ticket in the 18 million draw.... actually that would have been drawn by now... maybe im a millionaire :

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-106369424585507642003-09-16T16:30:00.000+10:002003-09-16T16:45:22.596+10:00

Went to the dentist today to see what the go is with my gum bleeding when i brush my teeth. The dude was cool, he is from overseas somewhere but thats another story. He had a looky at my teeth and said they were really good and clean *woohoo or me!*, then he got this 'tool thing' with a small ball on the end and told me that he was gunna run it around on the gum near my teeth. So he did this with

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1063250877405805852003-09-11T13:25:00.000+10:002003-09-11T13:27:57.416+10:00

back at uni, just had lunch. Been working on php web stuff all morning. I figure ill make a site and show some people and maybe that will convince them to give me money :P Kinda tired for some reason, dunno. Thursday already - week has gone fast. Seems i spend the first 3 days of the week doing silly uni stuff. Then spend the last 2 days doing stuff im meant to spend the whole week doing *sigh

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1063019903778966182003-09-08T21:18:00.000+10:002003-09-08T21:18:23.793+10:00

Back in rocky again. Got back yesterday arvo. Trip back was ok, chatted a lot of the way. Got back and everything was ok at the flat which is good. Got my notice about my ABN in the mail.. woohoo! Went and saw some people about a webpage today, been playing around with php this arvo, i reckon ill whack together a test site for them to play with to fully explain the whole 'content management'

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1062647340860709512003-09-04T13:49:00.000+10:002003-09-04T13:49:01.020+10:00

Thursday already!, been trying to sort out tax stuff. Mum is doing most of it, i just cant seem to get my head around it... Tried to install XP onto a friends computer yesterday, but for some reason the mouse would jump all over the place and it was a pain in the arse. So i put ME back on it. Spent most of the day stuffing around with it and ended up no different from when i got it :P Got a

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1062415749075195862003-09-01T21:29:00.000+10:002003-09-01T21:29:09.210+10:00

Back home again, Drove to Brisbane last thursday,spent the night with friends which was cool. Melnaie and i went out to eat with some friends (Rebecca, Mark, Di and some other chick that i dont remember the name of). Left brisbane early friday morning and dropped melanie off at the airport then drove the 4 or so hours back to inverell. Drove through Ashford on the way back and picked up my

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1061641225892858022003-08-23T22:20:00.000+10:002003-08-23T22:20:25.916+10:00

Got some cool work done on my phd the opther day. My chat/drawing app has turned form a painting app to a drawing app. i.e. you can select lines you have drawn and move them around ;) woohoo :P Had a crap crap headache today, but as usual its gone now and im wide awake. My eyes are buggered though, i cant see crap from a distance. Dunno if i need to get my eyes checked again or if its jsut

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1061346908347686582003-08-20T12:35:00.000+10:002003-08-20T12:35:08.293+10:00

How are developers meant to use the NSSearchField in OS 10.3 when it isnt backwards compatible with 10.2???? Seems stupid to me.. unless aplle are going to bring out some kind of 'bridging' update for 10.2 that adds support for it... *shrugs* Feeling ok today, I *should* get paid tomorrow, hopefully. Most of it will go to paying rent and bills and c/c interest that has accumilated since i havnt

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1061191513319391562003-08-18T17:25:00.000+10:002003-08-18T17:25:13.336+10:00

bah... feeling a little disheartened at the moment. Its been like 1.5 months since i last got paid from uni due to THEIR stuffup. Anyway ive got no money and it bites... Ive figured that uni is a deadend place to be, it sucks and they stuff you around a lot and seem to think its ok. So im job hunting *uggggg*. And working on Fosheezy and stuff. I just wish i could sit all day and program, not

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1060659105699280642003-08-12T13:31:00.000+10:002003-08-12T13:31:45.663+10:00

Did i saw in the last post that i would get piad? did i? huh? well guess what... i DIDNT! Stupid uni crap - the chick that is meant to take care of the timesheets was away sick and of course noone thought to get a replacement for her so the timesheets didnt get sent to finance in time. maybe this thursday if we are lucky. Its shit though... part time workers get crap service and pay. So im

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1060140813072731702003-08-06T13:33:00.000+10:002003-08-06T13:33:33.160+10:00

Got the new beta of Panther 10.3, it rocks!. Lots of new stuff which is cool. :) yipeee!! i get paid tomorrow *thank god* Damn this uni pay system bites.. *sigh* Just had a yummie meat pie for lunch. Melanie wanted a pie so i had to take her to the pie shop. As i am a meat pie expert i was there to advise her on the purchase ;) Still working on uni stuff, distributed paint program that uses

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1059612288632500222003-07-31T10:44:00.000+10:002003-07-31T10:44:48.570+10:00

headache - *sigh* Got my wwdc talk today, should be cool. IM doing lots of cool demos with panther :D :D I should be doing stuff at the moment but i dont feel like it, jsut sitting and watsing time really. *bad brett* hrmmm la la laaaaaa.... Gotta do my tax soon and get my refund back, cant wait... :) Gotta send my video card back as well - its dodgy... bleh

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1058748973925966002003-07-21T10:56:00.000+10:002003-07-21T11:01:01.260+10:00

Ok, now in second week of uni. Last week went ok. Had 4 people turn up for my tute. The lecture was taken by someone else last week because of a bit of confusion but i think i might be taking it this week. Might be a bit dodgy cause ive never used the ISL stuff before, but i guess it will be ok. Fosheezy development is moving ahead... check out Fosheezy Dev Log for details, not much there at

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1057902611727911642003-07-11T15:50:00.000+10:002003-07-11T15:50:11.610+10:00

Just found this poem while scratching through my old files. Im trying to remember when i wrote it. The date on the file is 09/05/2003, but im pretty sure it was written before then. I really should start dating them when i write them. hrmmmm. Dont get any weird ideas that im freaking out or anything after you read this. That was a long time ago... im fine now :) thanks to Melanie. But yeah... go

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1057877568601196772003-07-11T08:52:00.000+10:002003-07-11T08:52:48.610+10:00

hrmmm 8:40am... sitting and doing nothing, gotta wait till 9sih to drop these plagiarism forms up to the woman. Just got some more emails from melanie! woohoo! she seems to only get accessat the conference between 8-8:30am each morning. Oh well, she will be back tomorrow! Its really quiet at the unia t the moment, not much going on which can be expected since its damn early. I couldnt sleep

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1057837932445699462003-07-10T21:52:00.000+10:002003-07-10T21:52:12.506+10:00

Im not too sure about this one... its ok and all but i dont think its quite right, seems to end too fast or somthing... hrmmm i dont know.. im not happy with it, but i thought id put it on here and have a think about it. *thinks* M is for maths - something she likes, E is for everything she does that is nice. L is for the love i feel when she smiles, A is for the attention she seems to enjoy. N

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1057811733610856792003-07-10T14:35:00.000+10:002003-07-10T14:35:33.600+10:00

Used my cool iSight camera to chat with a dude at apple that i met at WWDC this morning. Its sooo cool. Also chatted to heaps of other people who were walking by his room and wanted a look. *moan* Porgramming course stuf is slooowly getting done. Exams have been done *thank god*, ive jsut gotta finish off some plagiarism stuff. Im jsut waiting for the dude who marked them to get online so i can

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1057753772346929432003-07-09T22:29:00.000+10:002003-07-09T22:29:32.353+10:00

A hidden pain 25/03/2002 12:03am I feel it inside me, a pain that runs deep It rushes right through me, i cannot sleep It tears at my heart and chips away at my soul I think that its starting to take its toll. It started last year with events that still hurt, A long long story of a 'thing' in a skirt. It still affects me in ways i do not know, But at times i can feel it starting to show. It

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1057753739179551622003-07-09T22:28:00.000+10:002003-07-09T22:28:59.193+10:00

I sit and wonder and try to spit it out but it aint workin, its smirking at me teasing my finger tips poised to type but nothing comes. I sigh, a little frustrated but it doesnt care. It holds the thoughts and doesnt let go i push - but it still doesnt flow I wait and hold but i already know they arnt ready, they arnt available so i must wait. wait for the time, and the place and, the thing that

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1057752733790415622003-07-09T22:12:00.000+10:002003-07-09T22:12:13.853+10:00

Im cleaning.... yup its 10pm and im cleaning. My place is annoying me, so ive decided to clean it all. Ive jsut finished cleaning out the first bedroom cupboard, i threw out some shit and wiped all the stuff down with nice smelling stuff. Im just gunna wipe down the window and fan and i think that room will be done. Got to chat with melanie this arvo for a small bit, she is still in Sydney at

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1057725742791773402003-07-09T14:42:00.000+10:002003-07-09T14:45:02.786+10:00

hrmmm, so im thinking to myself... do i really want to be an academic for the rest of my life... and myself screams back at me.. NO!!!! Yup... thats right.. brett isnt going to be an academic for the rest of his life. Ive been thinking about it more and more and its just not me. Sure its good at the moment but really its not gunna get me nowhere. Soooo ive dusted off the old resume and its

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1057619452587209612003-07-08T09:10:00.000+10:002003-07-08T09:10:52.626+10:00

So i try to make an appointment at a dentist yesterday for a checkup, i havnt been to the dentist for maybe 4 years, so i thought what the hell ill go along and let them see if everythings ok. So i find a place and ring... Some receptionist answers, i ask could i make an appointment and she asks if anything is wrong. I tell her that nothing is wrong, i jsut want a checkup, she says that they are

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1057547371434560572003-07-07T13:09:00.000+10:002003-07-07T13:09:31.506+10:00

Back in OZ, trying to get my damn powerbook fixed. Getting a bit of a runaround *sigh* waiting for some woman from apple to ring me back... Its O-Week this week, nect week the term starts again... seems to never stop. As yet i havnt sorted out my contracts, they are a bit screwed up and the person i need to see is away. Ive got a contract for some work but it doesnt seem right to me. *sigh* more

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1056742689283812392003-06-28T05:38:00.000+10:002003-06-28T05:40:56.633+10:00

Been at WWDC 2003 all week. Its been great! Check out Bills Blog for full details. Bill is one of the fellas im rooming with - a fellow Australian. So instead of me keeping a day by day diary also, just go read his. Ill put some details up of memorable things when i get back to Australia. I leave tomorrow at 1pm! woohoo!, Got a stop over in Japan for 6 hours, but ill latch onto some wireless

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-1055469205123909022003-06-13T11:53:00.000+10:002003-06-13T11:53:31.963+10:00

Had a quick flight home last week, my other grandfather passed away. He was 88. Had to go home for his funeral. Its better off this way, he had no real life - bed ridden. Well its less then a week till i head overseas! Off to WWDC again woohoo!. The flight will be a pain but thems the breaks. Been reading up about whats gunna happen there, sounds great!. A lot different to when i went last time

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-950677482003-05-30T15:26:00.000+10:002003-05-30T15:26:13.766+10:00

Went to mackay again last weekend. Stayed with a friend and did some stuff. Got back and my flat hadnt been broken into (like the last time i went to mackay) so thats good. Wobblebook is back in the shop again - still wobbling *groan* My cousins got internet access!! woohoo! now i can email and chat to them! ok, thats it.. ive got stuff to do.

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-943004392003-05-14T11:37:00.000+10:002003-05-14T11:37:57.250+10:00

Wow, blogging has been sloooow lately. Been really busy - marking and lecturing and so forth. Havnt touched any PHD work in weeks, seems working to pay the rent is more important. :) Got back from Brisbane, went to Dreamworld while we were down there, it was cool - its changed a lot sicne i was there last. Managed to crack my windscreen on the trip and had to get a new one - $200, not bad i

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-929623732003-04-21T13:38:00.000+10:002003-04-21T13:38:01.123+10:00

Damn, its been almost a month since my last blog! Ive been doing lots, the usual uni stuff - marking and so forth. Working on a cool OS X app with a friend that is going to rock, cant say much at the moment but it moving along nicely, wont be long and we will have a 1.0 release ;) I got a new machine at uni!, Dual 1.2ghz G4, 1gig ram, superdrive!, damn its speedy, and the 17inch apple studio

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-920352922003-04-05T21:02:00.000+10:002003-04-05T21:02:53.030+10:00

My powerbook gets hot... and i dont mean in the 'damn that girl is hot' way. I mean it gets really really hot on the left hand side and also underneath. :( Ive looked on the web and it seems to be a common 'problem'. Another thing is that it has a 'wobble', it doesnt sit level on the desk - one corner wobbles between its edges. This really annoys me, i took it back to mthe shop and they fixed it

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-915982032003-03-29T21:16:00.000+10:002003-03-29T21:16:16.966+10:00

Hrmmm, back at uni again. Went to the caves just out of rocky today. Ive been in rocky for 5 years and never been there! It was cool!. Went with Nick, Sarah and Melanie.... we did the normal walking through thing. Found out they also do adventure tours where you can crawl through little gaps and stuff, so we might be doing that... that would be cool! I must be sleeping crooked or somthing, my

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-912231882003-03-24T00:01:00.000+10:002003-03-24T10:38:53.000+10:00

Movie kicked arse!!! Bloody good! I have to say it had some of the most graphic 'people dyeing' scenes i have seen, made me flinch... but damn it was good! Basically about the whole 'everything happens for a reason' theme. Im a big believer in that so i was sitting there lapping it up. I enjoyed it a lot. There were a lot of little messages and stuff in it as well which were cool. *sigh* I

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-912189442003-03-23T21:13:00.000+10:002003-03-23T21:13:07.233+10:00

Soooo WWDC is coming up again! Time for me to do my usual 'yay i want to go' dance blah de blah.... Yep, its sunday, and im sitting at uni again. Not doing much, spent all day writing an exam. Its just about done. got a meeting tomorrow about it so ive got enough done for that. Thinking about heading to a movie at 9:30, havnt been by myself for a while and it will be cool. Sun days are

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-908958832003-03-18T12:50:00.000+10:002003-03-18T12:50:33.843+10:00

Wow tuesday already, time flies when your not doing much :) Just updateing my ipod at the moment, copying over another 4gig of songs. Gotta fill it up somehow. :) Got a copy of the programs i lost when my ibooks was stolen, which is good. I can get back to doing stuff again. Been playing round with project builder again. Trying to learn cocoa stuff again. Its slow, but ill get there. Uni stuff

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-908004562003-03-16T22:14:00.000+10:002003-03-16T22:14:17.436+10:00

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

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-907576782003-03-15T20:55:00.000+10:002003-03-15T20:55:21.216+10:00

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

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-907463832003-03-15T14:01:00.000+10:002003-03-16T22:19:29.000+10:00

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

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-906933852003-03-14T15:48:00.001+10:002003-03-16T22:20:39.000+10:00

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

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-906933842003-03-14T15:48:00.000+10:002003-03-14T15:48:20.686+10:00

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

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-903969762003-03-09T21:27:00.000+10:002003-03-09T21:27:08.356+10:00

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

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-903862772003-03-09T14:58:00.000+10:002003-03-09T14:58:19.293+10:00

*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...

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-903839212003-03-09T13:57:00.000+10:002003-03-09T13:57:40.140+10:00

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

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-901676802003-03-05T19:48:00.000+10:002003-03-05T19:48:15.170+10:00

So the first week is almost over. Lecturing is going well, i guess it comes down to the fact that i have to do it so i do. Its not that tough, and it helps actually knowing what im talking about. The tutes have been kinda cool, helping everyong out. Already had someone ask in the tutes if they could install IRC and download movies through the internet... :) what can i say to that? :) of

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-898981322003-02-28T22:54:00.001+10:002003-02-28T22:54:26.560+10:00

hrmmm time to blog again. Lectures start next week, should be interesting. Still waiting for the textbooks and stuff. There are about 63 students in the internal Rocky class, so it should be cool. I guess i just need to read the slides beforehand and wing it... hrmmm wait and see. Got my new powerbook!, its really sweet, still waiting for the expansion ram and airport extreme card, but it works

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-898981312003-02-28T22:54:00.000+10:002003-02-28T22:54:26.546+10:00

hrmmm time to blog again. Lectures start next week, should be interesting. Still waiting for the textbooks and stuff. There are about 63 students in the internal Rocky class, so it should be cool. I guess i just need to read the slides beforehand and wing it... hrmmm wait and see. Got my new powerbook!, its really sweet, still waiting for the expansion ram and airport extreme card, but it works

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-894279742003-02-20T22:09:00.000+10:002003-02-20T22:09:13.750+10:00

So im playing around here, just picked a new template for the hell of it. Ill see how it goes.. maybe it will grow on me...

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-894269862003-02-20T21:36:00.000+10:002003-02-20T21:36:28.136+10:00

hrmmm, so lets try blogger again, maybe this time it wont chew my blog up and shat it out... *sigh* Sooooo let the exam marking begin... gunna be flat out for the next few weeks marking exams. Should be ok, ive got 2 subjects to do but i think it should be ok. I havnt yet emailed the people about lecturing programming A next term, i really need to do that soon. I think it is oweek next week (or

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-892828752003-02-18T14:11:00.001+10:002003-02-18T14:11:49.340+10:00

Piece of shit.. i type a friggen huge blog in twice now and it shits itself, but when i type a 'blogger sucks' message it works... sheesh

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-892828332003-02-18T14:11:00.000+10:002003-02-18T14:11:16.820+10:00

blogger sucks

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-891238032003-02-15T12:24:00.000+10:002003-02-15T12:24:40.033+10:00

Got a replacement still camera and also a replacement video camera in the last few weeks. The still camera is kinda funky but i doubt ill ever use it. The video camera is a spny DCR-TRV18E, and its kickarse, its a bit smaller and lighter then my old DCR-TRV17E and the new one come with an 8meg memory stick which means i can jam about 70 still pictures on it. All i have to do know is wait for my

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-883194572003-01-31T20:15:00.000+10:002003-01-31T20:15:00.520+10:00

The insurance thing has had some problems, they got a quote off some other dodgy place and it was cheaper, so i had to go back to the place i want to get it from and they dodged the figures so it was cheaper. Looks like im going to end up with one of the new 12inch powerbooks :) I would have preferred a 15inch, but hey, its costing me nothing and its way better then just a G3 ibook :) Been

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-881224052003-01-28T09:20:00.000+10:002003-01-28T09:20:05.576+10:00

So my insurance claim is all in, should hear back soon. The dude who did it said i was pretty well organised with the quotes and so forth so it shouldnt take that long *fingers crossed*. Damn i miss having a laptop, its so handy to have... oh well, will be good if i get a replacement powebook *grins* Not much else has been going on, went to Yepoon (the beach) on the weekend for Australia day.

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-876769462003-01-19T22:03:00.000+10:002003-01-19T22:03:49.113+10:00

DOH!, so i went for the drive to Mackay last weekend, and while i was away someone broke into my flat and stole my iBook and video camera. dammit!!! I couldnt believe it, kicked the back door in and only took those 2 things. totally sucks. So since then i have been chacing up insurance, which is going to take some time. Its not the fact that i lost the stuff, but the fact that i lost the stuff

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-870546482003-01-07T21:08:00.000+10:002003-01-07T21:08:59.486+10:00

Well im back in Rockhampton now, drove back a few weeks ago. Already back into the work at uni and stuff which is good. Im thinking of going for a drive to Mackay on the weekend, why not. A friend of mine has moved up there so i thought id go visit. Things are going good up here, floating along and spending my time wisely. My grandfathers are both in hospital, both arnt that good but they are

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-864785402002-12-24T23:54:00.000+10:002002-12-24T23:54:01.023+10:00

hrmmm, just got back from going out. Met up with a few school friends down at the local RSM club, which was cool. Met all the respective girlfriends and everything.. it was neat. Talked about stuff in general, what everyones been doing etc etc.... Its funny how coming back and talking to everyone comes a lot easier then i remember at school.. oh well.. it was fun. Tomorrow is Christmas day!,

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-863595492002-12-21T23:35:00.000+10:002002-12-21T23:35:02.776+10:00

So im back down south at the moment, decided last thursday that i would come back for xmas after sitting at the flat bored stupid for the day. Left Rockhampton at around 6am friday morning and travelled to Brisbane to pick up my uncle then continued on to Inverell, got here at around 7pm Firday night... wasnt a bad trip, almost hit another roo just out of rocky which scared the crap out of me,

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-861079822002-12-16T23:32:00.000+10:002002-12-16T23:38:35.000+10:00

got my car back again today... paint is good now after they painted it the wrong color.. idiots... oh well, a quick call to the insurance people fixed that... woah... things are good... Im a different person... different then i was before.. Ive noticed a big change the last few days that are directly related to the crap i went through with my last girlfriend. Well not directly related, but

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-856753542002-12-08T21:02:00.000+10:002002-12-08T21:02:47.873+10:00

Well im still without my car, apparently the bonnet they got to replace it was in crap condition, so they sent off to melbourne for a brandy newy. The problem is as of last week they had 'misplaced' it... hrmmm makes ya wonder really :| Getting used to this walking around business, wandered down to harvey norman on saturday mornin, was cool. Fired up the iPod and before i knew it i was there.

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-852088712002-11-28T23:38:00.000+10:002002-11-28T23:38:02.953+10:00

*whew* Well i think it is finally done. The certification cutoff date for results was today, and after working flatout from 8am i managed to get them uplaoded at around 2pm... damn.. talk about hectic. I had calls from Sydney and all over today asking when/if they would be up in time after the masive stuff ups that have happened and i think they were pretty happy when i sent the email saying it

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-850523622002-11-25T23:23:00.000+10:002002-11-25T23:23:28.090+10:00

wow... its been a hectic few weeks. Went down to Newcastle for my sisters 21st birthday, it was cool. Also got to go to the computer markets and bought myself some new bits... AMD XP 2200+ CPU, Asus A7V8X mboard, Radeon 9700 pro vid card, and 512 mb PC3200 ddr ram... very sweet... the radeon gets some kickarse frame rates. The iPod kicked arse all the way down and back. I got a car charger

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-844541922002-11-13T14:11:00.000+10:002002-11-13T14:11:51.660+10:00

Im trying out a new web browser under OS X, Chimera... based on mozilla or somthing... its pretty spiffy, loads fast and does the job. At the moment Omniweb and IE have taken the back seat. Omniweb is sooo slunky compaired to Chimera... hrmmm So im heading off tomorrow to Newcastle, driving the 6 hours to Brisbane on thursday, then driving the rest of the 10hours to newcastle on Friday. *sigh

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-841152862002-11-06T23:53:00.000+10:002002-11-06T23:53:48.786+10:00

*sigh* This is what im sighing about... new powerbook G4 WITH superdrive *drool*.. damn i want one....

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-840572702002-11-05T23:15:00.000+10:002002-11-05T23:15:27.863+10:00

So its 11:04pm and im at uni.. i dunno why really.. i mean i had to come and get some printouts but i know thats not the total truth... hrmmm *ponders* I think i just wanted to get out of the house, go for a drive, that sort of thing... so i grabbed my iPod and came out... Ive got some tunes playing and its sweet.... being by yourself is somewhat cool.... I got the new killing heidi cd

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-839544962002-11-03T21:55:00.000+10:002002-11-03T21:56:36.000+10:00

*whew* damn another week gone.... been flat out.. marking exams and stuff. Spent all bloody weekend marking *sigh* i guess ill have to have my weekend later in the week :) My iPod has been getting a raw spanking lately, damn its handy. Ive got it half full and it rocks! Cant wait to take it on my trip down south. I figured out the other day i will be traveling about a 30 hour round trip :)

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-835538392002-10-27T00:16:00.000+10:002002-10-27T00:16:33.633+10:00

Well i got my iPod... its cool, cpied all my mp3's onto it... and its going well.. damn it ssmall and light... very very cool. Still marking exams, got to finish 110 by Monday, then ill have more to do for another subject, will be good to get them done. Ive gotta do a shit load of timesheets for the uni so i get paid... *sigh* Found out this morning that i am getting a brand new G4 imac at

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-833415932002-10-22T17:38:00.000+10:002002-10-22T17:38:03.576+10:00

Its exam week at uni this week, so it wont be long and ill be overrun with exams to mark :) should be cool though, i think the most ill have to do is 3 subjects, so that should be cool. I ordered myself a iPod yesterday, 20gig one. I have been looking at it for a while and thought yesterday that id just do it. Why not, cost the same as what i get for marking one lot of assignments, so thats

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-832128022002-10-20T00:06:00.000+10:002002-10-20T00:06:39.150+10:00

*yawn* I should be sleeping, but i thought id do a quick blog. Been flat out as usual, marking and so forth. Went out last night with a few friends to the night clubs here. Nothing has changed on that front except that i feel way to old to be going out... isnt that sad ha ha.. really though, its just either really young people who are being idiots or really old overweight people who are out

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-830140402002-10-16T00:07:00.000+10:002002-10-16T00:07:33.150+10:00

So ive been going to a thesis writing workshop the last few days, i had gotten emails about it for a few weeks and was meaning to sign up for it but i just plain old forgot... anyhow, one of the other students in the postgrad room at uni was heading off around 10am on monday and i asked where she was going and she said the thesis thing so i packed my shit up and tagged along. But it was cool, i

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-828845912002-10-13T00:29:00.000+10:002002-10-13T00:29:28.683+10:00

Another late blog entry from the wonderful world of Brett... Ive been playing around with MySql lately, managed to get it running and setup on my linux box, also got phpMyAdmin working, makes it so muche asier to do stuff :), all i have to do now is start playing with php a bit more. I got aksed to submit my resume for a sys admin type job at the uni on friday. It sounds pretty cool, so i

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-826871122002-10-08T23:37:00.000+10:002002-10-08T23:37:56.900+10:00

What is the point of having a blog?, hrmmm really there is no point, except that it is a place where i can write stuff just for the hell of it. I think it will be good to look back on later as well. Some people probably think it is weird, but i cant see why. I find that i think about things better if i write them down. Things make more sense if i put it in writing, makes me think about what i am

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-826354022002-10-07T23:35:00.000+10:002002-10-07T23:35:08.566+10:00

yup, i think about it a lot. The whole "what am i here for" question... and in the end, after pondering for what seems like an eternity, i always come to the same conclusion... I DONT KNOW.. yep, thats it... thats all i can come up with. hrmmm I kinda reckon that things happen for a reason, and in some way everything that happens was meant to happen and everything that is going to happen,

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-825552342002-10-05T22:48:00.000+10:002002-10-05T22:48:01.590+10:00

woah, its almost been a week since my last blog. hrmmm what has been happening... Ive got uni work running out my ears.. geez. Lots of marking and stuff, subject cordination etc etc. I finished marking computer graphics this morning. I woke up around 6am, cause the fella that was staying up here was leaving. Anyway, i was going to go back to bed but i though 'bugger it' and marked instead. Got

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-823121472002-09-30T23:50:00.000+10:002002-09-30T23:50:56.783+10:00

"You brighten my life like a polystyrene hat But it melts in the sun like a life without love But ive waited for you so ill keep crying out Without You" - Silverchair - Without You - Diorama

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-822695582002-09-29T23:39:00.000+10:002002-09-29T23:39:56.013+10:00

Well, i took a drive to yepoon and did some tiling. Just a shower this time. Managed to get 2 walls done, but that was in between stuffing around and having to drive into rocky to get the right type of glue. I thought i would have forgotten how to tile, but after a while it came back to me and i was slapping them onto the wall. As usual i got the damn glue everywhere... i think i get that from my

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-822335862002-09-28T23:23:00.000+10:002002-09-28T23:23:26.733+10:00

hrmm, played some LAN games today. Start at around 10:30 and went through till about 7pm. Was great fun, played Warcraft 3, BattleField 1942, Quake 3, UT 2003, etc etc. Also copied a few MP3's off a mate, he has like 11gig of them on his drive, so i went through and copied what i wanted. Now ive got a heap of new tunes to listen to. yay! Going down to yepoon again tomorrow, gunna help my mate

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-819906942002-09-23T22:50:00.000+10:002002-09-23T22:50:11.586+10:00

damn i was tired today, i dunno why. I need to get to bed early and get back into the swing of things. Sent an email to the lecturer i was marking exams for saying it took me about 10mins each to mark the exams, anyway, he sent one back telling me that it takes about 20mins each and he will make a contract for that.. sweet! so i get about double the money.. damn that is cool I have been

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-819399162002-09-22T15:25:00.000+10:002002-09-22T15:25:17.836+10:00

Went out for a feed of thai food last night. My thai friend came back up with me from sydney when i came back last. He is going to help me do the webpage project that we did a proposal for (if they ever let us know when to start). Anyway, a friend of his that i had net when i was at uni was down from Mackay for the weekend, so we all went out. Wasnt too bad, had a bit of everything and it was

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-818699812002-09-20T23:45:00.000+10:002002-09-20T23:47:00.000+10:00

Made leaps and bounds wiht my VPN app, it works now and looks pretty neat. Just gotta fix a few little ugly things up and it should be sweet. Everyone go here " target="_blank">http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003/nameform.cfm its really neat! hrmm, righto, thats wnough, only a short one today, im gunna get back to marking exams and vpn app :)

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-818143662002-09-19T19:20:00.000+10:002002-09-19T19:20:57.633+10:00

*grabs chest and squeezes* saw my ex just a little while ago at the uni, she is still studying and is back in Rocky after an unsucessful time at Brisbane... hrmmm Told me about little Alpha (dog i bought her when we were together), apparently he was hit by 2 cars. Run over him, he was basically dead. They took him to the vet and amazingly he survided, even though his eye poped out and they put

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-817695552002-09-18T22:46:00.000+10:002002-09-18T22:46:37.010+10:00

Got a rip of the xXx soundtrack today, a mate of mine bought it so i thought id 'sample' it. Its not too bad, a lot of heavy stuff on it but its pretty damn good. Im off to a LAN at the end of this month. Another mate is having one at his place, a few of us are getting together to play some games. Havnt played any LAn games in a while and should be good to have a bash. Probably be playing some

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-817224412002-09-18T00:06:00.000+10:002002-09-18T00:06:44.946+10:00

dammit. I have blogs from back in February, but for some reason they dont show up in my archive list when i publish it... grrr grrrr, yet i can load then manually and see then.. sheesh... whats going on here?

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-817133332002-09-17T17:43:00.000+10:002002-09-17T17:43:56.176+10:00

*yawn* hrmmm, im tired for some reason.. Not much is going on.. found this cool link: Australian Public Toilet Map. Yep, if your ever lost in Australia with internet access, and you need to find a public toilet, then this is the place to go.. kinda weird that.. i wonder who gets to be the webmaster for that site, what an important job, making sure the toilet map page is up to date and

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-816278342002-09-15T22:20:00.000+10:002002-09-15T22:20:08.683+10:00

go steve go! *hrmmm - where is my steve action figurine*

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-816278072002-09-15T22:18:00.000+10:002002-09-15T22:19:02.000+10:00

Went and saw The Crocodile Hunter movie today and hrmmm... ummmm... yeah... It was as i expected, good for kids and American people to have a laugh at how us 'aussie' all live :P, but kinda boring. I mean i started out by laughing here and there, but then in the end its more silly then anything and i found myself thinking "hrmmm should i pretend to laugh... should i be finding this funny?".

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-815447772002-09-13T17:35:00.000+10:002002-09-13T17:35:34.200+10:00

damn... heres a lesson for all you mac users... OMNIWeb DOES NOT work with blogger... piece of crap.. there goes another long blog into the infinite void.. basatrd... ok, i basically said - i got OSX.2 today and it runs sweet on my iBook - ive been marking assignments - i got asked if i would create some assignments / exams for a post grad subject - i might give it a go - hrmmm thats all i can

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-814465862002-09-11T18:06:00.000+10:002002-09-11T18:06:09.360+10:00

hrmm, Fire for OS X is really buggin me... ive used it all the time under OS X, but it seems to be going nowhere... i downloaded the yahoo messenger client today and its got full webcam support, somthing that fire isnt even close to getting.. anyway.. i played around a bit and found out i can use my digital video camera as a webcam.. very neat.... but it only works under yahoo messenger so far...

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-813095262002-09-08T19:30:00.000+10:002002-09-08T19:30:59.396+10:00

another day, another popen(...) and fflush( ) statement... *sigh* yup, ive figured out the little problem with NSTask and NSPipe.... and the solution is..... get ready..... DONT USE THEM... yup... thats my solution... so now ive got some fancy cocoa code with a chunk of straight C in the middle of it... but it works... and thats all im worried about. Seems the easiest way to start a

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-811848122002-09-05T22:23:00.000+10:002002-09-05T22:23:43.690+10:00

hrmmm, well things are going ok... sent off the proposal for the website today, read through it like 5 times and was happy with it so its gone.. now i wait and hope they go for it... *fingers crossed* run into a brick wall with the vpn thingy... seems that getting an NSTask and NSPipe to send info to an interactive terminal app isnt as easy as i thought... grrrrrr... no ive got to find another

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-810672502002-09-03T11:32:00.000+10:002002-09-03T11:32:16.960+10:00

whew, its been a few fast packed days. Went and saw some people about a possible webpage job, things are looking good. Just gotta get the proposal done and drop it in to them, im planning on doing that by tomorrow. Been working on the uni VPN thing, found out yesterday that the way i was authenticating was a bit dodgy, so ive scrapped that idea and going with something else now. Im confident the

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-808188522002-08-28T21:21:00.000+10:002002-08-28T21:21:56.930+10:00

Well im back in Rocky again, been back home for a few weeks and didnt have much chance to add anything to this. My grandfather is going ok, hes around 89 but going ok. Didnt do much while i was at home, just stayed inside and spent some time with my mum and dad and pop. Got a call while i was there from work and i am pleased to announce i have been retrenched :) I got like 1 months pay and my

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-798824842002-08-06T17:45:00.000+10:002002-08-06T17:45:13.990+10:00

yup, so im sorting out my stuff here in my flat, im heading home (back to NSW) for a few weeks on thursday. Sorted out some stuff with work and i have to let them know when i get back so my 2 weeks notice will start... yup.. retrenchment for me... Things are going good though, ive been asked to write a small mac OS X app for the uni here, which would be totally cool. Gotta give them a time frame

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-797875902002-08-04T09:58:00.000+10:002002-08-04T09:58:23.960+10:00

*yawn* - damn this is my first morning blog i think... geez anyhow.. i thought id jam somthing in here cause i havnt written anything in a while and im heading down to the beach in a sec and probably wont feel like doing it tonight. Still havnt heard anything on the job front, waiting to hear from all fronts. Wasted time last night playing games at the uni.. ha ha... took my pc out there and on i

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-796844962002-08-01T22:22:00.000+10:002002-08-01T22:22:45.353+10:00

BEING TWENTY-SOMETHING They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now. You start realizing that people are selfish and

Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347382.post-794733302002-07-27T23:29:00.000+10:002002-07-27T23:29:18.270+10:00

Things are lookin weird on the job front, still waiting to hear back as to what the go is. Dunno what is gunna happen, but ill cross that bridge when i come to it. Start reading some stuff for my PHD, its kinda hard... Tried bashing somthing together for my sportsdraw app, but it didnt work, needs further investigation, theres somthing im missing.. ill have to have a look somtime when i can

Brettnoreply@blogger.com