Textmate - Friday

I got up and went to the Digital Electronics lecture. It turns out there's a little bit more to the coursework than we thought. On the plus side it's totally hardware based so Chris will like it. After the digital lecture I had 15 minutes of Professional Practice before we were told we could go. Awesome. I walked home in 18 minutes 33 seconds, my legs ached quite a bit after that. I WoAed, napped and did various geeky things such as play around with Textmate. Textmate is an application I stuck on my Christmas List. Compared to BBEdit (which is what I normally use) it's massively better. I walked to my Data Comms lecture, and just before I got there I saw David Ndzi, the lecturer that last year ran the ECE KTG. He was pleased to hear I now write PHP for a hobby. He's going to try to start up the ECE KTG again this year. After the lecture I noticed that someone had left something out. The box was left on a table with this Sign on it, this is what it looked like when I got it back. Originally I was only taking one, but Aaron was giving me a lift home so I just took the box. For some time I worked on Phil the Database, I then went to see Jonathan about Baptism. After that I returned to programming and also had some fun with IRC. WoA has an IRC channel irc://uk.quakenet.org/#woarl. Now, I have to go to bed.

Easy Digital - Thursday

I had a nice lie in and then attended my Digital Lab. I think I might start timing myself walking into Uni, I am wondering how fast I can manaage it. Of course, the downside to walking so fast is that it causes my legs to ache, on the plus side once I get to Uni I'm sitting down so that sort of nullifies the problem. The Digital Lab went well, it started with myself and Chris talking about what we'd do, then Chris told me what part of it he wanted me to do, so I did it (specifically it involved writing C Code). I finished it, turned to him to ask if he thought it was okay and found he'd written more than me! I was impressed, firstly that Chris had been typing faster than me and also that he'd figured out what to write faster than myself. Chris doesn't program as a hobby. It got better, for the rest of the lab Chris worked very fast, he made few mistakes and we have almost completed the project, that said, some other people have also come a long way, I'm almost worried that the project is going to be so easy to complete. We'll likely have it working next week. For lunch myself and Chris went to Tesco. I got my usual cheap food there while Chris went to a Pastie Shop and bought a single pastie for almost the same ammount I managed 8 sausage rolls and 6 scotched eggs. I've still got 6 Sausage rolls left, those Scotched eggs were tasty. In the afternoon we had a three hour lab. Chris and myself worked together for it, it's the Software Systems lab (unmarked) and will help us design our Java program. I am not overly keen on the Togethersoft package (which is what we used). It seems unweildy and hard to use. Still, we've got to create some stuff with it so that's what we're going to do. I walked home with Chris, Ryan and for some of the way, Luke. I got home, napped, WoAed and then worked some more on Phil the Database. We're just about ready to start using it! I had a nice long talk with my Dad via Skype about making a website which we decided would take too long. I also made my Christmas List. So all those people that really really like me yet have never had the courage to leave a comment on the blog, you're welcome to just get me a present instead :D Of immense amusement to myself was this.

Exam! - Wednesday

Up early for my 0900 Java lecture. No problems there, in fact, it got better. I talked to Ioannis after the lecture and told him that if he wanted me to answer all questions I was quite happy to, the reason most of them slip by me is that I just assume them to be obvious to everybody, apparently so do most of the class. I think that some of the class are able to understand the concepts really well, the rest just don't care and it's quite frankly. Pathetic. After the lecture I did some revision for my exam. The exam itself wasn't too bad and I feel I got most of it correct. I'm sure that with time I'll soon find out that I got 50% or less (I just tend to feel good about most things). I managed to get to the Prayer Lunch in 7 minutes, not bad considering that most people would take 15. To be fair, my shins were aching quite a lot when I got there and I had to point my toes towards myself to avoid getting cramp while sitting down. I left the Prayer Lunch early for Christianity Explored, sadly nobody turned up so we're going to postpone it for some time in the future. I now had some time free, however, I for some reason felt a wee bit lethargic and so didn't do a vast ammount. I think I might have been tired. In the evening we had fireworks at Cosham! I got the train there along with everybody else and it was really good fun. IBM pays for the fireworks and they're let off very near to their head office. They were very impressive and I got the distinct feeling that IBM spent quite a lot of money on them. I thought that was very nice of them. I didn't go on any rides but followed a group of Ladies around (okay, there were some guys too) and made sure they didn't all get split up. I really had nothing much else to do. At some point there was a fight somewhere between what we suspect were two gangs of chavs. The police escorted them away and a HUGE crowd followed. I got the train home, walked India and her housemates home (they live round the corner from me) and we watched Hitch. It was very funny and I enjoyed it quite a lot.

Better day! - Tuesday

Well, as planned I had to miss the Java lecture because I was simply too tired. I will however ensure I get to the one tomorrow. I got to my tutorial group fine and on time, talked about Java and then checked Email etc etc. I attended Software Systems and had my thinking challenged. I'm wondering if my current plan for the Java Project is really as object orientated as it should be, I was going with the common programming approach of saving memory with a "cunning plan" that'd work fine, now I'm wondering about a more obtuse one that'd fullfill the requirements of the coursework better. I walked home, WoAed, lunched, drank tea and went back to uni (not all at the same time). Digital Electronics was good, at the end of the last lecture I wasn't 100% sure about what he meant but it was all cleared up this lecture and I understood it very well. I should sleep in more often. Software Systems in the evening wasn't quite as easy to understand as in the morning but it'll be going hand in hand with the java project so I'm sure I'll manage something. The coursework (worth 50% of the marks) is due in in 5 weeks (we got it today). The Data Coms tutorial wasn't amazingly useful, I've got an exam tomorrow (worth 10% of the unit marks I think) so I studied for it. After the tutorial, myself and Ryan went to Tesco where I learnt how to use the self service till. I also bought some food. Ryan lives a few doors down for me which was handy, we took my route home but Ryan thinks his is faster, I think he might well be right so plan to try and measure them some time. At home I watched "Gone in 60 Seconds", did some work on Phil the Database and also studied for my exam tomorrow. I did some washing and got some crazy advice from Lauren about clearing the plastic bags out of my room; "smash them [plastic bags]" I think she's going crazy. In other news, I dropped the computer today. Specifically it fell out of my bag right outside Uni. I'd walked all the way in and somehow not only forgot to put it in the strap that's in the pocket it's in, but also not completely done up the zipper. I'd done it almost all the way up because it didn't fall out until then. The computer itself is almost undamaged, despite falling onto solid stone from a height of about a meter. Physically there are some small scratches on the front two underside corners and the front casing on the right side is slightly loose. Work wise it's just as it was before. I'm now being very careful to put it in the strap and zip it all the way up. In other other news, with help from Lauren (though Emma also gave me some advice, I've not had time to put it into practice). Most of my spots have cleared up.

Tired - Monday

I'm tired, I stayed at the pub too long and got back rather late. I am considering missing my Java lecture tomorrow so that I can get some extra sleep. Interesting things that happened today involved umm, okay, only one thing but you'll like it (I think). Lauren told me to use a Moisturising Spot cream, apparently they're better. I somehow only heard the Moisturising part and put cocoa butter on my face. I now have a few more spots. Well, night night.

Better? - Sunday

Woke up at 0630, turned alarm off at 0700 and fell asleep sometime not long after that. Woke up again at 0930 as Huw rang my doorbell. I got washed and dressed in the space of 5 minutes, grabbed a cup of tea and the two of us went to Church. Rather than Jonathan leading the service we had a friend of Jonathan who normally speaks at a different Church. He did an interesting service on substitutes and how Jesus was a substitute for our sins. However, I didn't feel he explained it very well and don't feel I know anything more after the service than I did before. For lunch, myself, Huw, Phil and Siän were invited to the Hackers for lunch. It was, as it always is, most delicious and I am glad I got to Church early. There are so many students at Eastney that none of the families can manage all of the students at once. After lunch myself, Phil and Huw went back to my house where we played Halo 2. Huw also showed me some bugs he'd found in Phil the Database. Phil the person somehow got into his head that we'd named the database after him and was quite happy until I told him that the Database was quite stupid and not very competant and that in fact we should have named it after him. Huw later went to Victory Church for the evening and myself and Phil went back to Eastney. At the evening Service I forgot to take notes (silly me) but I believe the service featured about how Paul was in prison yet still joyful, how he would have been happy to die, such was his conviction and faith. After the service I tidied away the chairs with some of the Ladies from the church, while I did it I made loud and audable comments about lazy students (Steve was the only other one that helped). Sarah gave me a lift home, I found that my net connection was acting up (it's much better now). I had some food, blogged and looked at WoA a little before going to bed.