Teifion's Life at University

Moved

2007-08-17T20:35:00.000Z

The blog has now officially moved! Click here for the new blog

SPLAT!

2007-08-15T22:47:00.003Z

My eating habits are not too bad, I eat with my mouth closed, I try not to slurp too loudly with my drink and keep most of my food on my plate when it's not on it's way to my chasm-like mouth. So I ask the question, if a fly lands on your forehead at dinner time and you whap your hand against your forehead, thus splattering the fly across the palm of your hand, is it rude? The blog is moving

The Potato Theory

2007-08-15T08:46:00.001Z

So, what is a potato theory? Well quite simply it's a theory involving potatoes. It's all about love and how it's shown and what it means. Lets suppose there was this really nice young lady I liked, I'd met her and liked her quite a lot and wanted to ask her out (or maybe she wants to ask me out). I could do this with a rose, ladies apparently like them. What does a Rose signify? What does a

New Blog!

2007-08-14T20:25:00.000Z

I've decided to move my blog completely to my server (the woarl.com one). There are a few reasons for this. I can customise more of the way it works I like the Admin Interface more It's no longer one of the fixed width templates that waste screen space I will continue to post here, it's quite possible I change my mind about it. The new blog is located at http://woarl.com/blog. Tomorrow I

Cheltenham (Long Post)

2007-08-12T22:33:00.001Z

Day 1 - Arrival : Wednesday I got a lift to Jon and Becca's house for 0900 and then we packed the car and left for Cheltenham. Jon is the pastor of Ammanford Evangelical Church and Becca (His wife) is the leader of the youth "expedition". Becca remembered halfway there that her Bible was in one of the many many other bags in the house. It wasn't a problem as all the rest of us had Bibles, of

I get to lead a Bible Study!

2007-08-01T23:14:00.001Z

Today myself and the rest of us going to Cheltenham all met up, I get to lead a Bible Study we do (I've never led a Bible Study before, should be fun). The Bible Study I'll be leading is titled "Love". Becca has organised it all and the subject it'll be on along with the Bible verses to use so that'll help me a lot, still, I'll have to read the verses in advance and make sure I understand them.

Should I take a career in teaching?

2007-07-30T21:07:00.001Z

Friday morning I got up, I as per usual did some of that World of Arl stuff, played a little Warcraft 3 and generally relaxed. I then did some more World of Arl stuff and it was still before lunchtime! Then, my sister who is not even at Secondary School yet asks me a question. Cerys: Teifion, how do I make a website Me: You write out some stuff and the computer turns it into a webpage Cerys:

Did I miss a chance?

2007-07-28T00:05:00.001Z

I returned from Portsmouth and I think the exams went well, however I can't make that last an entire post and if I did, it'd likely be boring. What I can tell is a story of my manly charm, swashbuckling manner and downright awesomeness of myself. Yes, a most magnificent tale, I shall tell it. The Hackers had very kindly allowed me to stay with them and rejected any and all attempts at me to

A good reason

2007-07-16T00:08:00.001Z

I decided that I'd blog one more time before going to Portsmouth and possibly being without an internet connection for a week. Today at Church Jon talked about opposition when spreading the word of God. Normally any service on evangelism will focus on the good things and try to encourage you. Jon did encourage us, he just spent 95% of the time telling us about all the opposition you can face

Long Journey

2007-07-14T13:09:00.001Z

I've completely forgotten to blog for the last week! On Wednesday I went to see my Dad affirmed as a probational police officer. Friday afternoon I found when my Referrals are, Tuesday, Monday and Tuesday. Yes, there's a week gap between the 1st and 2nd. However, the Hackers have very kindly said that I can stay at their house (thus solving the biggest problem of accommodation). So, the odds of

Structure and Organisation

2007-07-09T15:49:00.001Z

Yesterday I didn't go to Church! I went to the Sunday School instead to help. In Portsmouth the children leave mid-way through the service, just before the main talk. The children in Portsmouth that I help with are a few years older than the ones in Wales and there was a marked difference. For a start, we're in a different building so the Children run around a lot and make as much noise as they

Blogger isn't letting me put a proper title on this post...

2007-07-07T22:03:00.001Z

Today I mowed out the front of the house again. First off, I found a hedgehog. It made something crossed between a grunt, a sniffle, a snore and a snort. I sprinted back to the house (it was a good 100 - 150m away) and returned with a Camera and Cycling Gloves (you'd be surprised how thick they are). Suffice to say he was a prickly customer and even through the gloves it was quite possible to

FlyGesture

2007-07-05T11:19:00.000Z

I watch a page called "I Use this". It's a site that lists new Mac software, lots of said software is freeware. Most of the stuff that appears there isn't of interest to me, however, once in a while something really cool appears there. That was the case with Fly Gesture. I saw that it was a mouse gesture program and thought to myself "this could be cool, odds are it's horribly hard to

What it's like in my house

2007-07-02T20:51:00.001Z

Well, with one thing or another I've forgotten to blog. Firstly, my house is inhabited by Coel, Gethin, Brecon, Cerys, Mum, Dad and Taz (Cat). Coel is home all the time as he's finished his first year of Uni, Gethin is also home having done all his A Level exams. Brecon and Cerys attend school so are missing for the middle of each day. My Mum is also home all day while my Dad has recently

How to win at Twister

2007-06-22T22:55:00.001Z

I believe that if you follow these simple steps you are sure to win at twister. 1) When a colour and limb is called out, make sure that you end up spread out as much as possible, ideally you want to have your legs at near opposite ends of the mat 2) When you move, be sure to push over all the other players, you'd probably not be surprised how bad the balance of some people can be 3) Be sure to

What a lovely day

2007-06-19T14:19:00.001Z

The day was bright, the sun shining, there was tell of impending rain but the sky was clear and the day lovely. A gentle breeze carried the Moth towards it's next landing point, it rested gently, folding it's wings onto itself. Suddenly, there was a tremor! The thrumming noise grew louder and louder! Slowly, a great shadow began to fall over the Moth, the breeze had vanished, replaced by a

Typical Student

2007-06-17T23:21:00.001Z

Felt you might find this story funny and/xor amusing, warning, it is a little messy so if you're eating, you best not read it just yet. It was a Sunday morning, this morning as I write to be precise. Church for me in Wales is a good 4 and a half miles away, that's about an hours walk and getting a lift means I have to get one back and basically, it's a lot of hassle compared to a 20 minute

Home

2007-06-16T21:37:00.000Z

I am now home and enjoying the home cooked food a lot, it's also been nice to see the people at the youth group from my church. When something noteworthy happens, I'll post it here.

I'm helpful (yeah, I know it's not easy to believe)

2007-06-09T22:26:00.000Z

Friday involved me ummm, getting up very late. I've got no exams and so had no motivation for actually getting up that day. I spent the day a little with WoA, then I went over to Huw's and played various Warcraft 3 maps until about 0100 Saturday. Walking home Friday night is never plesant, as it was however now Saturday morning there was no problem so it was all good :) Today I got up quite

Time for an Update

2007-06-08T11:06:00.001Z

Sorry, I've been rather busy with exams and then last night, a party and as such have not blogged! Tuesday involved an exam which I think I passed, wednesday was involved with revision for my least favourite exam, that exam did not go amazingly well, however, I feel that I passed it (hopefully). There was then a party yesterday where I had great fun and spent most of it not dancing like a

More Stuff

2007-06-04T00:59:00.001Z

Saturday was filled with WoA stuff but that's to be expected. Today I went to Church, had lunch, went to a BBQ and got back late. Tomorrow I will be revising all day and all of Tuesday before my exam.

More Examination!

2007-06-02T01:27:00.001Z

Thursday was not the day of my exam, it was today (Friday). Thursday involved very little revision because 1) It was Java 2) The test questions are in such a way that revision is actually of very little use, you can either program in Java or you can't In the evening I went to see Pirates. I enjoyed the film and am very glad I went to see it, I didn't think it was anything overly

Examinationism!

2007-05-31T01:15:00.000Z

Tuesday involved almost nothing but revision, normally there's some warcraft 3 and WoA in there but no, all revision (okay, 5 minutes of WoA while I ate breakfast). Today was the day of the exam. It was hard but I think that I have passed it, I have doubts that I've done amazingly well however I wrote more than some people and normally I write too little so that is surely a good sign. After

Stuff

2007-05-28T21:31:00.000Z

I've been sleeping quite badly over the last few days so while I was going to blog yesterday, I felt tired and decided to skip blogging in the hope that I would sleep better. It didn't work amazingly well. Saturday didn't involve a lot happening, nor did Friday. Sunday it rained a lot and we had lunch at the Thatched House, hmmm, thinking about it I didn't do a vast amount on Sunday either.

Renewed Hope

2007-05-23T23:42:00.001Z

The "Company" that I have been trying to get a placement with is actually the University of Portsmouth itself! Yes, I've been trying to get a placement with the IT department (called IS or "Information Services"). Stuart has attended the faculty board meetings and in one of them when I suggested IS did such and such he replied told me that they were understaffed. I know that at least one of their

I got a pass

2007-05-22T00:36:00.001Z

I awoke at 06somethingorother and thought "eugh, time to fall back to sleep". I awoke again, I looked at my clock and saw it said 0830. This was "not good" as I had to see a guy from IS at 0900 and it normally took people 30 minutes to walk to uni. I got out of bed, had a very quick wash and skipped breakfast. I packed my bag and ran some of the way. After almost throwing up due to a massive

Bullet Points

2007-05-20T22:34:00.000Z

Saturday and Sunday, both have involved nothing blog-worthy or at least, of interest to anybody but somebody so obsessed with my life that they have picture of me on their wall. As that person or persons does not/do not exist, I will summarise what has happened. - I won a lot of DotA games - I went to Church - I had lunch at the Thatched House and managed to peg some people while they were

Cough vanishing

2007-05-18T22:51:00.000Z

The cough is starting to vanish, again, nothing much has actually happened over the past couple of days. There has however been one thing, one of my placement targets emailed me a message saying that due to some administrative stuff I wouldn't be able to get a placement there. I'm chasing it up and hoping to get that placement, they seemed like they would like me to work there.

Cough cough

2007-05-17T01:20:00.001Z

I submitted my coursework and also saw Ioannis about it, he found the Ioannis mode amusing as predicted. I also got a card for my sister and maybe tomorrow I can get a stamp on it and find a big red box where postcards go. I spent most of today dying of a cough, well, it felt like I was dying. No doubt I will look back on this in a few days and think "wow, I was such a wuss, what was I making all

Two days (again)

2007-05-15T23:36:00.001Z

Monday was mostly full of lectures. CU was replaced with a BBQ which was for the most part good. Today I spent most of the day completing my Java project, I put the final touches on it and it's now downloadable as an actual .jar file! To run it, simply double click it. Windows users, you will need to install Sun Java, not currently sure of the exact location to get it from. I am suffering from

Not much to say

2007-05-14T01:18:00.001Z

There really isn't a lot to say, Friday and Saturday were a bit dull! Today it rained a lot but that was more than made up for as I was invited over to Pauline's for lunch! It was really really nice, I actually liked the broccoli! Tomorrow or Tuesday I will have completed the Breakout game (as it's due on Wednesday, this is a good thing) and will save it as a .jar file so it should be able to be

Breakout returns, now with flashy colours!

2007-05-10T23:15:00.001Z

I got up after a very nice lie in. This was the first Thursday in about 4 months where I had not had to go in for a 3 hour lab. I spent most of the day programming Java, some of it was spent playing DotA and even less was spent running WoA. Java. Well, Java itself is great, the language is fairly easy to understand, there don't appear to be a large number of stupid things about it. The key

Progress has been made, it's just not very apparent

2007-05-09T23:29:00.001Z

I got up and wasted an hour and a bit of my life walking in the rain to my Java lecture. Last semester Ionnais was a really good lecturer, I wonder why he's not so good at teaching the newer stuff? On the plus side, the exam will be made from a similar batch of questions from the first semester so that's good to know. Java project wise I spent most of the time trying to get it to draw off-screen

Worn out

2007-05-08T23:48:00.001Z

I got up later than planned I then came close to completing the second section of the Database I'm working on. It's been a lot more problematic than thought and combined with busy days has meant it's still not complete! However, that's going to go on hold for about a week as I work on the Java project again, it's due in week tomorrow! Huw came over and for the first time ever beat me at DotA, as

Scavenger Hunt!

2007-05-07T23:51:00.001Z

Today mostly consisted of driving around with Steve H, Fi and a gentleman called Graham. The purpose of the game was that there were several teams, each with a car. They would drive along a route and gets a series of pictures of various silly things. One of the aims was to get as many different types of carrier bag. I managed to get about 12 for our team, my amazing charm even allowed me to get

I scare children

2007-05-06T22:24:00.001Z

First off, the Java project still hasn't been updated. Still, it's located here for those that want a copy. I was not present for most of this mornings church service as I was helping with discoverers. It was quite good fun and very nice to help. After the weekly cup of tea I played with some of the children, running around the pews and generally being immature. At one point I was making silly

Cleaning Effort

2007-05-05T21:08:00.001Z

I got up somewhat later than would be optimum, but, I was well reseted. I did some work on the database (going to be called Daan) and then decided that since I could no longer see the floor, tidying up might be a good idea. I made sure to take regular breaks (otherwise I might strain myself) and then decided that if I was going to clean the floor, I might as well rearrange the furniture to suit

More PHP

2007-05-04T23:41:00.001Z

Most of today consisted of making a PHP program, one for WoA. It's coming along really well and I hope to have the 2nd of 3 stages working tomorrow. Still no word on my placement. Tomorrow should be somewhat more interesting, I'll think of a reason why tomorrow.

Group Project

2007-05-03T23:53:00.001Z

Well, it went a lot better than I thought it would. I was one of the most smartly dressed (Hassan told us it might get us more marks) and so that was good. Hassan took into account that Tom was in our group and also ruined our group. I don't think we failed. Afterwards I went to my last lecture of the day, then home! I got back and decided I'd like some lunch, I decided that with my newfound

Tuesday and Wednesday

2007-05-02T23:58:00.001Z

Tuesday involved not a vast amount happening, that's the second reason nothing was blogged. I saw David Ndzi but I'll cover that in today. In the evening I went over to Steve H's to see Phil off, he's moving somewhere-or-other. I played with the Wii and won some games yet lost others. I also managed to peg Phil quite a few times before he started to watch me carefully. Today I got up and went to

Empty

2007-05-01T23:50:00.000Z

Today I am too tired so the blog spot will remain empty. Tomorrow I shall write a full account of today and tomorrow.

PHP is fun

2007-04-30T22:43:00.001Z

Today's lectures were not amazing, pure and simple. After the lectures I went home and checked up on WoA stuff and then returned to Uni for the Student group that make websites (there's a name for it but I cannot remember it). David Ndzi knows that I can write PHP and MySQL and so while the rest of the group are working on something for a company called "RM Marketing" I was asked to create a user

Energizing!

2007-04-29T22:58:00.001Z

I got up nice and early and got to Siän's house for 0830! There I got a lift to Church for 0900 where all the students had a big fried breakfast. Andy and Cora not only organised it all but did the cooking. It was really really nice, very much appreciated and all around awesome. The service itself was about following Jesus and the cost of it, how Jesus rearranged priorities and that he knew what

Tired

2007-04-28T22:46:00.001Z

I got up and for the rest of the day played Warcraft 3 and wrote Java. As per usual, here is the link you want, and the changes are... - 1 type of powerup added - Simple tail added to the ball - Passing a level gains you a life - Basic readme printed on the game when paused - The game now responds to mouse-clicks when the mouse is moving I also sliced three boxes of Mushrooms, tomorrow

No progress

2007-04-27T23:42:00.000Z

The project has not been updated today as I was busy all day and thus distracted. However, I have a new activity to try. I am going to say something I like about every person I met today. I don't mean "I thought your t-shirt was funny", I mean things that make the person nice to know and be around. The people should be in the rough order that I spoke to them (I saw lots of people I know but most

Progress?

2007-04-26T22:53:00.001Z

I got up and went to the Group Project lab, it's not looking good but next week we've got our presentation. I'm going to be making the report, as such the Breakout game is going to have to slow-down a little. Speaking of which, the latest version is here. And the changes are... V0.3 - Some basic graphical acceleration used, it now redraws less per cycle than in V0.2, there might be more I can

More work done, maybe I should be Chairperson?

2007-04-25T22:20:00.001Z

Firstly, the Java project of Breakout. The correct link for yesterday is here, sorry for the broken link. I didn't bother going to the Java lecture, this semester they have been very poor and I would rather work on my project than attend a lecture that teaches me nothing. The project is coming along nicely, it now does several things. - When the ball hits a block, it bounces correctly,

Maybe I should do some work?

2007-04-25T00:53:00.001Z

Today (yes, I'm missing out yesterday) I decided that seeing as my Java project was due in in about 3 weeks (I've been putting it off for a little too long) I should at least think about which of the three options I'd take. - The first was a "chat" program. Well, after the chess game, I hate Java and Networking (at least for now, it's probably because I couldn't understand it at the time) and

Nothing to report

2007-04-21T23:21:00.001Z

I'd say "It does what it says on the tin" except there is no tin and my blog gives data not function. I am also quite tired.

Walking 500 Miles would be very Slow, 1000 would be worse

2007-04-20T21:46:00.000Z

Wednesday morning I got up and went to the Java lecture where I learnt very little. After Java I decided that I needed some Sunglasses and Chocolate. After comparing prices I found some nice glasses for £2. here is a picture of me wearing them. I packed and got a train to London. At London I met my Dad and we travelled by train to my Uncle (Brett)'s house. When Coel, Brett and one of Brett's

Preperation

2007-04-17T23:38:00.001Z

I have an interview on Thursday and so I spent today sleeping, preparing for the interview, eating, more preperation, learning about computer stuff, preparing, warcraft 3 and a smidgin more preperation. Sadly I've not been able to come up with any handouts that are any good. Maybe I can get by on my good looks?

And the Pegging shall begin

2007-04-17T01:06:00.000Z

I didn't post it yesterday or the day before, but I got a letter from Tulleys (the letting agency I am using). It said that I did not pay my rent. This was confusing to me because of two things. 1) I use Direct Debit 2) I have money in my account Turns out it was an Admin error on their part. Apparently they're going to charge me £5 for every letter they send me regarding rent. I sure hope

Two new sports

2007-04-15T23:24:00.001Z

I got up very early considering the time I got to bed last night. I walked to Becca's Halls and then accompanied Becca and Luke to church, acquiring Siän on the way. The service did not (to my memory) contain a specific point which I found a bit off-putting. After the service myself, Brierley, Siän, Lizzie, Becca, Luke and Phil went to Amanda's for a Roast Dinner. During lunch Becca introduced a

The Long Road isn't so Long

2007-04-15T01:03:00.001Z

The plan for today was. Parents give me lift into Cardiff I get on train and hope it all works However, Siän's parents offered me a lift along with Siän which meant that the trip was a lot better and shorter because of it. I got back to my house and everything was fine, Huw came over and we had a fried dinner, played some DotA and watched Monty Python. It was good.

Last few Days

2007-04-12T23:34:00.001Z

I've been going to bed late. I will now give you an idea of what I've been doing. - Citizen of Arl (notice all the cool effects) - Warcraft 3 - WoA - PHP Saturday should be fun, the trains between Swansea and Cardiff are currently non-operational and we all know how great the bus will be... That's not a huge problem. Thursday I have an interview with HP. I have a week's notice which is a

Family

2007-04-09T01:12:00.001Z

I can't remember what I did on Friday, odds are it wasn't very important as I cannot remember much of it. On Saturday, we journeyed down to my grandparents in Somerset. It was very nice and I enjoyed it. Today I did very little but saw my Gran and Auntie, that was also nice.

Long Day

2007-04-07T23:09:00.000Z

I got up early, I travelled to Sommerset, I went back, it's now late, I am tired. That is todays blog.

Working out a bed-time

2007-04-06T23:02:00.000Z

if (earlyMorning == true) { goToBed(0000); getUp(0600); } else { goToBed(0200); getUp(1200); } It all makes sense when you think about it :D

New Shoes

2007-04-06T00:15:00.001Z

I got up, did some WoA stuff and then some Citizen stuff. In all my cunningness I often ask the players of WoA things, this week I asked them What would you want to see in a game?. Some of the feedback has been good and I plan to incorporate it into Citizen. Of the people I've asked, the layout for Citizen has so far been nice, though IE refuses to display the images correctly, I'm sure this'll

Creating Arl

2007-04-05T00:10:00.000Z

Citizen of Arl, yes, I have decided that will be the name (Coel did help come up with it, so thanks). I spent most of the day playing Warcraft 3 and working on the site. If you have a quick look at the WoA page layout, right, the key differences are going to be that instead of those buttons on the left, I'm going to have pretty pictures on the left and some buttons at the top of each page. The

Sleepy Face

2007-04-04T01:18:00.001Z

I got up, washed (I found that to be a really good idea, people start to complain when I don't) and then played Warcraft 3. Later that day I played two games with both Coel and Brecon on my team. Coel and I have played together before so were very good, Brecon however has not played with us, indeed, he's not played the map we were playing very much at all and I fully expected him to be a complete

Two days

2007-04-02T23:56:00.001Z

I forgot to blog Sunday, so I'm going to cover that today along with Monday. Sunday involved me getting up and going to church. The sermon was about the time when a Lady caught in the act of adultary was brought before Jesus. The whole sermon focused on that in great detail and I learnt a lot from it, it was really good. I got home and played Warcraft 3 for most of the day, I also made most of a

Best train journey ever?

2007-03-31T23:48:00.000Z

I got up, I was going to be heading home today. The trip involved only one train change and was due to leave at 1130. It was now 0830 and I was cooking palmiers. I also did some packing, always useful huh? I also decided I'd like God to have His input on the matter, so I asked that He be in control of the journey. So, it was all plain sailing right? No. The life of a Christian is not one of

No blog today

2007-03-30T23:50:00.000Z

I stayed up only a little late (0051) but I want to be 100% sure I can get my train tomorrow, if I stayed up too late then I might sleep in and either miss it or not have time to pack fully. If possible I plan to bring palmiers with me (for eating on the train, not for sharing with the family, they're best fresh!)

How to "deal with" a Gullible person

2007-03-30T02:17:00.001Z

This event happened last year. I should probably set the scene, I was in my room making a Cardboard Othello Board Game for one of the Children at Church. I'd specifically acquired cardboard for it (for free of course) and planned how to best make it. It was a saturday and I'd done all the WoA stuff for the day. In halls we had free internal phone calls, Lorna made use of this by phoning me. For

A funny story

2007-03-29T00:27:00.000Z

Today involved me going to a lecture that was cancelled, filling out a log book that I was meant to have done at the same time as my project. With that out the way, I handed in my Java assignment. I then went to the Prayer Lunch a little early, walking with Becca because she was also going early to help with the food (I was just tagging along, otherwise I'd have gotten home and left again in a

What to write about?

2007-03-27T23:35:00.001Z

Well, today I went to see my tutor and learn about networking. I then went home, did a load of Java coursework and went to party. At said party, Sarah said that yesterdays blog was naff as it was all about programming. So, what could I write about? I don't want to write about my day unless it was really really interesting. Hmm, tricky one huh? Well, I turn to my list of suggested topics and find

Sorting stuff out

2007-03-27T01:20:00.000Z

I got up, did some general WoA stuff and then attended my lectures. The first was okay, the second not amazing and the third okay too. Then the Haskell test. In the lecture we were told it would be open book, then during the exam everybody without a laptop said that laptops shouldn't be allowed, me not being a spiteful person I didn't try and remove the open book stuff altogether but I must say

Evolution and Creationism

2007-03-25T22:07:00.001Z

I figured that maybe people would rather a "topic of the day" as it were rather than an in-depth blow by blow account of todays events. This morning's service was a Baptism service, Andrew and Dan were being baptised and it was really nice to be there. Afterwards we had lunch at the Thatched as per usual and I went home. My question is odly enough about Evolution and Creationism. The Christian

Activity!

2007-03-25T01:30:00.001Z

Actually there's very little activity today. I got up I did WoA stuff I watched 300 with Huw, Andrew and Ryo. So, what on earth will I write? I don't feel it'd be worth your time to visit my blog if all I said were three things? Firstly I'll warn you that what follows is not for everybody, I reckon my guys than ladies will find it interesting. If you find it interesting, you might be

Not a hugely active day

2007-03-24T00:08:00.001Z

It wasn't a bad day, it wasn't a good day. I spent most of it programming and playing warcraft 3 (what a surprise huh?).

Much better

2007-03-23T01:40:00.001Z

Yes, my day was great. It didn't start too well, Group Project is boring and I don't like it. The Software Systems lecture wasn't nearly as bad, afterwards I talked to Martin Cripps about Mac stuff for ten minutes and saw some of the very old pre OSX applications he made. Gareth and myself went to Tesco and then went home for some Warcraft 3. Now for the good part. I have long loved the game "

Programming is good for you

2007-03-22T00:05:00.001Z

Yes, it's true. Well, it's true for me anyway. Yesterday I did a lot of programming, today... I got up and went to see David Ndzi (one of the lecturers at Uni) about a web based thing he wanted me to do. I got the first set of requirements and decided to have a go at it. In between bouts of Warcraft 3 and WoA, I've gotten it working. It's simply a page that lets you register a lot of details, no

Not Awful and Not Amazing

2007-03-21T00:19:00.001Z

Monday wasn't awful (maybe the trend of okay <-> awful system is over?). Nothing particularly interesting happened, if it did, I'm sure I'd remember it. Today I got to my 0900 lecture and realised why I'd not been going to any of my 0900 lectures. I learnt nothing new, on the plus side, it wasn't a complete waste as I did some PHP stuff while waiting to hear something interesting, because I know

As predicted, it was okay

2007-03-19T01:26:00.001Z

Got up, walked with Siän, Ceryn and Luke to church, helped with discovers and then went over to Amanda's for Lunch (She cooked for a load of students). That was the highlight of the day. I'm trying a green colour thingie.

So Tomorrow is going to be really good?

2007-03-17T23:42:00.001Z

I'm just going to bullet point today. - Discussed with parents about travel to Newcastle for this interview, decided that it's just not feasible - Watched the Rugby - Went home Looking at the last week and a bit, tomorrow will be an "okay" day and Monday will be worse than today. Not something to fill me with hope. Today I'm going to try yellow for the colour scheme. Light Blue has a score

Vastly Better

2007-03-16T21:56:00.000Z

Yeah, there's a definite pattern to my life the last week. Yesterday was atrocious, today wasn't so bad. I'd not say it was good, it is however filled with promise. But firstly, a story of something that happened yesterday that I forgot about, it was while myself and Gareth were shopping. On the way back to our house we were accosted (by we I mean myself) by a phone salesman. Here's the rough

Bum day

2007-03-16T00:39:00.001Z

Yeah, it's been pretty bad. In fact, it's been so bad I'm not even going to blog properly. Here's what my day consisted of. - Going to a 9 - 12 lab for a project which I may actually fail - Finding out that AMT in Portsmouth have rejected me - Buying food - Going home and playing Warcraft 3, it did a great job of counter-acting my bad mood as did the social gathering for Pete's birthday party

More coughing

2007-03-14T23:58:00.001Z

I got up and felt really really tired so decided not to attend the Java lecture (partly because it was 0845 when I awoke, the lecture is 20 minutes and starts at 0900). I then did some WoA and programming stuff. I went to prayer lunch and then Huw came over. We completely lost track of time playing Warcraft 3. However, tomorrow I've got lectures almost all day so I'm sure I'll make up for it.

A near random collection of words

2007-03-14T01:10:00.001Z

I got up, did some stuff and really have nothing much to actually say except that I made the font a bit bigger on the blog. Do tell me if it's still a little too small and I will see what can be done.

Postponed?

2007-03-13T00:37:00.001Z

I got up an the cough was mostly gone. I did some WoA stuff and some other programming themed things. I walked into Uni with Gareth, went to the lecture, got lunch, went to another lecture, went to yet another lecture and then attended a test. The test was cancelled and postponed until Friday at 0900 due to the password for the test page not being known. Means more time for some revision :) I

An improvement (who else is noticing the pattern?)

2007-03-11T23:17:00.001Z

I awoke early and had no cough. It came back shortly after waking up. Now, some people might know of my policy on other people and colds, for those that don't it is "if you can get up to prepare food, you are well enough to come to church". Actually, that's not been my policy until now, but that's roughly what it's been. I got up, washed and had food. I was clearly well enough to go to Church,

Eugh, I'm dying (well, not quite but you get the idea)

2007-03-10T22:01:00.000Z

At the time of writing it's 2151 and I'm about to go to bed. I've been coughing like a drunken monkey, actually, I've no idea how much monkeys cough when drunk but the analogy sounds funny to me so I'm using it. I didn't do a vast amount of bloggable stuff today, mostly WoA results and some games of DotA with Coel. I'll elaborate a little on both. Firstly, DotA. It's a game where each player has

An improvement

2007-03-10T00:51:00.001Z

Well, first off, it's not hard to improve over yesterday. Anyhoo, I awoke at 0700 after a fitful night slumber (or not). I flitted in and out of sleep and under normal circumstances don't feel I'd have gotten a very good sleep at all. However, I was wide awake in time for my 0930 interview. Unlike in the last interview, I knew some stuff about HP and managed to think of more past experiences than

Not a good day at all

2007-03-08T21:37:00.000Z

I got up nice and early for the 0900 lab that isn't on my timetable because I've not updated it. Myself, Chris, Henry, Gareth and Aaron were ready to start on the group project. All was well until Hassan told us that we had to split the group. You know how students usually leave things until the last minute? Well, we hadn't, we'd done what Hassan told us to of having meetings and planning stuff

All is well (aside from my nose)

2007-03-08T00:03:00.001Z

Today, I got up around 0700 and did various internet related things such as WoA. I then walked with Gareth to our Java lecture. After arriving 10 minutes late, Ionnais proceeded to tell the class how to do a load of things I had already done for my linked list. As always, most of the class didn't care, though I have a feeling that this time it's because a Linked List is one of three options and

Recursion

2007-03-06T23:20:00.000Z

I got up, and for the rest of the day alternated between work and Warcraft 3. I have two lots of Java Corusework, some of it is due in two weeks. I've done almost all of it. Seeing as I've got two things to talk about and you'll not be interested in Warcraft 3 strategies, I'll explain my Java project minus geeky terminology (well, I'll try not to use geek-speak). I have to make a Linked List

Somewhat better - Monday

2007-03-06T00:56:00.001Z

I got up early, did a load of WoA stuff which put me in a good mood. I dragged myself to my lectures, they were not amazing but they were bearable. I got back and the day got better fast. After several games of Warcraft 3 with Coel. It was great fun and I really enjoyed it. I turned up to CU in time to find out that Steve was arriving at the same time as me at around 1845, it starts at 1900. We

Not the best day going - Sunday

2007-03-04T23:07:00.001Z

I got up, walked 2 miles in the pouring rain and high winds. Collected a Lady called Tayo and then Siän. On the way to Church my umbrella blew inside-out three times because the wind was so strong and actually snapped one of the spindles when I pointed it at the wind. In addition, I got soaked. Umbrella was binned and I'm not getting a new one. The rest of my day was boring and involved getting

A Full Account - Friday and Saturday

2007-03-03T22:23:00.001Z

Friday morning dawned bright and early at 7am for me. I was up and on my way to the Prayer meeting nice and early as usual. It was very good and encouraging to see that numbers during the week had lowered by such a small amount that it being a Friday was unlikely to be the cause (more likely to be 9am lectures). Of course, we went for a nice big breakfast (maybe that's why numbers have been so

Full Report - Friday

2007-03-03T02:51:00.001Z

It's 0250 on a Saturday and I'm tired. I will blog tomorrow (well, later today anyway). I am up so late because I went to see Hot Fuzz.

Tired but still a Geek - Thursday

2007-03-02T00:46:00.001Z

I managed to get out of bed at about 0700 today, hopefully I can make it tomorrow. I'd hate to miss the Prayer Meeting. After the Prayer Meeting I enjoyed breakfast with the CU that managed to turn up (acutally, attendance is still pretty good, most of us were expecting it to fall as the week went by). After the breakfast I went to my Group Project lecture, nothing amazingly blog-worthy there.

Not Temptation! - Wednesday

2007-02-28T22:44:00.000Z

I got up and shortly after that, collected India. We then collected Siän and woke Ceryn up. At the time I thought she was just being a little lazy but I now know that her cold is slightly more severe than I thought and realise it was a mistake. Sorry Ceryn. We collected Helen and went on our way to the Prayer Meeting, joining up with Pete, Sarah, Brierley, Becca and Luke on the way. It was a

I'm more awake than you are! - Tuesday

2007-02-27T22:54:00.001Z

I got up between 0615 and 0630, washed and used the internet. I began the Prayer Crawl at around 0730. First stop would be India's but she was apparently tired, she'd texted me the night before but hasn't texted me tonight so I'll be round there tomorrow at the crack of dawn to see if she's up. Shortly afterwards I was on st Andrews road on the way to Siän and Ceryn's. Michael had only just

Stiff upper lip? No, more like stiff upper neck - Monday

2007-02-26T23:21:00.000Z

Only the second half of the name has any relevance whatsoever, and why so, well, you'll find out soon enough. Last night I faced a problem, I had to be out of bed in time to arrive at an 8am prayer meeting, we're talking an 0700 start here, this is a serious challenge to any true student. Now, assuming I went to bed right after blogging, I knew that I would stand a far better chance of getting up

Full to bursting point - Sunday

2007-02-25T22:44:00.000Z

I got up, got to Siän's house and walked her to Church. Becca was at home this weekend and Ceryn was "ill". Yeah, "ill". The morning service was about how to be a Christian is to be a stranger to this fallen world and was interesting but I didn't find a specific point (or points) to come away with except that I should expect to be treated like an outsider when I make people aware that I am a

Rugby - Saturday

2007-02-25T00:35:00.001Z

I got up after a lie in, played some Warcraft 3 and did some programming for Phil the Database. There were a few bugs but they were easy enough to fix. The main event of the day was the Rugby over Ceryn's house. We watched all three of the Six Nations games. Myself, Ceryn, Graham and Siän were not happy at the outcome of the Wales game. I had a great day and lots of fun, I even did the washing up

It's alive! - Friday

2007-02-23T23:13:00.000Z

Thursday involved not many interesting things. So I didn't bother blogging. Today wasn't a vast amount better. I went to my morning lab and went home. There I did some stuff. Then I went to a Software Systems lecture and learnt some stuff. I went home and alternated between Warcraft 3 matches with Coel and Ryo and programming Phil the Database. Phil the Database is now entering the stage where

A very good day - Wednesday

2007-02-21T23:20:00.001Z

I got up early enough that I could have been going to my 0900 lecture. I was of course not going to the lecture, I had a Faculty Rep meeting. For those that did not read last time, I'll give a brief summary of the key things that did or did not happen in the meeting.There were no snacks providedIt was in University House, the room was "well posh"90% of the Lecturers wore SuitsI was the only

Missed a beat - Tuesday

2007-02-20T23:42:00.000Z

Monday involved very little that was overly interesting. Actually, that's not quite true. The lectures were okay, CU was very good. We had Michael Otts speaking (he was at the House Party and will be at Mission Week). I also had to setup almost all the sound on my own. I got most of it working too! At the Pub I lost against Ryo and India in a game of "Carrom Men" or something like that, it's